28th April

As the TBT has been so erratic lately, I checked BBCi at regular intervals throughout the day - and there was Dan at about 15:55;

Your raincoat will be coming in handy.

Keep the umbrella handy.

With BBC News on in the background, I was poised to make notes as soon as the weather came on but... no Dan! Gasp!

19:26 BBC Four
[in a slightly more enthusiastic tone than usual] Hello there! I think this is one of those weeks where the raincoat probably won't have much of a chance to dry off.

You can see the main arc of rain spiralling round, almost like a blue-armed octopus [spirals arms around].