Monday was the last of the relatively warm days this week with a maximum of 21.1C at 15.49 being 0.5C above my 40-year average. The cloudy night meant a mild night thanks to the cloud providing a duvet to minimum loss of warmth into the atmosphere.The minimum of 11.7C was logged at 05.08 early Tuesday being 1.5C above the average.
Tuesday began bright but total cloud cover blocked any sunshine although there was initially some brightness. The temperature had risen to 13.6C at 08.00. The barometric pressure has seen another 10mb fall since Monday as we come under the influence of a deep low between Greenland and Norway. The pressure reading at 08.00 was 1013.8mb, a fall of 16mb since Sunday
During Tuesday afternoon two cold fronts will cross the south of England heralding a significant change in our weather for the next few days. This will see the wind back into a more northerly quadrant and bring a significant drop in temperature as Arctic air arrives from the north. The wind will also increase as the day progresses. The depression is likely to be close to us until the weekend so cooler days and especially nights are with us for a few days.