Friday was the second successive dull, dreary and wet day that saw intermittent bands of heavy rain pass over our area. It was particularly dark day just after 08.00 with claps of thunder heard between 07.00 and 0930. Another 9.4mm of precipitation took the monthly total to 36.5mm being 58% of my 40-year average. The conditions meant another cool day as the thermometer struggled to reach 17.7C early in the afternoon at 13.52 before beginning to fall away to 15.8C at 16.15. The UV level at 1.3 was obviously ‘Low’. There was little change in temperature overnight as a low of 14.3C was logged 03.55. It was an exceptionally calm day as the strongest gust of breeze was just 9mph.
Saturday again struggled into existence as low cloud and mist blanketed the high ground, initially limiting visibility to 300m. At least the rain had stopped.
The depression that had been centred over the continent is still there and is likely to throw more bands of rain across our area tonight. The barometric pressure of 10110mb is almost identical to that logged yesterday at that time. The wind initially today from east southeast will later this afternoon swing into the northwest heralding a cooler airstream.
