Yet another in the sequence of very wet days on Friday that produced another 7.5mm of precipitation. The monthly total now stands at 61.0mm, just 4.6mm below the 39-year average for August. The southeasterly wind was brisk, gusting to 22mph, but not cold. The thermometer rose to 22.3C being just 0.3C below the average with a very mild night that saw the thermometer not drop below 16.2C, which was 4.4C above the average thanks to thick cloud cover overnight.
The wet and windy weather, not as bad as further west, was thanks to Storm Betty, named by Met Eireann. They suffered most as the centre of the depression moved across Ireland and now off the west cast of Scotland. The storm centre deepened rapidly to reach a minimum pressure of 987mb over Ireland, whereas today the pressure here at 08.00 was 1010.6mb.
Saturday saw the hang back of cloud from the weather front, that passed our way in the early hours, in the east slowly easing away that allowed the some brightness at first and strong, longer spells of sunshine just before 08.00.