Sunday 14th December
Saturday gave us several hours of bright sunshine, although following a frosty start, the thermometer struggled to reach a maximum of 8.6C. This peak was the lowest since the 4th, however, it was 1.1C above average. The past night was not clear and there was always an air movement, which meant the temperature was always above freezing, compared to Friday night. The temperature hovered around 6C all night beginning to rise a fraction after 05.00 to reach 6.9C at 08.00 Sunday.
The extremely long rain band, that reached from Cuba to the UK on Saturday into Sunday, produced large quantities of rain but was fortunately to the northwest of our area.
Sunday after first light revealed a sky with broken cloud. The barometric pressure has fallen 8mb since yesterday although the recent nose of high pressure will dominate our weather today, but with more cloud and less sunshine. The flow from the southwest will continue bringing moist and relatively warm air that will see the maximum return well above average.
The coming week will likely follow the recent trend of air from a southwesterly quadrant, this will result in maxima continuing above average. Tuesday could be the exception when briefly the wind will come from the north west as the nearby high pressure relocates. This cooler airflow for a day, combined with a nose of high desire building from the an Azores high again, could produce a cool night on Tuesday into Wednesday.