With 7.4 hours of sunshine, almost exactly the same as that on Friday, and very light air mass from the south west, Saturday was a warm day with the thermometer rising to a maximum of 17.8C at 15.18. This was 3.1C above the 34-year average and the warmest day for a week. The thick fog that arrived just after 07.30 dispersed just before 09.30.
There was little movement of air, sometimes quite still, with a maximum reading of 10mph.
There followed a cool night with the minimum of 3.8C, being 3.4C below average, logged at 07.02.
There was no fog at dawn but variable fog drifted in from the east around 07.45 but quickly began to disperse as the sun got to work with the promise of another sunny and warn day.
Update at 09.05: bank of dense fog, visibility down to 200m, drifted in at 08.46.
Update at 16.35: with over 6 hours of sunshine after the fog cleared and a very light westerly airflow, the temperature reached a maximum of 17.8C at 14.43,exactly the same maximum as on Saturday.
