The brisk westerly wind, gusting to 23mph for much of the day, pegged back the temperature to a peak of 19.1C even thought there was much sunshine. This high was 3.7C below my 40-year average. The thickening cloud in the evening and overnight gave us a very mild night with the temperature not sinking below 12.4C at 03.25 early Friday, which was 0.5C above the average.
The start to Friday revealed a wet and cloudy scene. The rain from the weather front had produce 2.7mm by 08.00, although we had missed the heaviest and more sustained rainfall. A small depression had formed overnight, just off the southwest approaches, which will reform and deepen later today, centred around East Anglia. This is likely to bring more heavy rain this afternoon into the evening, on a southwesterly air stream, as another front crosses the area.
