Tuesday gave us another cloudy, damp and overcast day. The difference between that and Monday was the temperature. An air stream from the southeast brought much milder air that saw the thermometer slowly rise during the day to reach a maximum of 15.8C late afternoon at 16.16. This peak was 0.9C above my 40-year average and the warmest day since the 7th (16.9C). The rainfall that started to fall at 19.15, amounted to 4.0mm taking the monthly total to 69.3mm, just 21mm below the average for the whole month.
Once again the thick cloud cover kept in much of the warmth overnight that saw a minimal fall in temperature with a minimum of 14.6C at 05.55 early Wednesday, thus a diurnal range of just 1.2C.
Wednesday revealed another overcast and dull start to the new day, however at 08.00 the thermometer read 15.C, which was 0.8C above the average maximum for October. Although it is very misty with the humidity reading 100% at 08.00, where it was for much of Tuesday, the fog is less dense with visibility limited to 500m as the cloud base is a little higher today.
The warm air is being brought to us on a southerly or southeasterly drift that will back into the southwest during the evening. The track of the airstream can be traced back to Southern France, Spain and the Mediterranean, which is likely to continue for another day or two.
