The thick cloud persisted all day on Wednesday giving us another mild day and night with the misty conditions lifting mid-morning but returning overnight. The high of 9.7C was 1.6C above average whereas the low of 6.2C that occurred at 06.56 early Boxing Day was, which was 3.8C above average.
Thursday after first light revealed the misty conditions again to start the new day with light drizzle falling.
The anticyclone has extended eastwards but still maintains a very high pressure over the UK, hence the lack of breeze to move the humid and stagnant air. The pressure reading at 08.00 was 1035.0mb, the highest since 13th November.
