Although we have been on the periphery of storm Callum the effects were felt and seen as Thursday gave us much more cloud with little sunshine, just 0.53 hours and a breezy, dry day.
The warmth was reduced from the peak on Wednesday, a drop of 4.5C, although a maximum of 17.9C was still 3.2C above the average.
Thick cloud overnight and the southerly warm air flow meant another mild night. Interestingly, the thermometer fell to its lowest point at 00.23 this morning with a minimum of 12.1C, being 4.1C above average. Thereafter the temperature slowly rose again to reach 14.4C at 08.00 when readings were taken.
Another feature of our closeness to the storm was that since just after midnight the wind strength has been increasing with a maximum gust of 33mph at 06.49 this morning.
Light rain showers commenced just before 5am with little quantity so that by 08.00 only 0.7mm had fallen.
Update on Friday at 17.50: Storm Callum felt as winds blow strongly all day with a peak gust of 40mph at 15.41. The air, still coming from mid-Atlantic, raised temperatures to a maximum of 18.1C late in the afternoon at 16.36, which was 3.4C above average.