During Friday advance cloud from the low pressure system approaching from the Atlantic was observed, occasionally obscuring the sun. Even so, the thermometer rose to 27.8C being 7.6C above the 39-year average and the fifth successive above heatwave threshold of 27C.
The past night was mild with the thermometer not sinking below 12.8C, which was 2.8C above the average.
Saturday after dawn revealed thin high cloud with clumps of thicker cloud that produced raindrops at 06.00 and 07.10 but not measurable. However a line of showers passed over the area at 08.00, from the southwest that will be measurable at the end of the day.