Category: Commentary

Although we enjoyed many hours of sunshine on Sunday it was a cool day with a maximum of 18.9C. The peak was 3C down on recent days but still 4.8C above the average.

The wind picked up strength and still from the southeast. It was a dry day but due to high, thin cloud the UV level dropped back to ‘Moderate’.

A minimum of 5.4C was 1.7C above average but felt chilly first thing on Monday as thin high cloud obscured any strong early morning sunshine.

The barometric pressure has continued to drop as the anticyclone eases away and low pressure systems approach from the Atlantic.

The plentiful sunshine on Saturday pushed the thermometer to 22.1C being 8C above average and the warmest day since 24th September. The UV level of 5.1 is rated as ‘High’.

The dry, warm weather is increasing the evaporation from ground sources and plant life, the equivalent rainfall of over 3mm was lost on Friday and almost 3mm on Saturday. In total the loss this month is now 29mm when rainfall for Aril stands at 16.2mm.

Sunday brought more sunshine after a hazy start. The temperature recovered to 8.4C at 08.00 after a low of 6.2C, which was 2.5C above the average.

The barometric pressure has been falling steadily for the past twenty-four hours so a change in the weather pattern is imminent, but still relatively high today at 1024.2mb at 08.00.

The light southerly air stream boosted the temperature to 21.4C at 14.51 making it the warmest day since 24th September and 7.3C above the average.

The overnight minimum of 4.9C was also above average (+1.2C) occurring at 05.35 on Saturday.

Saturday brought brief broghness after dawn with variance cloud that had lifted the temperature at 08.00 to 8.9C.

The barometric pressure of 1030.1mb is currently at its highest this month with the centre of the anticyclone over Denmark, which will see the breeze back further into the southeast.

Most of the statistics for Thursday were almost identical to Wednesday with a maximum of 16.7C (16.8C) and a minimum of 3.1C at 05.38 Friday (3.0C).

The major difference was in the strength of the UV light that peaked at 5.6, which is classified as ‘High’ the first time this year. It was also another dry day.

Friday dawned with fog that limited visibility to 200m but this had evaporated by 07.30 under the influence of strong sunshine.

The ridge off high pressure has been building for the past four days and at 08.00 on Friday had risen to 1026.6mb with the promise of more fine dry weather.

Thanks to the modest breeze from the southwest on Wednesday. the thermometer rose to 16.8C being 2.7C above average. but due to clearer skies overnight a minimum 3.0C occurred early on Thursday at 05.30, being 0.7C below average.

It was another dry day, the sixth this month with rainfall just 16.2mm. By contrast, we have lost the equivalent of 22mm of rainfall due to evaporation from ground sources and plant life.

Thursday dawned quite murky with mist and cloud allowing only the briefest of bright intervals after dawn.

The ridge of high pressure has been building with the current pressure at 0800 of 1022.1mb, so another dry day is in prospect.