The wedge of mild air on Monday resulted in the thermometer rising to 10.5C at 12.39 during the bright intervals and weak sunshine that was 2.4C above the long-term average whilst thin cloud eased in during the afternoon. Under clearing skies the temperature dropped away during the evening reaching a minimum of 2.3C at 02.33 being 0.1C below average. However, a significant change then occurred as the wind swung into the south and began to pick up speed, nothing major. The cloud that drifted across stopped the warmth dissipating into the atmosphere that combined with the flow of warmer air from the south saw the thermometer make an about turn and begin to rise reaching 8.6C at 08.00. There was a minimal amount of precipitation that was not measurable so recorded as a ‘trace’.
Tuesday revealed a cloudy and dull start to the new day with the wind still coming from the south due to the recent high pressure relocating south and east to North Africa. It is very moist air with humidity 100% at 08.00, the first this month. The barometric pressure has dropped 6mb as the anticyclone slips away.
Thicker cloud has arrived today ahead of two weather fronts that will arrive during the late afternoon and evening bringing rain and increasing wind strength overnight and into Wednesday.
