Friday continued the run of warm, moist air arriving on a southeasterly breeze that raised the temperature to a peak of 16.3C at 12.22, which was 1.4C above my 40-year average. The cloudy skies meant that the temperature for much of the afternoon hovered around that level. During the late afternoon and early evening the cloud began to thin and clear that allowed the temperature to drop steadily downwards reaching a minimum of 6.7C at 23.58 being 0.7C below average. Thereafter, the thermometer began to recover with a reading of 9.8C at 08.00 0n Saturday.
Saturday arrived with overcast skies again and very light breeze from a southeasterly direction, which will veer into the southwest during the afternoon.
The barometric pressure has been rising again as the depression slides away southwards across France and the Bay of Biscay to be replaced, temporarily, by a ridge of high pressure easing in that will give a dry day and a fine, mainly sunny day on Sunday.
