A touch of winter with snow showers

The Polar Maritime air mass from northern Canada duly arrived yesterday. The thermometer reached a maximum of 5.7C in the morning but the wind veered abruptly from the west into the north just after 3pm. Ax a consequence the temperature started to fall with wet snow falling at 3.30pm and continuing for a couple of hours. The total precipitation was 10.2mm. The wind also increased during the late afternoon with a maximum gust of 36mph at 16.46. The sky then cleared and allowed the temperature to drop slowly to just below freezing.
This morning there was a snow shower before dawn and the minimum registered was -0.4C at 06.47. The morning is starting with a clear sky and the thermometer having moved just above freezing reading 0.2C at 08.00

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