The air stream on Sunday was predominantly from the west, which is a warmer direction than from a northerly quadrant as occurred recently, so it was not surprising to find the maximum was the highest since the 20th, but not by much as the ground has been cold. The peak of 12.4C was logged late in the day at 17.34 due to afternoon weak sunshine that followed a damp overcast morning, but this was still 1.7C below my 40-year average. The light rain and drizzle amounted to just 0.3mmm taking the monthly total to 78.0mm being 137% of my 40-year average.
After so many damp and gloomy mornings it was a pleasure to see the sun shine on Monday morning, if variable, through thin cloud. The next depression is off the west coast of Ireland so advance cloud will build up as the day progresses and reduce the sunshine. Just after midnight, the light airstream showed that the wind had backed further and was coming from the south due to the position of the new low pressure system. This is a much warmer air stream and this morning outside it felt much pleasanter than the cold winds of recent days. The barometric pressure has recovered 12mb having risen to 1014.2mb at 08.00, the highest pressure for five days, so it should be a predominantly dry, if cloudy day as it progresses.
