The weather on Wednesday proved to be a monotonous repeat of that on Tuesday and Monday under the continuing low, thick cloud that without any solar activity limited the rise in temperature to a maximum of 4.3C at 12.43 being 3.9C below the long-term average. The plus side was very limited air movement that meant no wind chill, as the light breeze hovered in low single figures all day with two identical exciting moments when the anemometer reached the dizzy heights of 11mph at 10.41 on Wednesday and exactly the same at 05.21 early Thursday.
The minimum temperature was logged at 07.42 early Thursday when the thermometer read 2.4C being 0.5C above the average. Once again there was a very low diurnal range of just 1.9C between the maximum and minimum temperatures.
Thursday began where previous days this week left off with total cloud cover being thick and quite low again producing misty conditions. The anemometer is barely turning under very calm conditions.
Today we are still under the pool of cool air beneath the anticyclone, however, the breeze will come from an easterly direction, a slight and significant change from the last seven days. A ridge of high pressure is dominating our weather from the extensive area under the anticyclone but sadly it is still feeding in cloud from the recent depression, now over Denmark, with an element of moisture picked up after it has crossed the cold North Sea.
There is a significant sign of change in the future as a weather front, associated with a low pressure system in the eastern Atlantic, will encroach into the West Country later today. The change here will be slow with hopefully the cloud thinning over the next few days, and after the weekend, it being slightly less cold.