The very high pressure moved little on Tuesday so it was another dull day, however, the wind strength had dropped a little with a maximum gust of 24mph and the average wind speed over ten minutes had fallen into single figures after the peak average go 18mpg on Sunday. Once again, due to the brisk wind from the northeast, a cold direction, the thermometer struggled to rise just 1.1C all day with a maximum of 6.3C at 13.38, being 1.8C below the average. At night the thick cloud acted as a duvet limiting any loss of warmth into the atmosphere with a drop of only 1.6C to a minimum of 4.7C at 07.16 early Wednesday, which was 2.2C above the average. Needed to say any UV light was not strong enough to trigger the UV sensor.
The new day on Wednesday struggled to come into life under thick cloud cover and the northeasterly still blowing but not as strong. Outside due to wind chill it felt more like 2.1C at 08.00 when the thermometer read 4.7C. The air is much drier today with a humidity level of 86% at 08.00 so no drizzle currently falling. There is no indication on the rain radar of any drizzle carrying cloud arriving at the moment.
The anticyclone has moved very little so continues the air stream from the northeast but today the ten minute average wind speed is down to 5mph with a maximum gust of just 13mph during the past two hours.The barometric pressure has varied little with a reading of 1033.3mb at 08.00, down just 0.4mb in twenty-four hours.
The forecast track of the Jet Stream varies little over the next two or three days so what we have today will be similar to that on Thursday and Friday but hopefully perhaps with a few breaks to brighten each day.
