The cool northerly breeze on Friday was much stronger gusting to 23mph that meant a cooler day with the maximum of 16.7C being 2.2C below the average. However, with clear skies overnight the temperature plummeted to reach a low of 1.5C at 05.03 our Saturday morning. Early risers would have noticed that the grass was white at dawn as the temperature was low enough to produce a ground frost.
The sun shone strongly as soon as it rose above the horizon and lifted the temperature to 4.4C at 08.00. The high pressure has sunk southwards, just off the southern coast of Ireland, so closer to southern England and as a result the fine weather will continue with lighter winds but still from the northerly quadrant. The barometric pressure at 08.00 read 1024.4mb being the highest this month.
The ground temperature has also fallen away, not surprisingly, with a temperature of 7.1C at 08.00 and at a depth of 5cm, the lowest since 30th April (5.1C).