When will Spring return and the rain stop?

Tuesday gave us another murky day with showers late evening and much more rain overnight, starting after 2pm.

There was a little brightness in the afternoon that allowed the thermometer to rose to 10.8C, but that was still over 3C below the April average.

The past twenty-four hours have produced another 7.4mm of rain that brings the total for April to 46.8mm, which is 80% of the 34-year average after just 10 days in the month.

Due to the thick cloud that stopped warmth radiating into the atmosphere overnight, it was a very mild night with a minimum of 8.4C, which was almost 5C above the average.

Wednesday has started where Tuesday left off with the remnants of the latest weather front slowly moving away to the west with a hang back of thick cloud and the rain becoming lighter.

Wednesday update at 12.15: temperature now of only 7.1C, which is 7C below average but, wind chill from the northeasterly makes it feel like 5C – that’s typical January weather. Murky, damp air producing misty conditions.

Wednesday update at 18.30: warmest part of the day was at 08.00 with a maximum of just 8.6C. The day has been dominated by the very low cloud level giving misty, moist and murky conditions with very low light levels.

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