The drizzle and light rain coming from the thick low cloud on Saturday was a gloomy period for much of the daylight hours. The modest wind from the west allowed the thermometer to rise to a maximum of 11.6C at 14.05 being 3.5C above the average. However, just after 14.30 brief breaks in the lcd appeared and Hirt bursts of thin sunshine redeemed the day. The minimum of 3.3C overnight occurred at 06.35 early Sunday being 0.9C above average. The drizzle and light rain amounted to 2.8mm taking the monthly total to 55.2mm when the long-term average is 94.0mm.
Thin cloud greeted the new day on Sunday that brought a bright start with the hope of some weak sunshine when the sun rises above the horizon for a few hours and a dry day. The air today is less moist coming from the west-northwest air stream with humidity at 08.00 reading 83%, the second lowest this month after 82% on the 8th, when the wind was very strong and from a northerly quarter.
The wind today has been increasing after a strong gust of 29mph at 02.08 early Sunday. The average ten minute wind speed has increased by 4mph during the past hour, currently averaging 9mph. Once again we are being squeezed between a deep low pressure, now heading between Scandinavia and the Low Countries, and an intense high pressure just north of the Azores. This will see the wind coming from the west-northwest and probably more northwesterly this evening and gusting strongly.
