Saturday 25th October
Although the airstream on Friday was a little lighter and from a southwesterly quadrant, the day was cool that saw the thermometer struggle to get to a maximum of 12.4C at 15.02 thanks to the previous cold night, although there periods of welcome sunshine. There was a light shower in the early afternoon but more during the late evening, especially just before 22.00, that amounted to 1.6mm.
Both the high of 12.4C was below average at -2.5C as was the overnight minimum of 6.0C logged at 02.39 early Saturday, being -2.4C.
An area of very heavy and sustained rain passed just to the north of our area during late Friday afternoon, centred over the Swindon area, that produced much precipitation.
Saturday after first light revealed cloud over the eastern horizon that precluded any early morning sunshine. The wind overnight has backed into the northwest, a much cooler direction. The rain radar at 08.00 showed light shower activity drifting over Wales, but fragmenting before it reached our area.
The recent depression is now centred over Denmark with the Arctic air streaming down from around an area to the north of Scandinavia, that will mean a very cool weekend with maxima well below average. There is the likelihood of shower activity during Sunday afternoon and evening as a weather front is forecast to pass over the UK, but not sustained heavy rainfall is likely at the moment.
As we go into next week the wind is likely to back into the Southwest, a warmer direction, and temperatures begin to recover, closer to the average.