Author: Eric Gilbert

The south to southwest breeze, that was strong with a maximum gust of 37mph, continued to bring the mild moist air on Monday. The light rain and drizzle persisted all day adding another 7.4mm to the monthly total that now stands at 77.4mm (average is 91.8mm).

The thermometer climbed to a maximum of 12.9C at 13.35, which was 4.9C above the 36-year average, and stayed around the figure until just after midnight when it slowly dropped to 9.1C at 07.55 on Tuesday. The minimum temperature was 6.8C above the average.

Tuesday dawned with total cloud cover but much higher and lighter than on Monday but thankfully dry. The anemometers were completely still for several hours until midmorning when there was an occasional movement, but only just.

Sunday gave us a sunny morning with 3.7 hours but after a chilly start the thermometer rose to a maximum of 9.7C, which was the lowest for several days but still 1.7C above the average.

Rain overnight amounted to 3.9mm that brought the monthly total to 70.0mm, still 21.8mm below the 36-year average.

The heavy rain in the early hours had mostly drifted off to the east on Monday morning, just leaving heavy drizzle moved on in the southwesterly breeze.

Saturday brought us almost 2 hours of sunshine but the rain returned midday with another 2.6mm of precipitation as in the rainfall was small hail.

The temerature rose to a maximum of 10.5C, another above average day (+2.5C) as was the minimum overnight (+2.7C) when the thermometer dropped to 5.0C at 07.13 on Sunday morning.

Sunday after dawn saw minimal cloud and much blue sky thanks to the barometric pressure having been rising for the past twenty-four hours.

The squeeze between the high pressure to the east and the low pressure to the west in the Atlantic produced a very windy day on Friday with a maximum gust of 35mph at 09.24. Rainfall for the past twenty-four hours amounted to 9.8mm bringing the monthly total to 63.5mm when the average is 91.8mm.

Saturday saw broken sky after dawn and the temperature reading 9.1C at 08.00 after a very mild night.

The very mild and moist air, brought on a southerly air flow, continued to flood across the country on Thursday that saw the temperature hover around 10.4C all day but climb in the late evening and overnight to reach a maximum of 11.1C, which was 3.1C above the 36-year average. During the morning we enjoyed 2.3 hours of sunshine but increasing cloud arriving around midday, heralded the advance cloud from another weather front coming in from the Atlantic.

Rain arrived just after midnight triggering the automatic rain gauge with a heavy shower at 00.15 then drizzle before dawn brought the daily rainfall total to 2.4C. The wind speed picked up overnight with a maximum gust of 27mph at 03.02.

Friday arrived dark, wet and gloomy with drizzle continuing but the temperature at 08.00 of 10.9C made it the warmest start to a day at that time since 25th November being 8.6C above average. The wind is continuing to increase in speed with a gust of 31mph at 08.33. We are being squeezed between high pressure centred over Italy, rotating clockwise, and a deep depression in the Atlantic, circulating anticlockwise, to the west of the UK.