After the numerous days with warm dry day weather, we now are experiencing the weather that we normally associate with autumn. The rain that was heavy all morning on Tuesday ceased just before midday but a further rain band arrived just after 04.30 on Wednesday and ceased just after 06.00 producing 18.7mm of precipitation.The monthly rainfall total is now 75.4mm, which is still 24mm below the 38-year average.
The cooler air meant that the thermometer only rose to 12.5C, almost the coolest day this month 12.2C on the 3rd, but still 2.4C above the average. The minimum overnight occurred at 03.05 on Wednesday when a low of 6.3C was recorded being 2.6C above the average.
First light saw the thick, dark cloud of the weather front easing away to the eastern horizon with brightness breaking through just after 07.45.
The deep depression in the Atlantic,, off the Irish coast, has a very low pressure of just 957mb at midnight. It closeness to the UK has seen the barometric pressure dropping over the past four days with the local pressure at 08.00 reading 991.5mb, the minimum was 990.9mb yesterday.