The northeasterly breeze continued on Sunday that moderated the temperature with a peak of 18.9C, although that was 1.8C above the 39-year average. We have now had a week of consecutive dry days with the equivalent loss of rainfall through evaporation, from ground sources and plant life, of 4mm per day on Saturday and almost the same on Sunday. The brisk breeze and hours of sunshine are drying out the soil rapidly.
The jet stream forecast is for the Azores High pressure system to become resident for the next week so the breeze from the northeast and north will persist for several days. This will mean settled weather for several days with sunshine dependent on variable cloud cover but warmer as the week progresses.
The overnight minimum of 7.1C was just above average for late May.
Monday revealed extensive cloud cover that had drifted in overnight. The wind has backed a few degrees to currently come from the north. The humidity level at 08.00 was 80%, much lower than earlier this month.