The rain continued for twelve hours on Friday amassing 27.9mm of precipitation. That made it the wettest day since 19th December ((29.8mm) and took the monthly total to 65.1mm, which is 7mm abject the 39-year average. Under the thick cloud and strong southeasterly wind the temperature hovered around 15.2C all day but as the cloud began to thin late afternoon and the rain began to reduce in intensity, the thermometer eased upwards to a maximum of 17.9C early evening at 19.17 before falling away to minimum of 14.0C, which was 2.1C above the average. The diurnal temperature range was very low for this time of year, just 3.9C between the maximum and minimum.
The wind was brisk for much of the day with a maximum gust of 25mph. The UV level, due to the persistent low and thick cloud, never rose above the ‘Low’ category.
Saturday revealed that a pattern of showers had replaced the continuous rain of Friday. The barometric pressure has fallen away to a low of 998.6mb at 08.00, the lowest pressure since 12th April. As the centre of the low pressure eases away the wind is forecast to veer into the southwest.