Month: August 2024

The numerous hours of sunshine on Friday took the temperature to a maximum of 22.1C, being 0.7C above my 40-year average, but outside this was tempered by a brisk breeze from the northeast, a direction not seen for a month. The day was dry and the UV level peaked at 4.9 which was the top end of Moderate. The past night was not so cool as the previous night as the thermometer dropped to 11.2C at 05.23 early Saturday being 0.6C above average.

The new start on Saturday was initially cloudy but just before 08.00 the sun climbed above the cloud bank on the eastern horizon and shone brightly. However, cloud is likely to edge in from the southeast as a weather front approaches from the continent, and limit the sunshine before midday. The barometric pressure remains high with a reading of 1024.3mb at 08.00, the peak of 1025.1mb on Friday was the highest all month. The anticyclone is edging towards Scandinavia but will continue the flow of air from the northeast or east northeast

There was less heat on Thursday as the thermometer only reached 21.4C, logged at 14.22, being 5C down on the peak of Wednesday, however, it was exactly average. The warmth dissipated overnight as the thermometer tumbled to a minimum of just 5.2C at 06.26 being a significant 6.6C below my 40-year average.

Friday revealed a misty start to the day as radiation fog had formed locally, limiting visibilty to 300m. However, the sun soon got to work after 07.30 and by 08.00 there was little evidence of mist.

The anticyclone has extend its centre over the UK today so a couple of fine, dry days ahead.

The total rainfall for August stands at 54.5mm being 11mm below my 40-year average. The loss of equivalent rainfall through evaporation from ground sources and plant life is now 75mm giving a deficit of almost 20mm.

No update yesterday due to the funeral of my wife.

The sun eventually broke truth the cloud on Wednesday by mid-morning and proceeded to raise the temperature to 26.2C at 16.04 being 4.8C above my 40-year average and the warmest day since 31st July (30.4C). The temperature dropped away steadily in the early hours of Thursday to reach a low of 9.9C at 06.43. This minimum meant some of the recent precipitation condensed in the Og Valley forming radiation fog that had almost evaporated by 07.30.

A nose of high pressure that is centred mid-atlantic will give us a fine day or two.

A maximum of 21.7C at 16.36 in the afternoon sunshine, after a cloudy few hours, was the highest for eight days and just above my 40-year average at +0.3C. The UV was Moderate and a dry day. The minimum of 14.3C just after midnight was 2,5C above average.

Tuesday revealed a cloudy start to the new day. The high pressure to the west is still keeping weather fronts from the west, at bay.

The many hours of sunshine on Sunday lifted the temperature to a maximum of 19.3C at 12.46, being 2.1C below the average. However, increasing cloud amounts during the afternoon limited further sunshine and any further rise in temperature and brought a minor shower mid-afternoon amounting to 0.3mm. The low at 06.14 early Monday was just above average at +0.5C.

Monday began with some brightness and brief spells of sunshine but just before 08.00 banks of cloud drifted in from the west.

A large area of high pressure, reaching from mid-Atlantic to Russia, is blocking low pressure systems edging in from the west. The barometric pressure reading at 08.00 was 1019.0mb, the highest since the 11th.