A maximum of 11.6C on Tuesday meant it was the coldest day since 28th March being 2.5C below my 40-year average. An additional 1.5mm of rainfall took the monthly total to 35.8mm being 63% of my 40-year average.
The transient ridge of high pressure, thanks to an anticyclone over the Continent, meant a cool night with a low of 4.8C, just above the average, due to clearing skies. The ridge meant the barometric pressure read 1026,1mb at 08.00 a significant rise of 25mb over the last twenty-four hours and still rising but more slowly. It is the highest pressure since the 21st March.
Wednesday began with weak sunshine that by 07.30, when the sun had cleared the thin cloud on the eastern sky, then began to shine strongly. However, the next weather front is closing in on our area with thickening cloud this morning and rain likely after midday if not before. The wind will veer into the southwest again as the morning progresses.
A fragmenting rain band at 08.30 was just 15 miles to the west of Marlborough so the sunshine will soon disappear and rain to fall again.
