Three days with above average temperatures then back below again on Saturday with a maximum of 21.1C, which was 1.6C below my 40-year average.The morning was overcast with bright spells but cloud built up during the afternoon with rain observed beginning to fall at 16.55 and sporadic light rain during the evening amounting to 1.1mm. This was due to a cold weather front crossing the area with a second overnight, as a result the wind veered from the south into the northwest by daybreak, but still light. The low of 14.9C, logged at 06.47 early Sunday, was 3C above average thanks to the thick cloud cover acting as a duvet minimising loss of warmth into the atmosphere.
After my comment yesterday on the two widely varying forecasts for Saturday, the Met Office was very accurate with light rain as against the BBC forecast from MeteoGroup that forecast thunderstorms.
Sunday struggled to break into life as the cloud was thick and low masking the Marlborough Downs and Savernake Forest as the second cold front passed our way. We are back to unsettled weather thanks to the number of low pressure systems heading in from the Atlantic.
The monthly rainfall total of 60.3mm now exceeds my 40-year average, just, by 0.6mm.
