Without a weather front in sight on Saturday it was not surprising to find we had a dry and sunny day that lifted the temperature to 22.7C at 16.13 being back above average again, just, at +0.6C. The past night also was just above average with the thermometer reaching a low of 11.7C at 04.05 being +0.5C.
Early risers on Sunday would have observed some brightness in the eastern sky after sunrise. There was thin cloud at first masking the sun from the advance cloud of a warm weather front currently crossing the UK that thickened by 07.30. A cold front will follow in its tracks that just might produced a very light shower early afternoon.
The anticyclone is still maintaining a weak ridge over the UK keeping the worst weather at bay although with Storm Floris approaching the north of the UK, Monday is going to be variable, with limited sunshine and possible light rain in the afternoon, but no gale force winds over southern England although it will be very breezy with gusts of over 20mph.
Storm Floris is the sixth named storm of the 2024/2025 Storm Naming season. Storm Eowyn – which occurred in late January – was the last named storm to affect the UK. Storm Floris is forecast to deepen significantly in the next twenty-four hours with a centre pressure of around 985mb on Monday over central Scotland bringing gale force winds and heavy rain, whilst over Southern England there will likely be variable sunshine and the possibility of light showers with a small drop in pressure to around 1015mb when at 08.00 on Sunday the reading was 1019.1mb and steady.