The battle of the respective Atlantic and Arctic air masses has taken place over the past twenty-four hours. There was virtually no wind on Friday. Smoke from neighbours solid fuel fires indicated that the air mass direction had backed into the west and southwest but the anemometers stayed stationery for many hours.
The thermometer rose to 2.0C at 13.39, the highest maximum since the 10th but still 6.1C below the average. The temperature fell steadily late afternoon to hover around 5.0C – 6.1C minimum until just after 02.00 when the thermometer began to rise slowly to reach -1.4C at 08.00 on Saturday making it the warmest start to a day at that time since the 10th (+3.6C).
Saturday at first light revealed light high cloud but no sunshine and totally calm conditions. The forecast is for the air to come from a southerly direction, which will mean a slightly warmer day and a slow thaw.