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At last, after what seemed like a week of non-stop rain and drizzle, a lovely calm, dry Autumn morning here in Pembrokeshire with a sunrise to gaze at…

Quite a striking ‘streamer’ over Pembrokeshire this morning….. ……but I confess that I don’t quite understand what causes this to happen. Is this what is known as a ‘Pembrokeshire Dangler’…?

I feel for you - and your girls! At least you have one of the best views in the country to take your mind off the work! I hope the weather is much kinder by then and that you have a 100% clear test.

Another violent squall line passing through right now with heavy rain and strong wind gusts. Looks like I’ve got another couple of hours rain to look forward to but hopefully the wind will gradually reduce after this and the forecast is for 8 hours of sunshine tomorrow! We will see…..

The roadside stream up the hill which was dry all summer is now in full flood and overflowing the gulley. There is also a small river of water going down the hill right outside the house. Thankfully there are fields for it to drain away into the valley. The rain last night and early this morning was biblical - hammering on the roof like hailstones and hitting the windows like a firehose. I know they’re built for it but I do pity the sheep in the fields out there when the weather is this wild. The wind gusts today have definitely exceeded the 50mph max we were warned about - maybe by 10mph. And of course this wasn’t a named storm.. Heaven only knows how much worse things could get later in the winter. I wonder if COP26 will have any beneficial impact on future climate conditions.

There is a yellow weather warning out for heavy rain tomorrow, issued by the MetO, covering almost all of Wales. Only the north coast and the extreme eastern border is left off the warning area. I only hope the valleys above Cardiff and Newport don’t get inundated again because they’ve already had much more than their fair share of flooding this year.

Today has been very windy but, so far at least, no rain! This is not how the day was supposed to go so it just proves that where precipitation is concerned it is sometimes best to just look out of the window! Three days ago we had up to 80mm of rain forecast for the next 24 hours here, and now it’s down to maybe 30mm! However, I am afraid that some other areas in Wales will be getting much wetter than that tomorrow, especially Snowdonia.

Great pictures - a real winter! Not sure whether we’ll ever see the like again if temperatures continue to rise as they are, but you never know - a really cold blast from the east might be possible if the conditions are just right. Gets less likely with every passing year, though.

Was in Snowdonia only a week ago when it was mild and quite sunny at times. No hint of snow then! The weather can turn so quickly from Autumn to Winter at the summit if the conditions are right. Such a beautiful mountain - when you can see it!

Well that didn’t happen. I expect Dave has a reasonable explanation, though . It’s actually pretty mild for October and so far we’ve managed to avoid the usual early Autumn storms so that’s a relief. Quite a lot of rain expected this week now, so the mini ‘Indian’ summer is well and truly over. No sign of frosts in this part of the world but it can all turn round in 24 hours so everything is possible……