Author: Eric Gilbert

The extremes of 14.4C and 7.9C were close to the average with -0.3C and +0.6C respectively. The showers kept on coming with a modest fall in the evening, quite heavy for a short while, but once again the heaviest downpours were to the west and east of our area, but even so, 8.8mm of precipitation was recorded taking the monthly total to 107.7mm being 119% of the 39-year average.

Sunday brought broken cloud and some brightness at first but the unsettled weather continues with a major depression to the west, hence the southwest wind today, brining more showers and some sunshine.

Friday brought sunshine after early rain with a light shower mid-afternoon amounting to 1.3mm. The highs and lows were 13.1C (-1.6C) and 8.1C (+0.8C).

The large depression off the west coast of Ireland will continue to bring unsettled weather with more sunshine and showers on Saturday, the barometric pressure continues to be low with a reading of 988.6mb at 08.00.

With misty mornings and rain showers, the season of autumn is firmly established thanks to a succession of low pressure systems crossing the country. For the next few days our weather will be dominated by a large depression just off the coast of Ireland, therefore the unsettled weather will continue. The high and low of yesterday were 16.2C (+1.5C) and 6.3C (-1.0C). An additional 1.9mm of rainfall was recorded taking the monthly total to 97.6mm being 7.4mm above the 39-year average.

Fog formed in the River Og valley by 17.45 on Thursday evening thanks to the saturated atmosphere due to the rain showers and the temperature beginning to fall.

Friday revealed a misty view across the downs with full cloud cover and calm conditions. The wind will have veered into the southwest when the air begins to move.

The past twenty-four hours have been mild by night but below average by day with modest rainfall. The thermometer high and low was 12.3C (-2.3C) and 8.5C (+1.2C) and rainfall was 2.2mm.

Thursday slowly dawned dull, overcast and damp after occasional rainfall in the early hours. The barometric pressure is still low with a reading of 991.3mb at 08.00 thanks to the several depressions around the UK.

Tuesday brought another dry day with sunshine but overnight rain, that started just after 22.00, and amounted to 13.0mm. That addition rainfall took the monthly total 93.5mm and now exceeds the 39-year October average by 3.2mm.

The highs and lows are 14.3C (-0.4C) ad 8.8C (+1.5C).

Tuesday arrived dull and wet with the last of the rainfall from the recent extensive rain area beginning to peter out after 08.00. The barometric pressure is still low with a pressure reading of 995.9mb at 08.00 thanks to four depressions surrounding the UK.