It was such a pleasure to have brief sunny intervals that were observed around midday on Sunday after the six dark, gloomy and damp days. As a result the thermometer crept up to 8.6C at 15.14 being the warmest day for four days and was 0.5C above average. The continuous cloud overnight meant little change in temperature overnight as the thermometer only dropped to 6.6C by 07.52 early Monday.
There was a significant change in our weather just after 14.00 on Sunday as the humidity dropped below 100% as the weak cold front passed through. It was also the first day since the 22nd when no precipitation fell, which had been mainly in the form of drizzle.
Monday revealed another cloudy start to a new day but the air was for the first time a little drier as the humidity at 08.00 read 96%, after six continuous days at 100% through day and night. The wind will be principally from the southwest quadrant and still relatively light.
The recent high pressure, that acted as a dome trapping stale air beneath it is still very slowly easing away, down 2mb since Sunday but still very high. A weather front is approaching on Tuesday that will see a succession of depressions running along it that will bring wet and very windy weather, especially on Wednesday.
