Friday 8th August
Thursday morning saw the thermometer steadily rise to a peak of 23.2C early in the afternoon, rather than later in the day as usual in the summer, due to greater cloud cover that had drifted across after around 13.30. The peak of 23.2C, logged at 13.46, was 1.1C above my long-term average. The past night was also mild and above average at +1.7C with a low of 12.9C logged at 05.12 early Friday.
The start to Friday revealed the day had begin with sunshine, but muted, due to thin, high cloud, however, after 08.00 the sun began to gain in strength that had lifted the temperature to 16.8C by that time, which made it the warmest start to a day at that time this month. The current radar indicates that a thicker band of cloud could limit sunshine for a time mid-morning before drifting away southeastwards.
The high pressure has begun to build again so much fine weather ahead being a couple of degrees above average over the weekend. From Sunday, temperatures will begin to rise across southern parts of the UK, as the remnants of Tropical Storm Dexter, draws warm air up from the southwest across the UK
There is considerable confidence “that temperatures will increase markedly by the start of next week, reaching the low 30s Celsius in parts of England on Monday and perhaps the mid 30s in a few places on Tuesday. However, the length of this warm spell is still uncertain, and it is possible that high temperatures could persist further into next week, particularly in the south.” Taken from a Met Office email this morning.
The Savill Garden is an enclosed part of Windsor Great Park, created by Sir Eric Savill in the 1930s. It is managed by the Crown Estate.