The cooler air on Tuesday, brought on a breezy northerly airstream limited the temperature rise to a maximum of 10.2C at 13.42, which was just 0.1C below my 40-year average. Some variable cloud overnight meant the minimum of 5.6C, that was logged at 07.46 early Wednesday, was 1.1C above average. The breeze was brisk with a maximum gust of 20mph at 13.49 that produced wind chill all day so that outside in felt up to 2C cooler than that indicated on a thermometer. The UV level peaked a ;itty higher with a value of 1.1, the highest since 31st October.
Wednesday revealed a sky with thin cloud and some brightness after dawn. The air is much drier with humidity at 08.00 logged at 95% after recent days with near or at 100%.
So far this month it has been very dry with just 1.5mm of precipitation whereas the loss of equivalent rainfall through evaporation is greater and totals 2.6mm for the month.
The high pressure will maintain the stable weather system for perhaps three more days, however, much colder weather is on the horizon after the weekend with Sunday the first to see the first change in temperature.
