Wednesday was like the previous days trapped under the persistent low, thick cloud brought in by the northeasterly breeze but thankfully less strong. However, wind chill was still a factor when going out as it felt at least 2C lower than that indicated on the thermometer. No rain or drizzle was observed and no UV light triggered the sensor being the fourth consecutive day that this has occurred, but not surprising in Winter under the thick, low cloud.
The diurnal temperature range was minimal at just 1.0C variation between the day maximum of 5.6C at 15.25 and the night minimum of 4.6 at 01.24 early Wednesday. The high was 2.5C beak average whilst the low was 2.2C above average.
Thursday morning was identical to previous days so no change in the cloud cover but the wind continued much lighter and from the northeast with reduced wind chill.
The anticyclone that has hovered over the UK for the last few days is showing signs of migrating eastwards but change in our weather will be slow and not much improvement until the weekend. The barometric pressure has varied just 1mb since Monday with the reading of 1032.6mb at 08.00 with the centre of the anticyclone almost overhead this morning.
As the anticyclone moves away the wind tomorrow will begin to back into the east then southeast thus stopping the flow of air travelling over the cold North Sea and picking up moisture on its way. This will mean the resultant persistent gloomy conditions should improve.
