Little change from previous days on Wednesday although it was a little warmer with a maximum of 21.1C, just 0.9C above the average.
The past night was similar to previous nights with a minimum of 8.2C with cloud rolling in during the early hours.
Thursday was initially gloomy with total cloud cover but the first burst of sunshine arrived at exactly 07.00 with more as the next hour progressed.
The blocking high pressure is beginning to loose its grip and move away as Storm Oscar pushes up from the south. The barometric pressure reading of 1019.9mb at 08.00 was the lowest reading since 11th May.
We have now had 24 consecutive dry days making it the longest dry spell since September 2002. However, drier spells were recorded in April 1997 with 28 dry days and the record set in March 1984 with 37 consecutive dry days and only 2mm of rainfall in the month.
A ‘Yellow’ heat alert has been issued from 09.00 on Friday to alert the public of high temperatures over the next few days. This is the lowest level of alert when the heat will have no major impact on most people.
17.00: Yellow heat alert upgraded to Amber.