Saturday started cloudy, as on previous days, but late morning the cloud eased away and very welcome, intermittent sunshine arrived, the first all week, this raised the temperature to 6.9C by 13.05 and then dropped away to a minimum of 5.4C at 19.45. However, during the evening and early hours this was reversed and the thermometer climbed slowly to reach a maximum of 9.5C by 07.46 early Sunday. This was the first above average maximum since the 7th (+1.4C). This change was due to the wind backing from northwest to west after 17.00, a warmer air stream. The brighter afternoon saw UV light trigger the sensor for the first time in a week.
Sunday after dawn revealed a cloudy sky but this was higher and thinner than previous days and might thin further after a warm front eases away as the day progresses. The wind will continue from the west all day and modest in strength.
The milder conditions should be with us until midweek as the recent high pressure has relocated to the Bay of Biscay so the wind circulating clockwise around its centre is feeding us warmer, but moist air from that region of the Atlantic. The barometric pressure has risen to the highest for three days with a reading of 1027.9mb at 08.00. The soil temperature at a depth of 5cm, has risen to 7.3C at 08.00, thanks to the warmer air, the highest since the 5th.
