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
