The last of the very warm days occurred on Tuesday with a maximum of 12.7C (+4.6C) and overnight minimum of 7.2C (+5.5C). Rainfall totalling 6.3mm was recorded during the past twenty-four hours taking the monthly total to 107.7mm being 164% 0f my 40-year average.
Wednesday revealed a wet start to the day as rain began to fall just before 06.00. This is due to a very deep depression centred just south of Iceland but moving north, current pressure a very low 955mb, throwing thick cloud and rain over the UK thanks to two cold fronts that will slowly traverse the UK. The rain radar indicates several hours of rain during the daytime. The barometric pressure has been falling rapidly since Tuesday having dropped a significant 19mb in 24 hours with a reading of 1009.3mb at 08.00. The cloud and rain will produce a cooler day than of late.
Later tonight and tomorrow the wind will back into the northwest, as against southwest today, which will mean a cooler airstream thus lower temperatures that will be closer to normal for late February.
