Light rain arrived during the late evening of Wednesday but more so after midnight with another 2.8mm taking the monthly total to 29.9mm. After a cold start the temperature hovered just above 2C for much of the day but the effects of the next depression were observed as after 18.30 the thermometer began to rise very slowly as cloud cover and a shift in wind position meant that by 23.00 the temperature had risen to 5.9C. At the same time the wind direction began to veer a few degrees from southeast to south and began to rise in strength, a peak gust of 29mph was logged at 03.58 in the early hours of Thursday.
Thursday did not really dawn being very dark and damp as the new day arrived. The temperature had risen a little further to read 7.0C at 08.00. The next depression is quite deep with a centre pressure of 961mb at 08.00 and positioned just to the west of the UK but heading our way with more rain and strong winds. Our pressure reading was 1008.4mb at 0800, a drop of 10mb since yesterday.
