The temperature crept upwards during daylight hours before falling back in the early afternoon. However, another warm front approached and crossed the area in the evening that saw the temperature steadily rise after 17.30 to reach a maximum of 11.2C at 08.00 on Saturday. This maximum was 4.2C above the average.
The warm front brought much cloud and associated rainfall that triggered the automatic rain gauge at 01.30 that continued until after dawn with another 22.8mm of precipitation. That additional rainfall took the monthly total to 97.9mm being 8.7mm above the 38-year average. Gusts of wind associated with active weather fronts saw a peak speed of 33mph.
Saturday was dark and grim after dawn with steady rain. The barometric pressure has dropped again due to the closeness of the depression with a reading of 996.mb at 08.00. Approaching is a cold weather front that will change the wind direction from a southerly quadrant to west and as a result the temperature will fall later in the morning as the clearance arrives.