The depression produced much cloud during the morning and early afternoon on Wednesday that limited the rise in temperature to a peak of 13.6C at 17.08, outside it feet very chilly. Variable sun broke through after 14.00 with increasing strength thus the maximum late in the afternoon being just below average. The improvement was due to the centre of the depression easing away and the pressure beginning to rise behind it. The humidity remained high after the overnight rain with minimal evaporation. The UV peak of 4.6 was in the ‘High’ category, logged at 14.05 when the sun first broke through. The overnight cloud again produced a mild night with a low of 7.6C, logged at 00.48, just after midnight, being 3.9C above average.
Thursday revealed another cloudy start to the new day, this time the light northeasterly breeze has dragged in cloud from the cool north sea, although the depression to the west is very close. The barometric pressure has risen significantly over the past twenty-four hours, a reading of 1022.1mb at 08.00 was a rise of 15mb.
The ridge of high pressure built yesterday and overnight that will over the weekday develop into a larger area of high pressure bringing dry and increasingly warm days, especially after the weekend.
The useful rainfall during Tuesday night was very welcome by gardeners. There is a possibility of light rain on Saturday as a weather front edges in but very little indication of any more rain likely during the next week as the anticyclone builds.