Reduced sunshine but still warmer then average

Although there were only 2.4 hours of strong sunshine yesterday the southerly air still gave us a maximum of 20.9C (4.3C above average) early evening at 18.39. Cloud cover overnight meant a very mild night with a minimum of 11.2C (4.4C above average) in the early hours, just after 3am.

This morning dawned with fog that reduced visibility to 400mm, which slowly thinned after 7am as the sun got to work and by 08.00 had lifted to misty conditions and a temperature of 12.9C. There is only the slightest occasional breeze to help lift the humidity of 97%.

The barometric pressure has been gently rising over the past 48 hours and is now close to the highest value recorded this month at 1026.1mb. As it continues to rise we can anticipate that the fine weather should continue for a while.

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