Saturday 6th December
The mild, moist airflow on Friday once again gave us a mixed day with drier periods and heavier, continuous rain, starting mid-afternoon, that amounted to 9.8mm. As a result of the Atlantic flow of air the thermometer rose slowly all day, with a brief dip between 14.00 and 17.00 as the heavy rain arrived, to reach a maximum of 9.7C at 06.53 early on Saturday. Once again the topsy-turvy nature of our weather, due to the succession of weather fronts crossing the UK, especially during the night, meant the maximum was logged during the night rather than daytime, being 2.2C above average. Conversely, the minimum temperature, that is usually logged during the night for the past twenty-fpur hours from 08.00, was the 1.3C logged at 08.00 on Friday morning.

Saturday at first light revealed a mixed bag of weather with drizzle at 07.50 although variable cloud was mostly high with the prospect of a few brighter periods ahead. However, The rain radar at 08.00 indicated a rash of shower activity heading our way from the south west as the day progresses.

The deep low pressure, that has been centred just off the northwest coast of Ireland, produced a low of 991.1mb in Marlborough at 03.30 this morning. It has resulted in a strong pressure gradient that resulted in the gusty winds yesterday, the maximum gust of 30mph was logged at 14.47 Friday afternoon. The pressure is now rising steadily as the low moves away.