Once again the maximum on Saturday did not rise above the average with a peak of just 12.6C thanks to the stream of cooler air from a brisk northeasterly. There was much sunshine during the morning but after midday the cloud began to slowly build, as forecast, as the air had travelled over the cold North Sea picking up moisture.
Under clear skies the thermometer dropped slowly to a minimum of 0.4C at 02.30 before slowly beginning to rise again reaching 7.1C at 08.00.
Initially there was weak sunshine after dawn on Sunday but after 07.30 more consistent strong sunshine broke through the cloud breaks. The brisk northeasterly meant wind chill was evident again with it feeling more like 4C outside when at 08.00 the thermometer showed 7.1C.
The centre of the anticyclone has relocated from western England yesterday to off the coast of Northumberland today. This will continue the run of cool air, principally from the north-northeast, and brisk. Therefore if out of the sun and in the breeze it will continue to feel cool. The anticyclone will move very little until after Wednesday so a few cool, mainly dry days ahead.
The centre of the anticyclone is very close to Marlborough resulting in a further rise in barometric pressure to 1031.1mb at 08.00, the highest pressure since 2nd February.
