Observations between 8.30 pm last night and 7.45 pm currently.

LAST NIGHT: Clear for the first of the night, then there was a spell of heavy and blustery rain at 2 am.
THIS MORNING: Sunny spells and partial cloud cover. There was a couple of heavy showers.
THIS AFTERNOON: Bright at first, then cloud thickened up during the course of the afternoon. Windy.
CURRENT: Cloudy with light rain.      14.9 C      87% humidity.    Dewpoint: 12.8 C.      Strong south west winds.         Falling slowly to 999.4 mb.

WINDS: Fresh to strong south west the whole time.
AIR QUALITY: Excellent.
VISIBILITY: Good. Some haze.
COMFORT FACTOR: Wet last night and into this morning, drier in the afternoon but now becoming damp again. Continuing quite mild despite the wind.
RAINFALL (in mm):      12.6 C.
TEMPERATURES (in C):        Max: 16.5 at 1.45 pm.         Min: 12.3 at 8.45 am.     
PRESSURE (in mb):         Max: 1003.6 at 8.45 pm last night.          Min: 994.7 at 7.45 am.

Red alert issued in the CI now.  Currently heavy rain and force 7 winds.

Clear, 11.5c

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Gary

From Wareham,Dorset

Temp 14c

Pressure 994mb and dropping

Heavy rain, there has been half an inch+ in the past 3hrs

Wind increasing in strength every hour,now gale force

Hang on to your hats its gonna be one hell of a night!!

Radar showing heavy rain all along the S Coast, just waiting for that to push North, rain gradually increasing here

12c

Winds are slack

Rain getting heavier

12c