A cold front bearing rain ahead of Storm Dennis arrived at 16.40 on Friday, that by Saturday 08.00 had given us another 11.8mm of rainfall. This brought the monthly total to 53.7mm being 83% of the 35-year February average. The indication that the storm was approaching was seen as the barometric pressure began to fall at 09.23.
The southerly winds were strong again on Friday peaking at 27mph.
The UV level rose to a reading of 1.5, the highest since 28th October, during the sunshine breaks that totalled 2.2 hours.
Saturday arrived with brisk winds and driving light rain. We have experienced a very mild night with the thermometer currently reading 10.8C, which is a significant 9.5C above the February average minimum. The barometric pressure at 08.00 read 1007.5mb, well above the extreme low at the centre of Storm Dennis, now between Scotland and Iceland, having fallen dramatically to 925mb.
Update at 18.30: strongest gust of wind to date of 46mph at 10.49. Another 11mm of precipitation in the past twelve hours. Very mild conditions continue with current ambient temperature of 11.7C, which is 4.2C above average maximum.
