It was a treat to feel a little warmth in the sunshine during Monday afternoon, in light winds, as the thermometer rose to 15.1C being 1C above the average. Sadly the wind backed into the northeast overnight and strengthened with the result that the temperature dropped away to 5.5C at 01.45.
Tuesday revealed a cloudy and dull start to the new day but brief bursts of sunshine began to break through after 07.46 with the temperature having recovered to 7.3C.
The high pressure still extends from Scandinavia to the Bay of Biscay but a slight variation in the position of its centre saw the wind direction change to northeast or nor-northeast. The barometric pressure has eased upwards again with a reading of 1029.5mb at 08.00.