The weather front that was supposed to edge eastwards on Monday, to clear our area in the afternoon, decided to hang aground much longer than was forecast, as a result the cloud cover persisted all day with the odd glimpse of brightness late afternoon. Due to the lack of sunshine the thermometer only peaked a high of 13.4C at 13.25 being 1.5C below my 40-year average. At least it was a dry day, just, with the wind brisk from the southwest.
The clearance came during the evening, rather than Monday afternoon, that saw the thermometer fall away to 6.9C at 02.37 early Tuesday, this low was 0.5C below the long-term average.
Tuesday brought weak sunshine as the sun rose above the horizon, through thin cloud, so a better start to the new day. However, another weather front will cross our area later this morning bringing more cloud and the possibility of some brief shower activity.
For today we are under the influence of a large area of high pressure reaching from eastern Atlantic across France to the far Continent that should minimise any shower activity. The barometric pressure has risen further as a result with a reading of 1026.9mb at 08.00, the highest pressure since 18th September.
