Sunday 4th October
Saturday morning was dominated by cloud associated with the weather front approaching from the west that arrived overhead at 14.15 depositing brief, very light drizzle. The precipitation was minimal and not measurable, thus recorded as a trace, that lasted just a few minutes. As the back edge of the cloud receded to the east the sun came out mid-afternoon that lifted the temperature to a maximum of 18.8C at 16.23, being 3.9C above average. The clear skies and calm conditions resulted in a cold night that saw the thermometer drop to a low of 5.2C at 07.45 on Sunday morning, an hour after the sun had tried to rise above the fog.
First light on Sunday revealed foggy conditions that at its densest reduced visibility to around 300m. The rolling fog was continually on the move and did not begin to disperse until the sun had been up an hour or more, however, by 08.20 the fog had changed to just misty conditions. The barometric pressure is still very high with a reading at 08.00 of 1030.0mb, down from its peak of 1030.5mb just after midnight.
The high pressure will be in charge for another three days before it slips away to the west during Tuesday. By Wednesday, a very different weather pattern will have moved into place with two cold weather fronts crossing the UK that behind them will see the wind veer into the north, a much cooler direction. Temperatures for the rest of next week will have dropped several degrees, to around the October average, so feeling much cooler after the recent warm spell. There is the possibility of light rain on Wednesday morning as the weather fronts pass over.
N.B.
An explanation for those who explore my library of temperature data and associated graphs that span the past forty plus years.
The temperature graphs have ceased to be updated since 2025.
The graph data since 1984 was used from a cabled weather station, which was state of the art at that time. Being cabled, the positioning of the sensor was limited to the length of cable, which meant it could not be far from buildings and any hard standing such as a pavement. I keep the 41 years of consistent data as it is so useful to see the changing trends.
My recent weather stations have been placed near grass and in the larger garden, thus minimising the effect of residual warmth from buildings and solid surfaces also the effect of any wind movement around a building. This placement sets the grading of the station for the national organisation to which I submit monthly data, linked to the Met Office. I now have almost 20 years of data from this new station placement, plus data from my latest 2024 equipment.
The rainfall is still recorded from my standard Met Office 5” copper gauge, these graphs continue to be updated.