The numerous hours of welcome strong sunshine on Monday boosted the temperature to a maximum of 22.8C, late in the afternoon at 17.24, which was 2.2C above my 40-year average. The breeze from the southwest was light and combined with a UV level of Very High, meant it fell quite hot. The low of 86C was logged at 02.30 early Tuesday being 1.6C below the average.
The loss of equivalent rainfall through evaporation from ground sources and plant life has amounted to over 4mm on both Sunday and Monday.
Tuesday arrived with more sunshine after sunrise as a result the thermometer read 15.1C at 08.00. The wind direction overnight has changed significantly veering from the southwest into the north, as a result there is a slightly cooler feel to the breeze.
The anticyclone in mid-Atlantic is beginning topple over across the UK and is forecast to continue for a few days. As a result the barometric pressure had risen to 1014.7mb at 08.00, the highest pressure since the 13th, which should give us a few fine mainly dry days.