Thanks to the northeasterly, again strong on Wednesday gusting to 25mph, the thermometer only reached 4.0C (3.1C below average) even though there were many hours of welcome sunshine. It was a dry day with the UV level up a touch to 0.6.
Thursday first thing revealed some brightness but predominantly cloudy. The wind has backed a few degrees into the north-northeast but is likely to veer into the northeast again later today as the high pressure moves position.
The anticyclone is building rapidly this morning with a reading of 1037.3mb at 08.00, up 7mb on Wednesday, the highest since 16th December. The pressure at its centre, just off the north coast of Scotland was 1045mb at 08.00.