A high of 12.0C at 05.53 on Sunday was the warmest since 08.00 on Saturday as the flow of very warm, moist air continues on a westsouthwest air stream. This was 4.0C above the 39-year average and the warmest start to a day since 18th November. The thermometer hovered around 9C for much of the day and early evening then slowly rose in the early hours of Sunday. Drizzle then light rain began early Saturday evening amounting to 1.5mm. That took the monthly total to 84.6mm, just 8mm below the long-term average. A maximum gust of 27 mph was recorded.
Sunday saw the wind back from west to west southwest and increase in strength. The air is being squeezed between the intense low pressure centred between Scotland and Iceland and the old anticyclone now off Spain, with the low winning, barometric pressure has dropped 8mb since Saturday to 1007.9mb Sunday.
