Wednesday brought us the coolest day this month as the thermometer only peaked at 14.7C being just 0.6C above average with the easterly breeze being the strongest for three days. However, it was very sunny and dry. Cloud could be seen on the radar easing in from the east during the late evening, approaching London, that saw the thermometer dip to a minimum of 1.2C at 05.19 producing a short lived ground frost but no air frost being 2.5C below average, however, it was the least cool night for three days.
No glorious sunshine to greet the new day on Thursday as we were under total quite thick cloud cover. Once the sun begins to work on the cloud it should slowly lift and break up to give another fine day.
The anticyclone has begun to contract and drift southwards. Its centre this morning is just of the southwest cast of Wales with a centre pressure of 1033mb so very close with pressure here at 08.00 of 1032.1mb, the highest pressure since the beginning of March.
We have two fine, sunny and warm days ahead before the weather pattern changes. The forecast Jet Stream track shows it making a significant change with it beginning to loop south of the UK putting us on the north side of the stream, being the cooler side, having looped north of the UK for all of this month.