Thursday 30th October
Wednesday was a predominantly cloudy day that, combined with a brisk breeze from the southwest, limited any rise in temperature, which was just over 1C, with a maximum of only 11.9C mid-morning at 10.22, rather than an afternoon peak as is usual. The high was 3.0C below average. The sky began to clear late afternoon that meant any warmth began to dissipate into the atmosphere that resulted in a low of 7.8C at 07.21 early Thursday, also being below average at -3.6C.
Thursday after first light revealed thin cloud drifting in from the west, that soon after totally obscured the sun following brief brakes just after 07.00, which had lift the temperature to 5.2C by 08.00. Cloud will continue to build during the day ahead of a weather front edging in from the Atlantic this evening. The humidity at 08.00 read 96.3%, the highest since the 13th, indicating that we are now fully under the influence of the Atlantic air stream of moist air.
A deepening low pressure system is creeping towards the UK when over the next few days it will likely track up the west coast overcoming the brief ridge of high pressure that will govern our weather today. This will produce a cold front that will cross the country during the late evening of Thursday bringing with it a band of rain for a couple of hours combined with strengthening winds.
Ex-Hurricane Melissa is forecast to arrive in mid-Atlantic by Saturday when it will have lost much of its strength, only then can its further track towards the UK, and any possible effect on our weather, be forecast.