Tuesday was such an improvement on the dull and damp Monday that saw many hours of sunshine that lifted the temperature to a maximum of 21.3C at 15.03 being almost exactly average for late August. However, the wind from the west was brisk, building in the afternoon and gusting to 21mph. The UV level of 4.9 was at the top end of ‘Moderate’. The past night was a little cooler that saw the thermometer drop to 9.9C at 05.33 early Wednesday.
Wednesday dawned bright with the sun eventually rising above a cloud bank and shining strongly after 07.30 that lifted the temperature to 13.4C at 08.00.
The ridge of high pressure is clinging on but as the day progresses the pressure will begin to fall as we come under the twin depressions to the west of Ireland and Scotland that contain the remnants of Hurricane Ernesto, now just an Atlantic storm. The worst of the weather will arrive on Thursday with modest precipitation likely and the wind gaining in strength.