The sun was strong on Sunday, if intermittent, that pushed the thermometer to 23.9C being 1.3C above the average. Cloud cover overnight produced another mild night with a low of 13.8C, which was 2.0C above the average. The UV level of 7.5 was back into the Very High category, not reached for over a week.
Monday revealed a mainly cloudy sky with the occasional bursts of sunshine. The ridge of high pressure has been building further with a reading of 1024.5mb at 08.00, the highest pressure since 24th June.The southwesterly air movement continues, a mild, moist airstream.
Whilst our Storm Betty has now dissipated, in mid-atlantic three tropical storms are forming, namely Emily, Franklin and Gert, in addition to that currently attacking California.