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The thick cloud brought in by the brisk north-easterly winds yesterday only started to break up in the late afternoon that then provided a few hours of hazy sunshine, which boosted the temperature to 17.1C. Overnight the cloud was thinner that allowed hazy sunshine early this morning that strengthened at mid-morning after a minimum of 10.6C.

This morning the thick cloud has again drifted in from the North Sea and obscured the sun. Yesterday gave us 6.08 hours of strong sunshine after the cloud thinned during the morning to give much sunshine during the afternoon and evening. The maximum yesterday was down on previous days at 17.9C, still above average, with a minimum of 9.4C overnight.

Another 12.5 hours of global sunshine yesterday (1.72 direct) produced a maximum of 20.3C, slightly up from friday. The moisture lost to evaporation from ground sources and plant life now totals 83mm with total rainfall at 53mm.
A cooler night followed with a minimum of 7.6C. Sunshine was evident after dawn but just before 08.00 thick cloud was driven across by brisk north-easterly winds.

The 12.3 hours of global sunshine yesterday (3.44 hours of direct sunshine at 100w/sq.m.) boosted the temperature to a maximum of 20.2C, which is 4C above the average for May. Cloud cover overnight meant that there was not the cooling as in previous nights so a warm night followed with a minimum of 10.8C. At 08.00 the sun is breaking through the cloud so that the thermometer has risen to 12.3C.

After a very cool day on wednesday, yesterday brought 6.5 hours of strong sunshine, which boosted the temperature during the morning and afternoon to a maximum of 19.2C that is 3C above the May average in contrast to the 4C below on the previous day. Overnight the cloud rolled on with a light shower of 0.1mm in the daly morning.
Heavy cloud at dawn started to break up a couple of hours later so that at 08.00 the cloud was thinning and the sun beginning to break through with a temperature of 12.1C after a minimum of 8.3C.