The low, thick cloud persisted all day on Monday with pockets of drizzle passing overhead producing damp conditions. There was a light shower late afternoon and another heavier shower starting just before 19.00 with a daily rainfall total of 1.6mm. The additional precipitation took the monthly rainfall total to 101.6mm being 112% of my 40-year average.
The maximum of 14.9C was exactly average for late October and occurred at 14.49. There was little variation in temperature overnight due to the cloudy conditions with the thermometer reaching a low of 11.9C at 07.00 on Tuesday being exactly 4C above my long-term average.
Tuesday brought a slightly brighter start to the new day than on Monday with much higher and thinner cloud. The wind has recently veered into the northwest from south yesterday.
The high pressure system in the Atlantic is beginning to influence our weather, the barometric pressure has been rising for the past five days with a reading of 1024.7mb at 08.00. This is likely to bring quiet, calm weather but at this time of year, with little air movement could produce misty conditions with variable cloud.
