The maximum of 5.7C on Saturday was 1.4C below the average but the warmest day for a week. A peak gust of 21mph was modest compared to that coming later today. The automatic rain gauge was triggered at 23.50 making it the first wet day after 13 consecutive dry days, adding 3.1mm to the total now standing at 63.7mm being 72% of my 40-year average. There was no frost overnight as a minimum of 3.7C was recorded at 21.10 before the thermometer began to rise under the warmer air stream from the south.
Sunday began cloudy and mild with the thermometer having risen to 8.6C at 08.00.
We are warned that Storm Isha is coming. It is a very low pressure system and its centre will continue to deepen during the day from its current pressure reading of 649mb to an exceptionally low pressure forecast to be 636mb by tonight as heads for the north of Scotland. As a result the wind will strengthen during the afternoon and evening with further rainfall.