24.8mm of rain between midnight and 09:00 (Not quite 'light & patchy'
DB)

This follows 22mm the previous night.

Wettest Days of the year so far:-

8/2 24.8mm (daylight hours were mainly sunny)
7/2 22.9mm
7/1 13.5mm

So the first really wet weather of the year, and it's going to last a
bit

Graham
Penzance