Rain, Rain Go Away

It was explained to me once that the difference between Drizzle and Rain is that if you can see the drops landing in a puddle it's rain, if not it's drizzle but Great Britain has far to much stuff falling from the clouds to have just two names for it, so we have 188 apparently.
As Meteorologists are saying that it has rained somewhere in Britain every day since January 1st then i imagine over the last 40 days every name has been used and as we have another week at least of the wet stuff, i imagine a few more could be added by the time we have a day when we don't need an umbrella but why has it been such a wet start to 2026?
Usually we can blame being on the cold and wet side of the Jet Stream and that is true but we also have to look at Scandinavia, or rather the High Pressure system which has taken up residence there and not allowing the low pressures systems to whizz across the UK and soak the pavements of anyone else on the other side of the North Sea.
The Jet Stream has been buckled down towards Spain and North Africa due to the extreme cold air sinking down from the Arctic over North America so the Low Pressure systems have been  having a rare old time crossing the North Atlantic and unhindered by the Jet Stream deflecting them up towards Iceland and away from us, they have been steering a path for  our shores bringing frequent rain but whereas generally they throw themselves across us within a day, they have been stopped by the Scandinavian High which has been sat over Sweden and Norway and caused blocked weather patterns so the rain system stalls, slow down and gets stuck over England because the High Pressure doesn't let it continue.
By the time that Low has dumped all its rain on us and starts to fizzles out another one has come along and takes it place which is why so many places have has record amounts of rain so far this year.
The Met Office is saying that there are signs that the High Pressure is shifting slightly or enough at least to let the Low Pressure systems continue on their trek over the UK and into the North Sea but they were keen to emphasis that there are only hints of this and to not leave the brolly at home just yet.
Getting your hair wet everyday isn't fun but at least it gives you the chance to impress people with your knowledge of when it is raining, drizzling or just plain old chucking it down again.