There was a little brightness late morning on Thursday that cheered the day up, if only briefly. As a result the thermometer edged upwards to a maximum of 11.4C being 3.4C above the 39-year average. Once again overnight cloud acted as a duvet limiting loss of warmth from the ground so a mild night with a low of 8.0C being 5.7C above the average. A little rain fell in the early hours amounting to 1.1mm. That took the monthly rainfall total to 105.6mm, which is 114% of the long-term average.
Another dull and dim start to a day on Friday with the rain radar indicating shower activity not far away. There are six mini depressions surrounding the UK so we are in for a further unsettled period although the wind today will be less strong than the previous two days, that is until tomorrow! The wind veered a few degrees in the early hours with more of a westerly component than yesterday. The 08.00 pressure reading was 1006.7mb, within l mb of that recorded yesterday.
