Wednesday gave us another fine day with wall to wall sunshine, however, the northeasterly breeze was even stronger, gusting to 30mph. The strong, cool breeze produced a modest wind chill that outside it felt between 1C and 2C cooler. The thermometer, late in the afternoon at 16.06, reached a maximum of 16.6C being 2.5C above my long-term average but outside at that time, in a gust, it felt more like 15.2C. The past night gave us a minimum of 5.4C at 06.11 which was 1.7C above average. The day was dry, the sixth successive dry day with the UV level at the top of the ‘Moderate’ category.
Thursday gave us another glorious start to the day with the sun shining strongly after it rose above the horizon that had lifted the temperature to 7.7C by 08.00. The wind will continue from the east this morning and veer a few degrees into east-southeast during the afternoon.
The depression that has been lurking over Iberia recently, and today is just off the cast of Spain, was at 07.00 beginning to push cloud over the English Channel and into the coastal areas of Hampshire and Dorset. As the day progresses, a trough of low pressure containing a weather front, will ease northwards and likely bring some cloud to our region in the afternoon, but probably no rain associated with that warm front. The barometric pressure has fallen 8mb since Tuesday as the depression tries to assert itself. However, the anticyclone will continue to be the dominant player with more sunny and dry days ahead.