Friday was a quiet, dry day with much sunshine after the misty conditions had cleared lifting the temperature to 15.9C by 14.46 being 1.0C above my 40-year average. A drop of just 4C overnight due to the cloudy conditions gave a minimum of 11.8 at 07.52 on Saturday, which was 4.4C above the average.
There were a few spots of rain in the evening but after midnight a 100 mile rain band arrived dropping 13.8mm of precipitation, being intense at 06.00 on Saturday when rain fell at the rate of 55mm/hour, very briefly, from the back edge of the weather front. This additional rainfall took the monthly total to 95.8mm being 5mm above my 40-year average.
The back edge of the weather front meant a cloudy start to Saturday with almost calm conditions.
The first named storm of the season, Storm Ashley, was named by Met Eireann yesterday. Its greatest impact will be Northern Ireland, Scotland and some north western coastal areas. It will be just wet and windy here on Sunday with gusts in the 30’s.
The soil temperature at a depth of 5mm read 13.1C at 08.00 due to the recent warm days and especially mild nights after a low of 4.9C on the 11th.
