Miserable day with no sun, continuous low cloud & drizzle

Monday was a depressing day as the weather front was static along the spine of the country due to the blocking high pressure to the east. As a result the low cloud, with pulses of light rain and frequent drizzle, persisted all day.

Not surprisingly, no sunshine was recorded, only the second day this month. The UV level struggled to reach the ‘Low’ level.

The memorable feature was the almost non existence of wind. For long periods the anemometer did not move with the strongest gust of just 8 mph, being the calmest day since 26th January.

Total precipitation was minimal at 0.8mm

The maximum was 3C below the average, peaking at 15.7C, but in contrast the minimum of 12.6C was 3.3C above the average due the the thick cloud cover for most of the night.

This morning we woke to thick fog that initially brought visibility down to 200m but an hour after dawn a slight breeze from the south east started to move the fog banks around that lifted visibly to 800m.

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