Category: Commentary

The welcome 5.4 hours of sunshine raised the temperature to a peak of 8.8C. This was lower than previous days due to the increasing wind from Storm Corrie passing to the north of the UK. The peak wind gust of 36mph occurred at 02.31 on Monday morning.

The UV level of 1.0 was the highest since 17th November as the sun slowly gains its strength.

Due to cloud cover overnight the thermometer did not sink below 5.5C at 07.01 on Monday.

We were greeted on Monday with another cloudy start to a day with the wind still blowing strong but beginning to drop in strength as Storm Corrie eases away into the North Sea. At the same time the barometric pressure is beginning to drop with a current reading at 08.00 of 1024.3mb

The notable feature about Monday is that the humidity is at a very low level of 77% when normally in the 90s. The humidity level dropped significantly Just after 23.30 on Sunday night as the wind veered into the northwest.

The maximum wind gust on Saturday of 33mph was due to storm Malik crossing to the north of the UK but still the strongest blow since 29th December.

The thermometer rose to 10.8C on Saturday being 3.8C above average but clearing skies overnight produced another air frost with a low of -1.6C, which was 2.9C below the average.

A ridge of high pressure has built over the country in the past twenty-four hours, that brought the clearing skies with a reading of 1035mb at 08.00 on Sunday.

Sunday arrived with broken sunshine and calm conditions initially, but another storm is approaching that will see the wind begin to increase later today.

With just two days left in January the total rainfall of 28.3mm is 62.6mm below the 37-year average, a significant reduction.

After a very cold start the peak temperature of 9.8C was 2.8C above the average during 3.8 hours of welcome sunshine. The wind coming from the southwest began to veer a little late evening into the west as Storm Malik began to have an effect on our weather.

The thermometer did not drop below 9.4C all night, which was 8.1C above the average.

Saturday dawned with total cloud cover again and the wind gusting strongly to 27mph. This was the strongest gust since 6th January and due to Storm Malik crossing the north of the UK.

Thursday saw the thermometer rise to 11.6C being 4.6C above the 37-year average and the warmest day since the 1st. The morning saw a weather front crossing the area producing very light drizzle amounting to 0.2mm. During the afternoon the sun broke through in variable cloud, for 1.8 hours.

Clearing skies overnight meant another air frost with the thermometer dropping to -2.1C at 07.09 on Friday.

Friday morning dawned with a band of cloud easing eastwards and variable light cloud.

The centre of the anticyclone has moved closer, now approaching the west coast of Brittany, with the resultant rise in barometric pressure to 1037.0mb at 08.00. This is an increase of 10mb during the past twenty-four hours.

After five consecutive days without sunshine the sun made a welcome return on Wednesday. The cloud began to thin and lift around 10.00 and by 11.00 was shining brightly. There were 3.2 hours of sunshine.

It was the fifteenth consecutive dry day making it the longest dry period since the end of August begging of September 2021. The UV light level rose to 0.9, the highest since 17th November.

The temperature dropped to 4.8C at 18.00 and then began to rise slowly to reach a maximum of 8.2C.

Thursday arrived with the return of cloud, this time from a cold front traversing the country. The barometric pressure has fallen almost 10 mb since Wednesday with a reading of 1027.6mb at 08.00 as the centre of the anticyclone drifts away.