High pressure intensifies producing fine autumn days

On Sunday the fog rolled in just after 07.30 but had cleared shortly after 10am to provide another 6.5 hours of strong sunshine that lifted the temperature to a maximum of 17.8C being 3.1C above aver and identical to the peak on Saturday.

Just after 19.30 the wind veered from the west into the north with sharp gusts peaking at 19mph, the windiest for a week.

Clear skies overnight meant another very cool night with the minimum of 3.1C at 07.53 being 4.3C below the average.

Monday has dawned with the absence of fog and the sun just showing itself above the horizon.

Update on Monday at 19.40: northerly breeze restricts temperature even though we have enjoyed over 8 hours of sunshine. Maximum of 12.4C at 15.04, which was 2.3C below average, 5.4C down on Sunday’s peak and the coolest day for a week. The seventh consecutive dry day.

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