Almost but not quite a dry day on Saturday

The sun broke through late morning for 2.8 hours on Saturday but increasing cloud in the afternoon obliterated any more sunshine.

It was another mild day and night with a maximum of 11.2C (+0.8C) and a minimum 7.7C (+5.4C).

An hour or so before dawn on Sunday the wind began to increase with a peak gust of 28mph at 05.49 as another weather front approached. A very light shower amounted to 0.3mm.

Sunday after dawn was gloomy with the cloud lowering over the Marlborough Downs and light drizzle in the air. The thermometer at 08.00 reading 8.6C and the barometer falling with a current reading of 1004.5mb

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