Update at 18.00:
Temperature rises dramatically just after 15.00 to reach 10C (that is 3C above average)at 18.00 from 5C.
With no sun and no UV due to persistent low, thick cloud, Saturday was another cool, depressing winter’s day. There was persistent drizzle for most of the day with the thermometer reaching a maximum of 6.5C a 14.30, before falling away to 2.0C early evening.
There was little wind on Saturday, maximum gust of just 12 mph, with the wind initially from the west before backing into the south and occasionally from the east as the low pressure system moved away.
Light, wet snow began to fall this morning just before 07.15 and by 08.00 was much heavier before turning to rain by 08.30. Total precipitation in the last twenty-four hours amounted to 2.8mm, bringing the January total to 38.9mm, being 42% of the 34-year January average.
The temperature at 08.00 was 1.1C but likely to rise during the afternoon as a warmer air mass arrives from the west.