Sunday 16th November
Saturday began with low, thick cloud but lifted a little as the morning progressed. However, after 14.00 the remains of the weather front that had moved north on Friday, could be seen drifting back south with misty conditions again over the higher ground and Savernake Forest. We got off relatively lightly as areas to the west and north had up to five times the daily rainfall that we received. The wind had backed into the northeast but was light, thus no direct stream of cold air. The thermometer eventually rose to a maximum of 13.6C at 13.18, before the cloud built again, being 3.3C above average. It was the first dry day since the 8th.
The last night was probably the last of the mild nights with a minimum of 8.7C at 07.43 early Sunday thanks to the thick cloud cover and residual warmth in the ground. The soil temperature at a depth of 5cm read 9.8C at 08.00, the lowest for a week, but will continue to drop as the colder weather begins to bite.
Sunday brought us another cloudy start to the new day, however, although the wind continues from the northeast, it is much stronger and thus it feels much colder outside, in fact we have the first wind chill for a long time as although the thermometer read 8.7C, it felt more like 6.6C outside in the breeze.
By Monday the wind will have backed into the north as the high pressure over Iceland sinks south, which will mean maximum temperatures in single digits, well below average for November, with possible night frosts. The barometric pressure had risen to 1011.1mb by 08.00, the highest since the 9th, and still rising steadily.
The image is of the River Kennet in Marlborough on a previous occasion after we had experienced a very wet period, but not this week. The river level has fallen back from a level of 0.08m at its height on Friday to 0.06m this morning.