Author: Eric Gilbert

The wind on Monday was from the North West during the afternoon heralding a drier air if cooler.

The maximum was a little lower, to 9.0C, still above average (+1.2C), with overnight minimum of 4.9C still 3C above average.

New Year’s Day saw the sun arrive mid-morning, for 2.5 hours, before cloud drifted in on the north-westerly, light breeze obscuring any further sunshine due to a transient weather front.

Update on Tuesday at 20.15: UV level briefly rises to 0.7, the highest since 2nd December. Temperature again above average with maximum of 9.8C being +2.8C

Sunday continued the run of mild and moist air from mid-atlantic that raised the temperature to a peak of 9.6C, which was again above average (+1.8C).

As the day wore on the cloud base lifted off the Marlborough Downs with light winds and a dry day. Overnight cloud again meant a mild night with a minimum of 8.2C, which was 6.3C above average.

Monday arrived with the continuation of thick cloud but not as low as on Sunday. The Barometric Pressure now reading 1036.2mb, the highest reading since 26th October as the anticyclone centres just to the south of the UK.

Saturday was again a sunless but dry day with thick cloud hovering over the Marlborough Downs giving misty conditions.

However, it was a very mild day, thanks to the flow of mild, moist mid-Atlantic air. The thermometer rose to 10.9C being 3.1C above average. Likewise overnight, a minimum of 8.6C, which was 6.7C above average.

Sunday arrived with the cloud base even lower from the mild, moist air. After a breezier day on Saturday, peak of 20mph, this morning brought light winds.

The barometric pressure at 08.00 was 1035.1mb, the highest for two months as the anticyclone intensifies.

Friday brought an hour of sunshine with both maximum 8.2C (+0.4C) and minimum 5.8C (+3.9C) again above average.

Cloud thickened overnight with a consequent rise in temperature from late afternoon so that by 08.00 on Saturday the thermometer read 8.9C. Dawn arrived very gloomy with low cloud and light drizzle in the air.

Update on Saturday at 16.35: another balmy day, even warmer, with a maximum of 10.9C, being 3.1C above average – more like a November temperature. But no sunshine!

Although the fog was thick on Thursday morning, with visibility down to 100m, it thinned and sunshine broke through mid-morning, giving us 5.4 hours.

The lowest temperature in the past twenty-four hours was at dawn with a reading of 1.7C that rose to a maximum of 8.6C, being 0.8C above average.

The clear skies during the evening allowed the thermometer to drop to 2.8C at 18.30, then slowly rose to 5.8C at 08.00 on Friday morning.

The cloud bank eased away to the east on Friday morning with broken sky then in evidence with the possibility of some sunshine although mist began to form on the Og valley.