Although breezy, with gusts to 20 mph late afternoon, thursday was a pleasant day with the maximum of 18.5C just off the average and up 0.4C on wednesday. There was much brightness and 0.83 hours of strong sunshine.
The cloud overnight menat a mild night with the thermometer not dropping below 13.7C, which was 4.3C above the average for September.
Light showers occurred around 3am and heavier bursts started just before 6am, amounting to 2.4mm.
The wind has been dropping out for the last five hours being light at dawn with heavy cloud and light drizzle in the air at 08.00.
The barometric pressure has been falling for the last 30 hours, now at its lowest since 28th June with a reading of 1001.1mb, heralding a more disturbed period.