Category: Commentary

Although the barometric pressure had begun to rise on Monday the moist, dull weather meant another day without sunshine or any UV light. The southerly breeze was very light all day with a maximum gust of just 11mph. The thermometer rose just 4C during daylight hours to reach a maximum of 8.8C but hovered around 8.5C all night.

There were very brief and light showers on several occasions during the daytime that amounted to 2.4mm.

Tuesday arrived with mist and variable fog producing light drizzle that limited visibility to 900m. These conditions were due to a warm front crossing the area with more warm, moist air.

The barometric pressure continues to rise with a reading of 1028.1mb at 08.00 and rising rapidly.This is the highest pressure since 20th December.

It was a treat to enjoy 4.3 hours of sunshine on Sunday although the west to northwest breeze moderated the temperature so that the maximum was 7.9C being 0.9C above the average.

The minimum overnight was also above average (+2.1C) with a low of 3.4C.

The cloudy, gloomy start to a new day returned on Monday with low cloud and high humidity of 97%. However, the wind has backed into the south so will be a mild day.

Saturday was the warmest day since the 2nd that saw the thermometer rose to 10.0C at 13.07 and 3C above the average. Another 3.7mm of rain was recorded. It was the fifth day this month when the light was so weak that no UV was recorded.

Clearing skies meant a cool night that saw the temperature drop to 2.6C at 05.30.

Sunday dawned with a clear sky and the sun shining as soon as it rose above the horizon.

Friday morning brought 0.8 hours of bright sunshine although the cool, westerly wind tempered the temperature, after another cold night, with a maximum of 4.4C being 2.6C below average.

Rain arrived after midday and wet snow was observed at 14.24 turning thicker at 14.50 and heavy at 15.10. The precipitation total was 5.9mm bringing the monthly total to 21.5mm, being 24% of the 37-year average.

During the evening the thermometer dropped away to a minimum of 0.6C at 19.54 before rising a little to 0.8C at 23.00. Overnight, the advance cloud from the next weather front allowed the temperature to recover to 7.7C at 08.00 on Saturday.

A cloudy and wet day on Thursday saw the thermometer struggled torch 6.7C being 0.3C below the average. Bands of showery rain during daylight hours and overnight produced 6.1mm of precipitation that took the monthly total to 15.6mm when the average is 90.8mm.

Due to thick cloud cover there was little loss of warmth to the atmosphere overnight as the thermometer only lost just over 4C to reach a minimum of 2.1C at 04.52.

Friday initially arrived with a showery clouds passing over the area but being there was more broken cloud to follow.