Friday 3rd October
Thursday gave us a bright day with minimal brief sunshine after midday that lifted the temperature to a peak of 17.6C at 14.21 being 2.8C above average. It was the last of the dry days before the arrival of Storm Amey today. The cloud cover brought in on the warm, southerly breeze gave us a mild night with a minimum of 13.4C in the early hours of Friday at 03.02, being 6.0C above average. The start to October has given us both maximum and minimum temperatures above average in contrast to the week or more of below average temperatures at the end of September.

Friday arrived very slowly under very dull conditions resulting in the weather front that crossed in the early hours producing 8.4mm of precipitation. By first light the low cloud was producing misty conditions that blanketed the tops of the Marlborough Downs and Savernake Forest.

The barometric pressure has fallen a significant 12mb since yesterday with a reading of 1010.2mb at 08.00. The pressure has been falling steadily since last evening as Storm Amey moved closer from the eastern Atlantic. The track of the storm can be confidently forecast to have its greatest impact to the northwest of the UK and particularly Scotland. However, Southern England will have periods of heavy rain with the wind gaining strength as the day progresses. Friday evening is going to be especially stormy.