The barometric pressure started to fall just before noon on Friday and shortly afterwards the wind veered into the Southeast, a drier direction. There was a little brightness thereafter triggering the sunshine recorder for 18 minutes.
It was another dry day, seven this month, with the total rainfall at 23.7mm, which is just 26% of the 34-year January average when we are close to half way through the month.
This morning the humidity level is 90%, the lowest for a week as the drier air persists, which has removed the low, thick, moisture laden cloud of previous days and given us broken cloud at 08.00.
The thermometer rose to a maximum of 7.5C on Friday, up 2C on Thursday and just above average, with a minimum of 5.1C overnight.