The moist, warm air brought, on a southwesterly breeze on Friday, meant another mild day and night with maximum and minimum of 12.0C and 9.2C being +4.0C and +7.6C respectively. Storm Otto, that was centred off the north of Scotland, meant it was the breeziest day for over a month with a maximum gust of 26mph (14th January 41mph).
Bands of light drizzle occurred occasionally that only amounted to 1.3m but it was the wettest day since 15th January (4.0mm).
Saturday began gloomy as did Friday and Thursday with total cloud cover, thick and a low cloud base. The high pressure centre has slipped southwards into the Atlantic which means the wind will veer a few degrees to come from the west today. The ground temperature at a depth of 5cm registered 8.9C at 08.00, the warmest it has been since 12th January (9.3C).