The wind picked up in strength later on Thursday that produced a word chill, especially as it was from a chilly easterly direction. The peak gust occurred at 07.34 on Friday. The maximum of 9.9C occurred at 14.40, which was back below my 40-year average (-0.7C) even though there was little weak sunshine late afternoon. The wind persisted in strength overnight, and from the east, so a minimum of 3.6C was not unexpected that combined with the wind strength and direction meant that wind chill made it feel more like 1C. outside.
Friday revealed a totally cloudy sky, although after 08.00 there were indications that it might be thinning. The recent high pressure has relocated and dropped away so the pressure at 08.00 showed a drop of 13mb since that tine on Thursday. We are also coming under the early influence of a depression in mid-Atlantic.
