The thermometer on Wednesday almost reached the average for October with a maximum of 14.5C at 14.14 being just 0.4C below. The lack of sunshine and very brisk wind, gusting to 20mph from the Northeast, limited the warmth. The skies cleared later in the evening that allowed the thermometer to drop away to a minimum of 6.1C, which was also below my 40-year average being 1.4C below.
Thankfully the start to Thursday arrived with sunshine as soon as the sun rose above the horizon. The anticyclone to the north of Scotland will influence our weather for the next two days being dry with sunshine.
The barometric pressure has risen 12mb over the last two days, under the influence of the nearby anticyclone, hence the better weather. However, a low-pressure system is crossing towards us, now in mid-Atlantic being, the remains of Hurricane Kirk, that will develop further with very low pressure at its centre, that will mean more disturbed weather later in the weekend.
