Thursday was another grey and dull day with drizzle in the morning amounting to 0.4mm. That took the monthly total to 70.3mm when the 39-year average is 92.7mm.
The temperature eased up a little from the previous cold day, thanks to the very light southwesterly air movement, with a maximum of 8.6C at 14.40 being 0.6C above the average. The evening saw the thermometer slowly descend but more quickly after 02.00 as broken cloud appeared allowing the temperature to drop to its lowest at 07.56 Friday with a minimum of 2.3C, which was exactly average for December.
Friday arrived with broken cloud that soon filled in. The significant feature of today is that the barometric pressure has been rising significantly again over the last twenty-four hours with a reading of 1036.3mb at 08.00, which was the highest pressure since 4th February (1038.1mb). This is due to a large anticyclone centred over the Bay of Biscay, current pressure reading of 1041mb, which is throwing a ridge of high pressure over the UK.
