Sunday gave us a very welcome sunny morning but cloud began to build after midday and totally obscured the sun late afternoon. The limited sunshine hours, combined with the brisk, cool wind from the west gusting ti 14mph, resulted in the thermometer only reaching a maximum of 9.9C just before midday at 11.55 being 0.4C below my 40-year average.
A cold front produced sporadic rain after 19.15 Sunday evening but more persistent and heavier rain arrived just after 23.30 amounted to 6.9mm, which took the monthly total to 8.5mm when the 40-year average is 91.7mm. This was the wettest day since 18th October.
The cold front meant that the thermometer fell away in the early hours of Monday to reach a low of 5.2C at 08.00, which was 1.2C above the average.
Monday revealed radiation fog forming in the River Og valley just before 07.30 as the temperature continued to fall. The fog had all but dissipated by 08.30 although the thermometer had dipped further to reach 5.0C at 08.25 before starting to recover.
A mini low has recently formed to the west of the UK and will travel over southern England as the day progresses and bring more continuous rain later this afternoon.
