The mild weather continued on Friday that saw the thermometer rise to 11.8C, the highest since the 15th, and 1.7C above the average under the influence of a temporary ridge of high pressure over the continent.
As the high pressure over the continent edged northwards and the depression in the mid-atlantic edged southwards the wind backed from the southwest into the south late on Friday and continues from that direction for mots of Saturday.
The thermometer did not drop below 6.6C overnight being 2.9C above the average.
Saturday arrived with brightness through thin cloud but no sunshine. The temporary ridge of high pressure has built a little further with a reading of 1024.1mb at 08.00, up 36mb over the past three days.