Friday continued the flow of Arctic air although the maximum eased up slightly from the previous day to a maximum of 4.8C, still 3C below the December average.
It was a dry day with the brisk northerly wind persisting gusting to 25mph in the morning.
Overnight the thermometer fell little, a minimum of 0.6C, due to the cloud arriving from a weather front heralding a change in the weather.
We had 5.7 hours of strong sunshine yesterday but the thick cloud this morning suggests that during Saturday we will see little of the sun.