Category: Commentary

The wind was very gusty on Monday, especially in the afternoon, on a southerly air steam. The variable sunshine lifted the temperature to 19.3C late in the afternoon at 17.03, however, this was 2.1C below my 40-year average and the coolest day since the 14th. The past night was very mild with the thermometer not sinking below 15.1C at 06.25 early Tuesday, which was 3.3C above my average. There were spots of rain between 19.00 and 20.00 when a little light rain fell, also in the early hours, amounting to 1.0mm.

Thursday revealed the remnants of a weather front on the eastern horizon but just after 07.30 the sun began to climb above the cloud and shine brightly.

The remnant of Hurricane Ernesto is heading across the Atlantic and will see the wind strengthen substantially on Wednesday with a stormy day on Thursday as it reaches the north if the UK.

The glorious sunshine on Sunday lifted the temperature to 22.1C at 15.32 being 0.7C above my 40-year average. It was another dry day under the ridge of high pressure but thin high cloud contained dust particles from the fires burning in North America that reduced the solar energy and UV level, which was moderate.

The past night was chilly as the thermometer dropped away to a low of 7.1C early Monday being 4.7C below average.

Monday dawned with thin, high cloud that blocked out sunshine although bright. The ridge of high pressure is dealing as a depression in the Atlantic approaches.

The plentiful sunshine on Saturday gave us another dry and warm day although the light breeze from the northwest and the cool start meant the maximum of 22.1C was lower than Friday but still 0.7C above my 40-year average. A minimum of 13.9C early Sunday was also above average at +2.1C.

Sunday began cloudy and dull but after 07.30 brief glimpses of brightness began to show.

The weak ridge of high pressure will continue to affect the UK with another fine day ahead.

The weak ridge of high pressure gave us a splendid summer’s day on Friday with light winds and the thermometer climbing to 24.2C at 16.14 being 2.8C above my 40-year average. The breeze varied between north and west later in the day.

The low of 7.8C overnight, occurring at 06.21 early Saturday, meant a chilly night being 4.0C below average and produced radiation fog in the River Og valley that began to thin at 06.30 as the very red sun after sunrise began to change into orange and get to work on the fog. By 06.50 the fog had all but disappeared.

Saturday saw the thermometer reading 11.9C at 08.00, the coolest start to a day this week.

The ridge of high pressure will be maintained for a couple of days so a fine weekend ahead.

The recovery from the very damp day on Wednesday continued on Thursday, which was dry and often sunny that pushed the thermometer to 22.1C at 14.57 being 0.7C above my 40-year average. After the very dull day on Wednesday when the UV level at its peak only reached a ‘Moderate’ level (3.5), Thursday recorded a value of 7.7, which was just into the ‘Very High’ category.

The past night saw the thermometer slowly fall away to reach a minimum of 11.7C at 06.02 early Friday being just 0.1C below my long-term average.

Friday revealed a splendid, sunny start to the new day from blue skies that saw the thermometer recover to 14.8C at 08.00. The very light breeze is currently from a northerly direction but as the morning progresses this will slowly back into the west.

The recent depression, now to the north, is losing its control as a weak ridge of high pressure eases in from the southwest with the barometric pressure lifting another mb since yesterday with a reading of 1016.6mb at 08.00.