Author: Eric Gilbert

Tuesday was another mainly cloudy day with the thermometer reaching 18.7C at 13.16. The afternoon was mainly cloudy with moisture in the air on occasions but not measurable. Overnight saw the thermometer drop away to 9.2C at 03.11. The maximum was 0.4C below average but the minimum was 0.5C above my 40-year average. The change in wind direction brought cooler air after the humid air of recent days.

The new day on Wednesday revealed cloudy skies and misty conditions as another weather front crossed our area, later the cloud should lift and bring brighter conditions. The wind has veered into the north so for a time the cooler air is in command.

The overcast and murky conditions on Monday morning lifted during the afternoon that with the very moist and warm air lifted the temperature to a maximum of 22.2C at 14.57 being 3.1C above my 40-year average. The moisture in the past twenty-four hours amounted to 0.2mm. We have had another very mild night with a low of 16.5C logged at 02.53 early Tuesday, which was a significant 7.8C above average.

Tuesday dawned very slowly under leaden skies with moisture in the air from very light, intermittent drizzle. This was due to a couple of weather fronts crossing our area that as they move eastwards should give some brightening in the late afternoon.

The very warm days and nights have allowed the ground to hold much warmth. At 08.00 the temperature of the soil at a depth of 5cm read 18.2C, the warmest for almost a month.

Very warm and humid air pushed across our area during Sunday that saw the temperature rose to a maximum of 25.5C at 14.39 being 6.4C above my 40-year average. The past night was exceptionally mild that saw the thermometer not sink below 18.1C, which was a significant 9.4C above average.

Monday revealed a murky, misty start to the new day with low cloud masking the Marlborough Downs and light precipitation, not measurable. This is thanks to a small area of low-pressure moving slowly eastwards into the North Sea. After three days of brisk winds from the northeast there is a significant change as today we will see a lighter breeze from the southwest.

Saturday was a cool and breezy day as the sun did not make an appearance and the wind from the north east was cool. As a result the thermometer only reached 18.1C being 3.3C below my 40-year average. There was only a 3C difference between day and night as mild, moist air arrived overnight producing a minimum of 15.2C being 6.7C above average.

Sunday dawned dull and overcast.

The numerous hours of sunshine on Friday took the temperature to a maximum of 22.1C, being 0.7C above my 40-year average, but outside this was tempered by a brisk breeze from the northeast, a direction not seen for a month. The day was dry and the UV level peaked at 4.9 which was the top end of Moderate. The past night was not so cool as the previous night as the thermometer dropped to 11.2C at 05.23 early Saturday being 0.6C above average.

The new start on Saturday was initially cloudy but just before 08.00 the sun climbed above the cloud bank on the eastern horizon and shone brightly. However, cloud is likely to edge in from the southeast as a weather front approaches from the continent, and limit the sunshine before midday. The barometric pressure remains high with a reading of 1024.3mb at 08.00, the peak of 1025.1mb on Friday was the highest all month. The anticyclone is edging towards Scandinavia but will continue the flow of air from the northeast or east northeast