One of the unusual things about our weather this late summer & early autumn is that the pattern of the day has had more in common with the pattern seen in a tropical island such as Singapore than we are used to in the temperate zone on the edge of Europe.
The days have generally started off bright & sunny, with plenty of blue among the clouds, but by late morning the cloud has piled in from the west & just stuck. Then an afternoon of brief but very heavy & very localised downpours, before clearing up again in the early evening, leaving a sunset fierce enough to be blinding.
