As forecast, heavy rain fell across parts of southern and southwestern Britain last night.
Here are some rainfall totals between midnight and 8am from Met Office reporting stations:
| Station | Amount |
| Exeter Airport, Devon | 39.2 mm |
| Dunkeswell, Devon | 35.6 mm |
| Okehampton, Devon | 33.8 mm |
| North Wyke, Devon | 32.6 mm |
| Liscome, Somerset | 23 mm |
| Pembrey Sands, Dyfed | 22.8 mm |
| Mumbles Head, West Glamorgan | 21.2 mm |
| Libanus, Powys | 20.8 mm |
| Yeovilton, Somerset | 20.4 mm |
| Cardiff, South Glamorgan | 20.2 mm |
More heavy rain, and strong to gale force winds are expected across the UK over the next few days.
Official blog of the Met Office news team 
Interesting but would be good to be able to click on something and convert it to inches for us old ones.