This time yesterday it was 6 C!

The wind is finally beginning to increase from the SE quite suddenly

That already makes today our warmest day of the year so far by quite a considerable amount and this temperature is also even higher than what was actually forecast for today as our daytime maximum.

This is also the first time this year that the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank has exceeded 15°C. The next target is to get our first 20+°C temperature of the year and this is the very month when we usually start to look for that.

All that's missing now is some badly needed sunshine as we're still only getting the odd sunny interval at times with a lot of cloud still around.

Given those improved conditions (apart from the wind of course), it can be very easy to forget that we're currently under the influence of Storm Kathleen which gave us our overnight rainfall from its associated warm front, and which is now giving us these much windier conditions.

For now, the highest wind gust at Edinburgh Gogarbank is currently only around 41.6 mph from the south but that could increase further over the course of today.

The temperature of 17°C which I reported earlier for here in Edinburgh came from weatherobs.com but if you look there now, you will see that this is no longer shown there but that value was actually correct at the time.

The reason for this is because in the actual data when you click into the dashboard for that, it is only the hourly data which is shown and that is the case even with the raw SYNOP data which is seen when you click into the raw data section of the dashboard.

If you get that data from the raw BUFR data though, that data is contained within a binary file with a .BUFR file extension for each observation, and these files are named according to when those observations took place.

For hourly data, these files will have either ISMN, ISNN or ISNN in their filenames and it is only the data from those files which weatherobs.com shows in its dashboards.

From that data, the highest temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank during today so far was only 16.4°C as at 12 noon (the time when I last observed that) although the 12z reading from that data now shows 16.5°C which does indeed round up to 17°C.

In addition to that hourly data, there are also additional observations which are made every 10 minutes except for 50 minutes past each hour. The filenames of the files with the raw BUFR data for those additional observations have ISAX in them and when you click on any SYNOP station on weatherobs.com to see the latest data in the resulting popup message, that data does take that additional 10 minute data into consideration.

It is from this extra 10 minute data that my earlier reported temperature of 17°C actually came from and that actual value was actually exactly 17.0°C as reported at 11:20 am BST (10:20 UTC) this morning.

Since that reading is higher than the highest hourly temperature reading, that is our actual highest temperature so far although the official maximum temperature will obviously still end up being the same as or higher than that particular temperature in the end.

EDIT:

The highest wind gust as at 1pm BST (12:00 UTC) is now around 47 mph from the SSW at Edinburgh Gogarbank and still getting stronger.

My temperature has dropped from 17 C to 15.5 C now

According to weatherobs.com, the temperature at your local station at Swanston is showing as only around 14°C, having dropped back slightly from 16.1°C which is that station's highest temperature of the day so far.

Meanwhile, the local hotspot for today is actually Musselburgh in East Lothian just to the east of Edinburgh which is a similar type of station to Swanston.

There, the temperature reached 17.8°C a short while ago which rounds to 18°C, but that temperature has now dropped back to 16.7°C.

EDIT

Highest wind gusts at Edinburgh Gogarbank are now 50.7 mph from the SSW as at 2pm BST (13:00 UTC) this afternoon.

Made 19.4C here so far but not much sun. Was expecting a degree or so more but pleasantly warm and less windy than expected. 

Yes, that game was being played at Meadowbank Stadium in the NE of Edinburgh, and is also where most of Hibs' women's team's home matches are played.

That also isn't far from Easter Road Stadium where Hibs' men's team are currently playing against St. Johnstone as I write.

I would be very surprised if that match was hampered in any way by that, and I'm just amazed that they're even able to play in such conditions.

The highest wind gust from this particular storm at Edinburgh Gogarbank was 55 mph from the SSW as recorded at 3pm BST (14:00 UTC) this afternoon.

Since then, the wind has died down a bit, but not by all that much and it's still very windy as I write.

However, I can confirm that today's official maximum temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank was 17.3°C which as I said earlier, makes today our warmest day of this year so far.

Tonight is very mild though and the temperature here in Edinburgh as at 11pm BST (22:00 UTC) tonight was around 11°C.