With a maximum of just 7.4C on Tuesday it was the coolest day since the 20th thanks to the brisk northwesterly breeze gusting at its peak to 16mph. This peak was only just above my 40-year average at +0.3C. It was a forgettable day thanks to the persistent thick cloud although it remained dry. It was so dull all day that no UV light was detected.
A low of 4.2C overnight at 04.28 was logged in the early hours of Wednesday, since then the temperature has lifted a little to 5.3C at 08.00
The extensive anticyclone over the Continent has relocated with the result the breeze today will come principally from the southwest but being a moist air steam it will result in anther mainly cloudy day. In fact it is an extremely long over water travel, starting in the Mediterranean and then around the Bay of Biscay before coming up from the south west across the UK. The barometric pressure has risen to a quite high value with a reading of 1032.4mb at 08.00.
