The anticyclone made itself felt on Wednesday as it was a dry day, and thanks to a light southwesterly breeze with a maximum movement of 10mph, cannot call it a gust, combined with modest sunshine in the afternoon, saw the thermometer rise to a maximum of 22.2C at 17.22. This was the warmest day since 9th October and a significant 4.9C above my 40-year average, more in line with July than early May. The low of 7.6C that occurred at 05.55 on Thursday was just 0.6C above average.
The UV level rose to a peak of 6.3 being at the top end of ‘High’ and the strongest since 27th August.
Thursday brought us welcome sunshine shortly after sunrise that saw the thermometer rise to 14.0C by 08.00 with the absence of fog, just thin mist briefly after dawn.
The high pressure system covers a large area over the UK and stretches over the Continent with its centre currently just off the coast of Kent and is forecast to hang around for a few more days.
