Windrush Weather

Barometric pressure rises

The Sunday maximum temperature was identical to that recorded on Saturday with a peak of 23.3C (+0.4C). The overnight minimum of 11.5C was just 0.4C below the average and 0.2C below the Saturday minimum. It was dry day with the UV level rising in the sunshine to Very High. The southerly breeze was modest with a maximum gust of just 20mph.

Monday early revealed low cloud draping the Marlborough Downs and obscuring the trees in Savernake Forest. By 07.00 the cloud base had begun to lift with brightness breaking through just before 08.00. The breeze today is forecast to veer a few degrees and come from south-southwest or later southwest and be moderate in strength. The barometric pressure observation at 08.00 was 1020.3mb, the highest this month.