The thermometer read 8.1C at 08.00 on Saturday and rose almost continuously all day, and through the night, to reach an exceptional 16.9C at 08.00 on Sunday, which was 6.6C above my 40-year average. It was the highest November maximum since 12th November 2022 (17.5C). Therefore the maximum temperature was logged when it is usually the minimum. The wind was strong all day from the southwest and increased in the early hours with a peak of 36mph logged at 06.34. The rain was almost continuous over the last twenty-four hours and totalled 27.2mm that took the monthly total to 27.2mm when the average is 91.7mm. It was the wettest day since 23rd September (43.4mm).
It was the first occasion that no evaporation was logged since that apparatus was installed due to the almost continuous rain over twenty-four hours. No UV light triggered the sensor also the solar energy sensor briefly flickered on then off again.
Sunday after dawn revealed a sky thick with low cloud and the wind still blowing strongly although a short break from the rain, that began again at 08.20.
The soil temperature at a depth of 5cm has recovered significantly from the 0.9C on Friday to 13.1C at the same time today.
The centre of Storm Bert is just off the west coast of Scotland that will continue the strong winds all day, slowly abating after midday. The barometric pressure at 08.00 read 992.2mb, the lowest since 9th October. The centre of the depression had a extremely low pressure reading of 941.2mb at midnight and a forecast pressure of 952mb at midday so producing a severe pressure gradient with the isobars showing very tightly packed on the surface pressure chart.
