Wednesday was such an improvement on the two previous very wet days with the sun breaking through just after 11.00 giving us 2.9 hours of welcome sunshine. However, it was not totally dry as two brief showers during the morning and afternoon brought 0.4mm of rainfall.
The southwesterly wind, still blustery with gusts peaking at 22mph, meant another mild day and night as temperatures were above average again with a maximum of 8.8C (+1.8C) and minimum of 5.6C (+4.5C). The maximum was almost 4C below the very warm January day on Tuesday.
Thursday saw total cloud cover after dawn and beginning to thicken as the next weather front approached. Currently the wind has backed into the southsoutheast but is forecast to slowly veer back into the south west.
Update at 18.00: another wet and windy day with strong gusts, a maximum gust of 30mph and another 6mm of rainfall.
