Thursday 13th November
Wednesday gave us another mild day with minimal precipitation, just 0.4mm. The thermometer climbed to a maximum of 14.8C at 13.06, stayed there for a couple of hours before beginning to slide downwards, very slowly, plateauing out at 21.00. The high was again well above average at +4.5C.
Against the normal trend, the thermometer began to climb again during the early evening after 21.13, reaching a high of 14.8C at 02.00 before once again slowly dropping away to a minimum of 12.1C at 07.33 early Thursday, which was a significant 8.1C above my long-term average.
The diurnal range of temperatures was once again minimal, a variation of just 2.7C.
First light on Thursday revealed a mainly cloudy sky with variable thickness. However, a minor nose of slightly higher pressure is likely to give us a fine day with, hopefully, some sunshine breaking through. The wind direction will make a significant change in direction during the afternoon as a secondary depression edges in from the southwest that will see the wind back into the southeast then east, which will continue throughout Friday. This will be a cooler direction so a drop of a couple of degrees in the maximum on Friday and will not be surprising thanks to the continuous rain.
The forecast charts for the next twenty-four hours are full of doom as at least three weather fronts will assail the UK. By early Thursday evening rain will arrive, easing off for a couple of hours after midnight before it recommences with a vengeance for most of Friday. The charts predict heavy, relentless rain all day that will produce a significant rainfall total. The wind will be brisk from the east, making it a miserable day, weatherise.
News Flash:
The approaching heavy and prolonged rain from Thursday night and especially throughout Friday has just been rated a storm by the Spanish Meteorological service, as it hits the Canary Islands, named Storm Claudia. The Met Office uprated the disturbed weather from a Yellow warning to an Amber warning today to the area just to the north of Marlborough. Some areas could see a month’s rain in twenty-four hours, they warn.
Autumn fades away this weekend before the first touch of winter arrives on Monday with maxima in single figure and possible light, air frosts at night.