After a foggy start, with visibility reduced to 200m, the sun began to break through late morning to give us 6.76 hours of sunshine. Due to the late arrival of full sunshine and the shift in wind direction into the south east, the maximum temperature of 11.4C was lower than that on Thursday but still 4.3C above the average.
The barometric pressure was at its highest for a month with a peak reading of 1035.0mb. This anticyclone means a slack pressure gradient thus little wind to break up the fog and cloud but also gives a lower temperature by night. The UV level, with a reading of 2.1, was the strongest since 21st October.
The clear skies during the last night and still wind conditions meant that the thermometer steadily fell away to a minimum 2.7C at 07.21 this morning, Saturday.
Saturday morning arrived with dense fog, with initial visibility below 100m.
Update on Saturday at 15.45: thermometer soared to a maximum of 15.8C at 14.55 being 8.7C above average. Warmest day since 21st October.