The anticyclone built over the UK on Tuesday and gave us a very warm and sunny day that saw the thermometer soar to 20.2C at 15.55. This was the warmest day since 13th October and 2.9C above my 40-year average. The UV level of 5.2 indicated that the level was ‘High’. The low overnight occurred early Wednesday at 00.06 with a minimum of 9,5C being 2.5C above average.
The start to Wednesday revealed a mostly cloudy sky with the sun occasionally breaking through before 08.00, which lifted the thermometer to 12.7C at 08.00.
The anticyclone is now centred over the UK with the barometric pressure at 08.00 reading 1029.4mb, close to the centre of 1030.0mb over Kent. We can look forward tp a few dry, warm and sunny days.
The loss of equivalent rainfall through evaporation from the ground and plant life exceeded 3mm per day on Tuesday, total for the day of 3.41mm, the first time since 11th August, thanks to the wet autumn and winter.
