Wednesday 22nd October
Tuesday was a pleasant day with some brightness and a dry day although the maximum of 13.8C was below average at -1.1C. The high was logged just after midday at 12.32 due to increasing cloud in the afternoon that persisted overnight. The overnight minimum of 9.0C was logged at 07.43, early Wednesday, being 1.6C above average.
Wednesday will give us a quiet, dry day before the next depression arrives during Wednesday evening and into Thursday. In fact there is a secondary depression off the Scottish coast that will reinforce the very deep low pressure that will travel across the south coast and English Channel on Thursday.
The depression will bring heavy rain during Wednesday evening and into Thursday with strong winds due to the considerable pressure gradient. There is uncertainty at the moment if the depression will be strong enough to be called a storm. The wind today will swing almost 360 degrees from southwest to east then northwest as the depression tracks eastwards.
After the depression clears later on Friday it will herald an airstream from the northwest, a cooler direction, that will see maximum temperatures begin to fall several degrees.
Scientists have launched the first batch of a novel type of radiation monitor into the atmosphere as part of an innovative project to enhance space weather models and deepen scientific understanding of the impact of space weather.The first launches took place at Met Office sites in Camborne and Lerwick on 17th October, attached to weather observation balloons that will rise to 100,000 feet, capturing live observations of radiation levels. The Met Office state that “The the information will be used to validate and improve existing radiation models, which is important for a range of industries that can be influenced by space weather, including aviation, energy and other ground-based infrastructure.