Sunday saw the temperatures recover as the wind backed mainly into the south lifting the temperature to a maximum of 7.3C being 0.6C below the 39-year average. A minimum of 6.6C was 4.3C above the average due to the thick cloud cover that persisted overnight thanks to the approaching depression. Considerable rainfall was recorded overnight amounting to 18.0mm making it the wettest day since 1st November. (28.7mm).
Monday dawned dark and damp as the centre of the depression, that is running along the English Channel, throws up more thick cloud.The barometric pressure has dropped a considerable 17mb over the last twenty-four hours with a reading of 994.7mb at 08.00. The centre of the depression close had a pressure of 991mb. As the depression drifts southeastwards towards France the wind will back during the day to make a 180* turn and change southeast to northwest by late evening.
The soil temperature at a depth of 5cm dropped to 0.5C by 08.00 on Sunday but the warmer air has lifted that to 6.4C today.
