Windrush Weather

Southerly air boosts temperatures

With the high pressure easing away to the east on Tuesday it allowed the wind to back further, then from the south. This southerly wind brought dry warm air from the continent and the Mediterranean producing a maximum of 19.7C, which was 5C above average making it the warmest day this month and 4C up on the Monday high.

It was another dry day with the UV level dropping into the Low category.

Another mild night followed with the thermometer falling slowly to a minimum of 8.7C being also above average (+1.3C)

Wednesday arrived with fog limiting visibility initially down to 1,500m but hazy sunshine from dawn soon began to improve the visibility.

Update on Wednesday at 16.35: continental air pushes temperature to a maximum of 22.4C at 15.53 making it the warmest day since 17th September. This was 5.7C above average and equal to a July average maximum also the warmest October day since 1st October 2011.