Wednesday was another gloomy day with thick cloud producing drizzle and rain overnight that amounted to 2.7mm. It was a very mild day with the thermometer hovering round 9C all day with a maximum of 9.4C, being 2.3C above the average and a minimum of 8.8C, which was 7.4C above the 37-year average and 2.3C above the daytime average.
Thursday arrived again with thick, low cloud and drizzly rain.
Tuesday saw the wind coming from the west at the start of the day but it then veered into the north then east and in the evening came from the south. The temperature rose just a degree during the daytime reaching 9.0C, being 1.9C above average. It then fell away during the evening to a minimum of 1.9C at 22.50 before rising again as cloud built up from the next weather front.
Wednesday arrived as another gloomy, overcast day with a mixture of rain and drizzle falling from low thick cloud. The rainfall over the past twenty-four hours amounted to 3.7mm with the temperature at 08.00 reading 8.1C
The wind was mainly from the west on Monday that brought much warmer air. The temperature slowly rose from 5.3C at 08.00 to 7.9C at 22.00 and at 08.00 on Tuesday read 9.0C. There was just a slight dip after midday but the maximum was 2.0C above the 37-year average and the first above average day since 26th December.
For most of the daylight hours the wind was peaking around 20mph, the strongest wind since 3rd January. However after midnight it increased in strength gusting to 33mph at 02.39.
There was a rain shower just before midnight but more persistent showers after 03.00 and a heavier fall just before 08.00 on Tuesday producing a total of 4.7mm making it the wettest day since 26th December and brought the monthly total to just 6.7mm when the average is 90.5mm.
Tuesday, after the rain band had passed over, it was much calmer with total cloud cover but a higher base with the wind veering into the northwest.
The air mass on Sunday, even though it was very calm, came from a more westerly direction and was less cold than last week, as a result the thermometer rose to 4.4C. Although it was warmer it was still 2.5C below the 37-year average. The thermometer continued to rise overnight, slowly, to reach a maximum of 5.2C at 05.19 on Monday morning. The other notable feature was that the the UV level was the highest since 1st December at 0.7, a welcome sign that, even if a minimal rise, the sun is beginning to gain a little strength. We also saw welcome sunshine totalling 1.9 hours after four foggy days.
Thankfully no fog was observed on Monday morning, the cloud although thick, was far higher and in places showing signs of thinning. The temperature at 08.00 was 5.3C and forecast to rise further in the milder air and as the ground begins to warm up, just a little. The temperature of the soil at a depth of 5cm has, for most of the month, been just above freezing but this morning read 3.2C at 08.00.
The tongue of high pressure pressure dominated on Saturday continuing the calm, foggy and cold weather. The fog thinned a little during daylight hours but returned late afternoon. The thermometer was reluctant to rise above freezing, eventually rising to 0.6C at 14.42, before dropping again in the late afternoon and a minimum of -1.7C at 21.42. Saturday was another day with minimal movement of air, the maximum speed was 7mph from the north east but again the anemometer was stationary for long periods.
Sunday’s arrival was a repeat of several previous days with fog, currently limiting visibility to 1000m, and frost persisting with a reading of -0.7C at 08.00. The anemometer is currently resting as there is no movement of air!