Signs of the high pressure slippig away to the east over the past 30 hours became apparent as the day progressed on Friday as the wind strength rose during the day with a maximum gust of 20mph, the strongest since 12th September. Although we enjoyed another 9.6 hours of sunshine the brisker easterly breeze meant a slightly cooler day with a maximum of 20.8C but still 2.2C above average as the air flow was coming from a warm continent.
The anticyclone meant the wind dropped out overnight in the past week but last night the breeze continued throughout.
Saturday again saw strong sunshine as the sun crossed the horizon that lifted the minimum of 9.1C, being almost exactly average, to 10.7C at 08.00.
The September rainfall total is still 7.3mm but the equivalent rainfall lost through evaporation has reached 43mm.