The thermometer on Friday again struggled to reach 11.6C, the same as on Thursday and 2.5C below the average. Overnight the temperature dropped below freezing with a minimum of -0.8C at 06.36 Saturday.
Saturday arrived with sunshine that soon dispersed the frost reaching 3.1C at 08.00. The humidity of 83%, the second lowest this month, indicates the presence of drier air on the northwest to north-northwest air stream
The barometric pressure has been rising with a reading of 1015.8mm at 08.00, which is a rise of 17mb since this tine on Friday as a ridge of high pressure crosses the country.