Rained during the night but has eased now.

1.5mm rain since mignight and 10.1 over the last 24 hours.

double that here, 20mm total
dues to orographic lifting on the coastal hills I would say
I did not even hear the rain during the night, so it must just been very thick drizzle, and low altitude at that, hence why the rain radar had trouble picking it up (the signal was going over the top)

A reasonable thunder storm in progress, unusual for this part of the country.
Just beginning to rain

Only had a gentle drizzly 5.6mm here in Pongakawa, all in the morning.