There was much welcome sunshine on Thursday that, combined with the flow of warm air from the south-east, meant a warm day as the thermometer peaked at 18.C at 14.33. This high was 2.9C above my 40-year average and the warmest day since 21st September.
The sky overnight was initially clear with a great image of the very large Hunter moon, however, that allowed the warmth to dissipate into the atmosphere allowing the temperature to drop to 6.1C at 02.33 early Friday being 1.3C below my long-term average. This was a much large diurnal variation of 11.7C compared to that recently of 1.6C.
It was a dry day, the first for a week, with Low UV, not unreasonable for this time on the year.
The low temperature overnight, combined with very wet ground, allowed misty conditions to form but not dense enough to be classed as fog. It was the fifth morning when the humidity read 100% at 08.00, unusual for October, more like November. The wind direction has seen it back from southeast to southwest earlier today and later will return to the south, but mainly light.
The deep low pressure system just south of Iceland continues to deepen rapidly with a very low centre pressure of 960mb by 12.00 today. The track of the system is projected to take it more towards Scotland and Northern England than our area for Sunday but rain and strong winds, from the tightly packed isobars, will give us a breezy day.
