The very strong southwesterly wind on Monday, gusting to 28mph at its peak, was a cooler day with the maximum of 21.9C being 1.0C below the July average. It was the windiest day since 20th April (33mph).
A light shower just after midday was followed by a much heavier and longer period of rain starting at 22.30 that in total amounted to 9.3mm.
Tuesday was initially cloudy and dull but by 08.00 bright intervals were appearing that lifted the mild night minimum of 13.8C to 15.4C at 08.00
A low-pressure system is now in charge of our weather that will see a pattern of sunshine and showers for a couple of days. The barometric pressure dropped 10mb over the past twenty-four hours with a reading of 1010.6mb at 08.00. The wind will continue to blow from the southwest