The flow of brisk, cool air from the northeast continued on Wednesday although the several hours of sunshine lifted the maximum above average (+0.8C) with a peak of 14.9C. It was another dry day with Moderate levels of UV light.
The modest level of sunshine and drying northeasterly breeze saw the loss of equivalent rainfall through evaporation from ground sources and plant life increase to 2.2mm.
It was cool overnight due to clearing skies that saw the thermometer drop to 2.9C at 05.20 early Thursday being 0.8C below the 39-year average.
We were greeted on Thursday after dawn with glorious sushine the lifted the temperature to 6.2C by 08.00. The barometric pressure remains high with a reding of 1024.2mb at 08.00, a small drop of 5mb since the high on Monday.