6/10 Mainly cloudy, dry and quite warm

A similar day to yesterday really, mainly cloudy but with one or two sunny spells.  Once again an easterly wind, but just as yesterday was noticeably warmer, so again we saw high temperatures today too.

An easterly is a rare direction for us, and the old folk saying tells us that a wind in the east is "no good to man nor beast." But here I think we're benefiting a little from the föhn effect - an Alpine term for the warmer, drier winds on the leeward side of the mountains. Being to the west of the Pennines, normally we are right in line for the moist winds off the Irish Sea. But with the wind coming from the other direction, any moisture carried by the wind is deposited over the other side of them thar 'ills, so our dry weather of the last couple of weeks continues.

Temperature 
Maximum: 19.6°C (12:38).  Minimum: 13.6°C (23:08).  Average temperature for the day: 15.8°C
Highest apparent temperature: 19.9°C (12:38).  Low apparent temperature: 14.0°C (23:58)

Wind
Highest sustained wind speed: 7.1mph (11:28).
Highest gust speed: 9.8mph (11:23), bearing 90 (E)
Dominant wind bearing: 88 (E)

Pressure
Maximum: 998.9Mb, minimum: 994.6Mb

Humidity
Highest: 90% (22:48), lowest 63% (12:58)

Rainfall
Total for today: 0.0mm. Highest hourly rainfall: 0.0mm/hr