Tuesday 14th October
Monday began under very low cloud that produced a little, very drizzle around 08.00 that amounted to just 0.2mm but stopped shortly afterwards. The thick, low cloud meant another cool day with a below average maximum (-1.3C) of 13.6C logged at 15.39. The UV level of 0.9 meant it was almost non-existent and the lowest since 18th February. The cloud cover meant a much milder night than recently that saw the thermometer hover around 12.2C for the first part of the night until around 02.00 when the thermometer very slowly began to fall dropping to 10.4C at 08.00 on Tuesday, which was the minimum for the past twenty-four hours and 3.0C above average.
Tuesday very slowly came to life, still under a thick blanket of cloud, although there was a little air movement compared to recent mornings when there has been total calm. The air was still moist with a humidity reading of 93% at 08.00 and moisture could be felt in the air but no light drizzle as was observed yesterday at the start of the new day. The temperature continued to edge downwards.
As I complete this report at 08.30 I noticed that the cloud base is a little higher than I observed over recent days with much improved visibility.
The anticyclone continues to dominate our weather with a modest breeze from the northeast. This situation will continue until the weekend with more cloudy, but mainly dry days. There is an indication that the situation will change from Sunday as the high pressure is likely to begin to move away and decline, that might allow weather fronts to edge in from the Atlantic, which have been kept at bay for ten days.
The barometric pressure has been remarkably similar over the past five days with a variation of just 5mb, thanks to the resident anticyclone, between 1034.7mb and 1030.0mb today, although as I write this report I note that the current pressure is rising very slowly.
Savernake Forest. The forest is famous for its ancient and monumental trees, including the Cathedral Oak, the King and Queen Oak, and the Big Bellied Oak, which are centuries old. The colour of the leaves is slowly building as autumn progresses