Category: Commentary

Thursday was cool and mainly cloudy that combined with the light easterly breeze meant a much cooler day than of late as a result saw the thermometer only rise to 21.7C, but that was 1.5C above the average.

Light rain fell just after 19.30 amounting to 0.8mm.

The daily loss of equivalent rainfall through evaporation from ground sources and plant life continues high, over 5mm on Wednesday, with the monthly total now 74mm when the actual rainfall totals 22.7mm

The past night has been very mild with a minimum of 14.0C being 3.9C above the average.

Friday arrived dull and grey with total cloud cover thus no sunshine. A depression close by, just to the west of Scotland, has brought about the change in our weather with the current barometric pressure reading of 1004.9mb at 0800, the lowest pressure since the 8th.

On Wednesday the heat built up to reach a peak of 26.9C being 6.7C above the average. The solar energy was down on recent days and the UV level dropped back to High, just.

The overnight minimum of 9.6C was just below the average.

The start to Thursday was glorious but a bank of cloud in the east was visible. By 07.30 the cloud cover had crept westwards and shortly afterwards totally obliterated the sun.

Monday saw the thermometer rose to 24.8C being 4.6C above the average. The UV level again rose to Very High.

It was another dry day with the loss of equivalent rainfall due to evaporation exceeding 4mm daily. So far this month 67mm of equivalent rainfall has been lost through evaporation due to high temperatures and brisk winds.

The past night was cool seeing the thermometer drop to 8.2C being 1.9C belwo the 38-year average.

Tuesday brought us strong sunshine after dawn that lifted the temperature at 08.00 to 18.0C, the second highest this month. At that time there was no wind movement, totally calm, but it is forecast to come later in the morning from between north-northeast and east-southeast and light.

Monday saw the temperature begin to recover from the previous two cool days with a maximum of 21.1C being 0.9C above the average. The wind continued from the north-northeast gusting to a peak of 22mph.

The dry days have returned and the UV level back to Very High.

With a minimum of 5.9C, it was the coolest night in a week and 4.1C below the average.

Tuesday arrived with very misty contains that began to evaporate just after 07.30 and by 08.00 the sun was breaking through strongly that lifted the temperature to 13.1C. The wind has fallen out completely with still conditions.

With a maximum of just 16.4C on Sunday it was the coolest day since the 5th (14.0C) and 3.8C below the average, partly to the brisk north-northheast breeze. There was a little more sunshine than on Saturday but limited with the UV level rated as High.

There was a very brief shower at 19.05 and more continuous rain for just over an hour and a half starting at 20.15 amounting to 3.1mm. That brought the monthly total to 21.9mm when the 38-year average is 54.2mm.

The minimum of 9.4C at 04.57, Monday, was 0.7C below the average.

Monday arrived with a sunny start to the day, which had lifted the temperature to 13.2C at 08.00. The wind continued from the north-northeast and brisk.