Thursday was dry with the UV level again reaching at its peak up to the Very High level. The limited sunshine meant a below average maximum of 20.8C (-2.1C) but once again due to the thick overnight cloud the thermometer did not drop below 13.1C, which was 1.2C above the average.
During the early hours of Friday the cloud in advance of the approaching deep depression moved in with rain first detected on the automatic rain gauge at 06.15. By 08.00 the light rain amounted to just 0.6mm but much more will accumulate during the numerous hours of rain during daylight hours today.
The centre of the depression at 08.00 Friday was just off the tip of southwest Ireland. Its track is forecast in a northeasterly direction over Ireland and Scotland on Saturday. This morning the UK the wind has backed from the southwest into the southeast but as the depression tracks eastwards the wind is forecast to then veer back into the southwest later on Friday. The wind is currently light but is forecast to rise as Friday progresses and hit its peak on Saturday with winds on the southern flank of the depression reaching in excess of 40mph.
Update at 18.45: the rainfall today from 06.15 to 18.15, when the fine drizzle abated from the last cloud of the low pressure system, was 27.4mm. It was the wettest day since 19th December 2022 when 29.8mm was recorded.