The depression that made Monday so depressing, as it pushed its cloud and drizzle over the UK, was reluctant to move away. The thick, low cloud produced intermittent light drizzle, no great quantity, with the daily total amounting to 0.8mm. It did severely limit any rise in temperature with a maximum of only 3.1C at 15.11, which was a significant 5.2C below the long-term average making it the coldest day since 10th January. There was little variation overnight with the thermometer hovering around 2.3C and 2.4C all night, the minimum of 2.3C was 0.4C above average.
The diurnal range, the difference in temperature between day and night, was exceptionally small, just 0.8C.
Tuesday began where Monday left off with thick, low cloud although the wind is much lighter, currently in low single figures.
The depression is still very close by, just off the coast of The Netherlands and still spinning cloud around it and still reaching over the UK, the thickest cloud now over the east coast of the UK. The forecast is for it to move ever so slowly into the North Sea but still influence our weather all day and into Wednesday. The direction of the air stream will be predominantly from the north this morning, backing into the northeast and east northeast later today.
The nearby high pressure has released its grip a little, a loss of 6mb since Monday but it is still trapping the moist, cold air underneath it. However,it is forming a ‘blocking high’ that is resisting the advance of Atlantic systems, with their associated weather fronts, moving towards the UK.