Dull and damp

If you were in eastern Britain today you would have had a dull and damp morning, perhaps even a rather grey day, but many areas had plenty of sunshine, some areas without a cloud in the sky, In fact, Tenby in Pembrokeshire managed 9.4 hours of sunshine which is pretty good at this time of year.
    Saturday night saw rain across much of Scotland, England and also Wales with Capel Curig receiving 23mm of rain which is nearly an inch. As the cloud and rain cleared away from Northern Ireland, temperatures in Country Antrim fell to -1°C overnight.
    Sunday started off rather gusty in the southwest of England and the Channel Islands with Guernsey recording a gust of 40mph early in the morning. Northern Ireland began the day dry and sunny as did southwest Scotland and Devon and Cornwall. There were a few early showers about for Argyll and the western Isles, also for Cheshire into Powys. Further east there was more cloud with rain for Aberdeenshire, the Borders, much of eastern England, the southeast across to Hampshire and also the Channel Islands.
    By lunchtime the rain had cleared from eastern Scotland, although the cloud took longer to move away. There was just a little late sunshine here and also for the northeast of England.
    Many areas were dry and bright by lunchtime with great Malvern in Worcestershire reaching 10°C, western and central Scotland with still only a few showers in the far west. The skies were also clearing across Wales, across to the Pennines and Peak District, with still some sunny spells in Northern Ireland although with just one or two showers. The rain and drizzle hung on though in eastern England through Lincolnshire, into East Anglia.