the billie holiday theatre and the international association i'm david willis. thank you for watching world news america. hello there. for most of us, march so far has been a very soggy affair. in fact, at cambridge, we've already recorded more than two and a half times the rainfall we'd normally expect in a typical march. this figure valid up to 9:00 on tuesday morning. but one place where it has been drier than normal is the north of scotland. 33% — a third of the normal rainfall has fallen at kirkwall in 0rkney, but all of us are set to see more rain over the next few days. wednesday starting off with this frontal system pushing eastwards that will bring some heavy and persistent rain, strong winds following behind. in fact, gales for a time across western and central parts of scotland, which could give rise to some coastal flooding when combined with high tides. through the day on wednesday, heavy rain for the northern isles. another clump of heavy showers moving across the north of mainland scotland and it will turn into a sunshine and showers day for jus