A cold front will be an unwelcome visitor today

The temperatures were below average on Friday, even before the cold front arrived today. The thermometer reached a maximum of 7.9C at 13.27 being 2.4C below average while overnight it fell way to a minimum of 1.8C early Saturday at 04.53, which was 2.2C below average.

Friday arrived with total cloud cover and a trace of radiation fog in the River Og valley due to the low overnight temperatures as the moisture in the air condensed. The temperature had recovered slightly to read 4.4C at 08.00.

The cold front will pass over our area today heralding a change in our weather for the next few days although for most of the day the air will come on a southwesterly breeze veering into the northwest later in the day. The recent anticyclone has lost another 14mb since Monday with a. reding of 1021,2mb at 08.00.

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