That rain then got heavier over time but just as I was arriving home, some blue sky started to re-appear with even a few hints of brightness and now that I'm back indoors again, it's now stopped raining.

You really couldn't make that up!!😡

Having said that though, it's still largely overcast and those hints of brightness didn't last for long.

Currently around 8°C here in Edinburgh

The BBC forecast yesterday was for heavy rain today. The pictorial stab today has a headline of Heavy rain and moderate breeze but the written one says:

Today will start with plenty of sunshine. In the afternoon, variable cloud will develop, turning cloudy by the evening with patchy light rain pushing in from the south.

Which will it be? The radar shows some lightish stuff edging into Lyme Bay.

The Met Office on the other hand are much more bullish for meaningful/useful rain here in both forecasts picture and written.

As NMA says, BBC less confident about intensity of rain and its NE-ward extent than MetO, but both have stepped back somewhat from their forecasts yesterday.

Measurable rain unlikely to reach here, still on less than 3mm for month.

The serious news from the farmers' market this morning was that the asparagus crop will be thinner and more expensive than usual. (But what the famers lose in quantity they make up in price - as Shakespeare noted the converse "Here's a farmer hanged himself on expectation of plenty")

Today started off mostly cloudy but with some clear sky to my north and even the odd hint of brightness.

However, that is as good as our weather has got today as we once again have a cold wind blowing in from off the North Sea with the temperatures rising no higher than around 9°C.

In addition to that, today has been dull and overcast throughout without even a single hint of any brightness and it's now also turned rather damp with a bit of light rain and drizzle at times.

Currently around 8°C here in Edinburgh.

A lot of steady ground soaking rain last night which will go a long way to addressing the rainfall deficit this spring.

However, today has so far been much drier than yesterday up until now with occasional sunny intervals continuing to come through at times which wasn't the case yesterday.

Currently around 9°C here in Edinburgh but not feeling as cold as other recent days when we've had that wind from off the North Sea as that wind isn't as strong today.

I was expecting it to grind to a halt near Bridport like the previous rains. Pleasantly surprised is an understatement.

Perhaps it will be third time lucky for Chichester?

Currently a nice spring afternoon. Breezy variable cloud although largely sunny albeit with fast moving clouds.

Temperature has made it to 18C 

However, there is still some cloud around and it continues to feel rather chilly in that wind which is still coming in from off the North Sea.

Currently around 10°C here in Edinburgh but it was around 1°C higher than that an hour or so ago.