The barometric pressure fell steadily all day on Monday as the deep depression over the continent moved northwards skirting our east coast today. This was Storm Adrian named by the French Meteorological Office.
Monday gave us 6.7 hours of sunshine although that did nothing for the temperature as it struggled to reach 7.7C, a significant 7C below average, due to the brisk northeasterly wind.
Although the thermometer fell away overnight to a minimum of 0.2C at 02.16, the advancing cloud from the nearby storm began to lift the temperature so that by 08.00 it reached 2.2C although evidence of the hard ground frost could still be seen on the ground.
Just before midnight the wind began to back from the Northeast into the North and this morning has backed further now coming from the Northwest as the nearby storm progressed northwards across the near continent.
Tuesday arrived with the lowest barometric pressure for month with a reading of 996.3mb at 06.17. Thick cloud produced a few spots of rain just after dawn but subsequently the sky began to lighten as the depression eased north eastwards.