Although the extreme winds gusting to over 40mph abated a little Sunday evening they were still strong at over 30mph. The strong wind and from a cold northerly direction meant a cool day with the thermometer not exceeding 6.9C at 22.35 being 1.2C below my long-term average. In fact those conditions produced a wind chill again in that when the thermometer read 6.1C in the evening the wind chill meant outside it felt more like 2C. The minimum of 4.9C was logged at 14.30 being 2.5C above average. The intermittent showers amounted to 3.8mm.
Monday revealed a day that was so similar to Sunday with the wind still gusting strong. However, there was one major variation. The very strong gusts, then brief lulls, on Sunday had given an average speed over ten minutes of up to 18mph whereas on Monday the very strong gusts had dropped away with gusts up to 25mph with more consistent wind strength around 15mph and still an average speed over ten minutes of 14mph.
The winds are the result of a squeeze between the high pressure centred off Ireland, circulating clockwise as they do, and the old depression now over the Mediterranean, circulating anticlockwise. The barometric pressure has risen another 12mb with a reading of 1032.2mb at 08.00, the highest pressure since 14th November.
There is a lot of cloud again due to the airstream travelling over the North Sea picking up moisture along the way.
