Author: Eric Gilbert

The barometer continues to fall with the approaching depression giving the lowest reading this month with 1005.6 at 08.00. Yesterday was another very warm day with a maximum of 25.6C, 4.6 hours of strong sunshine and very light winds with a maximum of just 11mph, the calmest day this month. The increasing cloud cover overnight and residual warmth produced the warmest night this month with a minimum of 15.6C. Light rain arrived just before 06.00 giving 1.4mm by 08.00.

With the culmination of several dry days and building heat the thermometer reached 26.6C yesterday with 8.44 hours of strong sunshine, the hottest day for a month. By late afternoon thin cloud started to arrive from the west heralding a change in the weather. The barometric pressure had been falling over the last three days as the anticyclone eased to the east.
Just after 4am this morning a light shower, totalling 0.6mm, was recorded with the cloud cover holding in the warmth overnight giving a minimum of 15.2C, a very warm night. This resulted in a misty start to the day with the sun trying to break through just after 8am.

Another summer’s day yesterday with a maximum of 24.8C and 11.3 hours of strong sunshine. The last three days has seen the UV level drop to the ‘High’ category after being Very High previously in the month. The wind direction has veered a little more and has been coming from the east but light in strength, maximum 12mph. Today will be the thirteenth dry day this month with rainfall totalling just 23.2mm.
Although this morning broke with almost clear skies, just before 07.00 low cloud drifted in from the east obscuring the sun that eventually broke through around 10.30.

Late on sunday the wind veered from a regular westerly direction to a northerly direction which continued yesterday to a north-easterly as the high pressure moved a little eastwards. The thermometer rose to a maximum of 24.4C yesterday, 4C above the mean, and the warmest day this month with light winds. There was glorious strong sunshine from dawn in clear blue skies totalling 14.37 hours, the third highest total this year.
This morning the sun is a little hazier with a minimum of 10.1C, less cool than the previous two days. There was valley fog at dawn that quickly dispersed as the sun rose and a light easterly breeze.

The high pressure is providing much sunshine but clear skies at night mean a considerable drop in temperature, early this morning to 6.8C when the mean is 11.4C. The dry spell continues with just 23.2mm of precipitation this month when the mean is 66.2mm. With the anticyclone almost overhead it means a slack pressure gradient that gave a maximum gust of 11 mph yesterday and still conditions overnight.