Friday 17th October
Although Thursday began dull and overcast, around midday the cloud began to thin and patches of blue sky to appear with warm, strong sunshine by early afternoon. As a result the temperature recovered to reach a peak of 14.9C at 13.39, the highest for a week, which was exactly average for October. It was such a pleasure to have sunshine after the week of grim, thick cloud. The milder weather continued overnight with a minimum of 10.9C being 3.5C above average logged at 07.28 early Friday.

Friday after dawn revealed another totally cloudy start to the new day, following the mild night, with a temperature of 11.0C at 08.00, which made it the warmest start to a new day at that time since 10th. However, with the light breeze now coming from the east, a slightly drier air steam, there is the possibility of a brighter and warmer day without any rain as the barometric pressure is still very high with a reading of 1026.0mb at 08.00

t will be dry for the ‘Big’ mop Fair on Saturday.

Savernake Forest. The forest features a diverse range of wildlife, including deer and badgers, and many ancient oak trees, with some estimated to be over a thousand ears old. Another image of the Grand Avenue is attached, which is approximately 4.2 miles long and lined with beech trees.

The forecast of recent days for the anticyclone to relinquish control of our weather on Saturday is still likely. However, as the high pressure eases away over the Continent, the depression that has been lurking in in the eastern Atlantic, will make a move on the UK with weather fronts arriving on Sunday with the strong possibility of rain.

As the depression arrives on Sunday he wind will increase in strength, thanks to a late pressure differential, and continue into Monday as the low pressure deepens, being almost overhead the UK.