Category: Commentary

The depression over northern France continued to plague the area on Monday with total cloud cover, the sixth sunless day this month, with a cool northeasterly breeze. The thermometer struggled to reach 16.7C, which was 3.5C below average with light drizzle during the first part of the morning that amounted to 0.3mm.

Rainfall for June now totals 46.4mm when the average is 54.4mm. However, evaporation from the ground and plant life now amounts to 80mm of equivalent rainfall.

The past night was again mild due to the thick, low cloud with a minimum of 13.0C being 2.9C above the average.

Tuesday brought no change in the weather as the depression is still centred over Northern France and throwing cloud and weather fronts across southern England on a northeasterly breeze.

The early drizzle on Sunday was not measurable but the thick, low, cloud hung around all day thanks to the small, but active depression over northern France. Rain began to fall, light at first in the early evening, then intensified late evening as the depression threw a weather front across the area that persisted most of the night producing 16.1mm of rainfall. This was the wettest twenty-four hour period since 7th May (16.5mm) and brought the monthly rainfall total to 46.1mm being 8mm below the 37-year average. The wind was brisk from the northeast gusting to 22mph.

Monday arrived with the depression remaining over northern France with drizzle and light rain still falling.

Due to the cloud the thermometer only reached 17.2C on Sunday being 3C below average but conversely it was an above average minimum of 13.6C (+3.5C).

During 10.7 hours of sunshine on Saturday the thermometer rose to 21.3C being 1.1C above average in light winds from the east, maximum gust of 11mph.

A modest depression to the south of the UK has started to throw up weather fronts across the country that saw drizzle between 0610 and 0700 on Sunday morning under low, thick cloud, the wind having backed closer to north and strengthened with a gust to 22mph. It was a mild night thanks to the cloud with a minimum of 12.9C being 2.8C above the average.

On Friday although we had 7.7 hours of sunshine the brisk breeze from the west meant a cooler day with a maximum of 19.6C being 0.6C below average. However, it was a dry day and in the sunshine the UV level rose to Very High again.

A very cool night followed with the thermometer sinking to 7.9C at 01.33 on Saturday morning being 1.2C below average but by 0800 the temperature had recover to 14.4C.

Saturday brought brief sunny intervals although there was much cloud, the wind having changed direction coming from the east or northeast.

Thursday was dry by day with the temperature lifting later in the morning as the cloud thinned and cleared to eventually allow 2.9 hours of sunshine. The thermometer was dawn 2C on the Wednesday peak at 20.1C, which was almost exactly average for June. The wind in the late afternoon (17.00) slowly backed from northwest to southwest

A weather front crossed the area overnight that brought light rain and triggered the rain gauge just before 03.45 amounting to 1.6mm. That brought the monthly total to 30.0mm when the 37-year average was 54.4mm.

The back edge of the cold front meant a cloudy start ti Friday but just before 08.00 very brief bright intervals wren observed. The wind has settled into a westerly direction this morning with a very light breeze.