Sunshine after mist and fog

The sun broke through on Monday morning after the mist and fog had slowly lifted to give us 4.8 hours of sunshine. The fog returned for a while in the evening. This welcome sunshine lifted the temperature to 10.1C at 13.54, which was 2.0C above the average.

The mist and fog returned during the evening along with thick cloud that greeted Tuesday after a minimum of 2.9C at 03.34 that had recovered to 5.2C at 08.00 Tuesday.

The wind has made a significant change in direction from predominantly southerly during the past three days to north east Tuesday morning.

We have now had three successive dry days and while the high pressure is maintained the last day of December looks to be dry. Therefore, the monthly rainfall total stands at 130.5mm, which is 40mm above the 35-year average.

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