Weatherday: Sojourner

A frosty start will give us some sunny spells for the morning, but getting cloudier. By lunchtime we'll have rain and it will be persistent for the rest of the day and evening, with heavy bursts in late afternoon.

Highest temperature six degrees, but fresh to strong winds from the north west will add a misery factor.

On this day in 1996, the first Mars rover was launched by NASA from Cape Canaveral. Since then there have been four successful rovers out of six launched.

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