Friday was the last of the very cool days that saw the thermometer hover around 6C for much of the day and drop away in the evening. The maximum of 6.9C was logged at 12.40 being 3.4C below my 40-year average and the minimum of -0.7C was logged in the evening at 19.51 being 4.7C below average.
After 20.00 on Friday evening thin cloud began to drift across ahead of the main weather front that saw the thermometer begin to slowly rise reaching 0C at 21.38 and 1C at 22.15. After midnight the warmer air began to flood across our area that saw the thermometer rise to 8.1C by 08.00 on Saturday as a warm front crossed southern England. The limited rain after 05.00 amounted to 3.2mm as we are on the periphery of the intense rain area at the moment.
Saturday revealed a wet start to the new day but so much milder. The temperature of 8.1C meant it was the warmest start to a day at that time since the 14th.
Storm Bert is currently off the coast of Northern Ireland with the centre of the depression falling rapidly with an extreme low just 937mb at 08.00. The barometric pressure is dropping rapidly here with a pressure of 1003.7mb logged at 08.00. Being so far from the coast we will not experience the extremes of wind gusts with a high of 21mph so far the morning but it is rising.
When the high winds have ceased there won’t be many late autumn leaves left on the trees!