Wednesday 28th October
After the early rain on Tuesday morning we enjoyed a bright day with the temperature reaching the average for late October with a maximum of 14.4C at 12.06, before more cloud limited any further rise. There were isolated showers that passed to the north of Marlborough, one brief but very intense that I travelled through. The past night had an average minimum of 7.4C, logged at 04.30, before the temperature edged upwards again towards sunrise in Marlborough at 06.52.
Wednesday arrived with muted sunshine at first through thin, high cloud. The barometric pressure has risen significantly over the past twenty-four hours, up 19mb, to read 1025.3mb at 08.00. This significant rise in pressure will give us a fine day, perhaps more cloud this afternoon, and will influence our weather over the next few days.
With the high pressure close to the UK over the next few days there is little possibility of any rain as it will keep any weather fronts to the west of the UK. The forecast pressure charts indicate that the centre of the anticyclone will edge eastwards tomorrow, as a result the wind will come from a more easterly direction but be light. The calm conditions overnight during the autumn bring the possibility of fog forming in the early hours now that the ground has greater moisture content from the recent substantial rainfall. As the temperature drops in the early hours it cannot hold as much moisture, which then condenses into fog.
At the moment the forecasts indicate that the high pressure might divide and one centre edge towards Belgium and Holland that would indicate the wind veering further, to come from the North East, with maximum temperatures likely to fall a couple of degrees but remain largely dry.
Interesting Met Office press release this morning.
Young people most likely to act on weather warnings after record summer
Author: Met Office
00:01 (UTC) on Wed 28 Oct 2026
Following this summer’s extreme heat, new Met Office research suggests 18-24-year-olds are among the most engaged age group when it comes to following weather warnings and advice.
Young adults are shown to be more likely than any other generation to take action and prepare for upcoming severe weather.
Key findings:
• Three quarters of 18-24-year-olds (75%) said hot weather forecasts, warnings and advice caused them to do something differently
• Two thirds (67%) checked weather forecasts more often than usual during periods of hot weather, the highest of any age group
• 44% now take weather warnings more seriously following their experience of summer heat, the highest of any age group, and more than double of those aged 55 and above (21%)
• Nearly half of those surveyed (46%) are more likely to follow advice issued alongside weather warnings in future, the highest of any age group
• 36% say they are now more likely to prepare for winter weather, the highest of any age group and more than double the proportion of over-55s (17%)