Although Tuesday was dry the brisk breeze from the west meant another cool and cloudy day with some brightness in the early afternoon that raised the temperature to 15.7C at 13.56, however this was 3.4C below my 40-year average. Any warmth trickled away overnight that saw the thermometer drop to 10.4C at 07.38 on Wednesday being 1.8C above the long-term average.
Another 5.5mm of precipitation has been added to the total from rain then drizzle in the early hour of Wednesday taking the monthly total to 166.3mm being 264% of my 40-year average.
Wednesday struggled to wake up under low, thick cloud masking the Marlborough Downs and Savernake Forest with light drizzle still falling at 08.00.
Two depressions have formed off the southern Irish coast that are slowly moving towards us bringing more rain as the morning progresses. The barometric pressure at 08.00 read 1001.2mb, the lowest for a month.
