Author: Eric Gilbert

Monday was a very pleasant day with many hours of sunshine that lifted the temperature to 16.9C at 14.56 being 2.0C above my 40-year average. There was a light shower around 11.30 but much more rain in the early hours, ceasing just after 06.10 Tuesday, amounting to 10.6mm. The minimum of 10.9C at 03.52 was also above average at +3.6C.

Tuesday dawned bright but thick cloud was threatening with shower activity not far away. It was another day with humidity reading 100% at 08.00 thanks to the recent substantial rainfall.

The centre of the low at midday will be just off the coast of Cornwall that is likely to produce frequent showers over our area. The barometric pressure has dropped further reading 992.5mb at 08.00, the lowest pressure since 26th September. The breeze will continue from the south for much of the day, a warm direction.

The breeze will pick up as the day progresses but nothing like Hurricane Milton threatening Florida with 155mhh gales and a barometric pressure reading at its centre of just 924mb

The temperature of the ground at a depth of 5cm has risen from a low of 7.1C on the 5th to 11.3C at 08.00 thanks to the warmer nights.

Sunday gave us a dreary, dark and damp day. The rain started at 16.10, light at first, later an intense area of very heavy rain arrived at 17.45 for 25 minutes falling at the rate of 60mm/hour for a brief period and amounted to 12.5mm in total. The lack of sunshine and thick cloud meant a cool day with a maximum of 14.3C being 0.5C below my 40-year average. The cloud persisted for much of the night thus a mild night with the thermometer not sinking below 10.0C at 03.15 early Monday, which was 2.6C above the average.

Monday started bright with a weak sun beginning to shine, between variable cloud, after 08.00.

The depression is still to the west of the UK but will not throw any weather fronts across the country on Monday although it is near enough to produce variable showers. The barometric pressure has dropped quite low with a reading of 997.6mb at 08.00, the lowest for over a week. The wind direction with veer a few degrees and come from the south today.

Saturday gave us the last, for the moment, of the warm, sunny and dry days that saw the thermometer rise to a maximum of 16.4C at 14.35 before the cloud built up. This peak was 1.5C above my 40-year average and the warmest day forever a week. It was also a dry day with Moderate UV level at its peak. The past night was very mild that saw the thermometer not drop below 11.2C at 07.37 on Sunday mooning. being 3.8C above average.

Sunday revealed the significant change in our weather as the deep depression just to the west of Ireland throws cloud across the country so no sunshine to greet the new day as recently.

There are three weather fronts about to cross the UK today so little chance of sunshine, just total cloud cover for most of the day. The barometric pressure has dropped significantly, now down to 1001.2mb at 08.00, a drop of 21mb sine the 2nd, as the depression approaches the UK.

It now looks as if the track of ex-hurricane Kirk will take it further south than previously estimated, thus impacting France more then the UK. Later in the week this is likely to bring more disturbed weather.

The maximum of 15.9C on Friday was exactly the same as on Thursday being 1.0C above my 40-year average. The fog took quite a while to disperse during the early morningand it was not until round 10.30 that the sun began to shine strongly. One again variable cloud limited the sunshine, especially in the afternoon but when it did shine it was still quite strong with the UV level just reaching the Moderate level. Saturday arrived bright but the cloud on the eastern horizon limited sunshine until after 08.10.

The recent high pressure has been easing eastwards, the barometric pressure has dropped 4mb since yesterday. However, it will still influence our weather forming a blocking high that will keep weather fronts at bay to the west of the UK before they arrive during Sunday. The wind at first will be light but strengthen midday and back into the southeast.

Thursday was the first above average maximum in two weeks. The thermometer rose to a maximum of 15.9C at 14.39 being 1.1C above my 40-year average. The peak occurred early afternoon, this was due to variable cloud drifting across on the easterly breeze after midday and just before 15.00 much larger clouds obscured the sun for much longer periods. Once again the clouds dispersed over night so no duvet to minimise the loss of warmth into the atmosphere that resulted in the thermometer dropping away to 2.3C at 05.24.

The recent rainfall and low minimum temperature caused radiation fog to form that limited visibility to 200mm at its worst but by 07.45 there were early signs that it was beginning to thin as the sun rose above the horizon and began to brighten. The humidity at 08.00 read 99% that meant little rise in the temperature since the minimum with a reading of 3.7C at 08.00.

The anticyclone is still centred in the NorthSea but there is a slight change in its coverage, which is producing the airstream to change from east on Thursday to south for much of today. The barometric pressure has been constant since yesterday with a reading at 08.00 of 1021.9mb.