Wednesday was another very mild day with a peak of 11.2C being 3.4C above the average thanks to the drift of warm Atlantic on a brisk westerly breeze gusting to 27mph. The thermometer hovered around 10C all day and into the night but lifted a degree after 05.00 Thursday. It was a dry day with the first recorded UV level in a week.
Thursday dawned dull with total, thick cloud cover thanks to the advance cloud associated with Storm Pia, moving east over Scotland, named by the Dutch meteorological office. The wind has been slowly rising in strength since 05.00 and veering a few degrees into the west northwest.
