Category: Commentary

Although it was a misty start on Monday it was a much brighter morning, however, mid-afternoon fog was observed drifting in from the west that by 15.30 restricted visibility to 300m and became denser as the light fell. The thermometer rose to 12.3C, another above average day (+2.2C). The day was also noted for the lack of wind with the anemometer falling stationary from mid-afternoon.

During the evening the temperature fell steadily away and by 23.00 was down to 2.1C. The minimum of 1.6C was recorded at 01.08, following which it rose a degree or two to read 3.8C at 08.00 on Tuesday.

Tuesday dawned with total cloud cover again. The anemometers, both high and low, have been stationery since 15.20 on Monday and have yet to move this morning.

The misty, murky conditions continued with no sun, the second this month. The wind had veered further into the north east. This is a cooler direction, as a result the thermometer did not rise above 11.2C, the coolest day since the 5th but still 1.1C above average. It was also a dry day, the seventh this month, which had been very dry so far with just 8.9mm when the average is 91/7mm.

The overnight minimum of 8.7C was also above average (+4.9C).

Monday arrived very much as the last week with misty, murky conditions with mist shrouding the higher ground. The barometric pressure has risen again giving very calm conditions, a maximum gust of juts 11mph on Sunday.

Saturday morning was predominantly cloudy but very brief sunny intervals occurred in the afternoon. The maximum was again above average (+2.7C), the eight consecutive this month. It was dry day.

A mild night followed with a minimum of 9.1C, the coolest since Wednesday but still 5.1C above the 37-year average.

Sunday arrived with the cloud base again higher than last week and with minor breaks after dawn allowing brief glimpses of brightness that filled in after 08.20.

The barometric pressure has been rising again so today is likely to be calm and dry.

Friday brought reduced sunshine, just 1.9 hours, but the southwesterly air flow meant another very mild day with the maximum of 13.6C being 3.5C above the 37-year average.

Light rain fell in the early evening from a fragmented rain area that produced another 1.7mm of rainfall.

The thermometer did not fall below 10.2C overnight, which was 6.4C above the average.

Saturday dawned with total cloud cover but was thinner and higher than previous days. The wind has veered into the west bringing a slightly drier air with the humidity at 08.00 of 89% whereas most days this month have been in the high 90s.

Thursday brought another mild day with the thermometer once again well above average (+4.2C) with a peak of 14.3C. It was another dry.

The temperature fell away in the evening to a minimum of 8.2C at 00.44 on Friday morning being also above average (+4.4C). However, from that time the thermometer gradually recovered as cloud built up again to give a temperature at 08.00 on Friday of 11.8C being the warmest start to a day at that time since 28th October.

The rain began just after 06.00 on Friday from a wide but fragmented rain band that continued until 08.00 producing 3.1mm of rainfall. This brought the monthly rainfall total to just 7.2mm when the average is 91.7mm.

The barometric pressure has been falling steadily over the past twenty four hours under the influence of a depression easing in from the Atlantic currently centred off the west cast of Scotland. The pressure at 08.00 read 1011.6mb, a drop of almost 13mb since Thursday at 08.00.