Night we recorded provisionally the highest august air pressure ever in the uk. more than 1038 millibars and that was to the north of scotland. so very high, very strong high pressure at the moment and that is why things are really not changing in a hurry. it is called a blocking high that is with us at the moment, so seems a bit like this, quite a lot of cloud for most of us today, and this is herefordshire early on and this is herefordshire early on and on. so a blanket of cloud, but there have been holes in the cloud and we will get some sunny spells over the next few days as well, but mostly cloudy, a few spots of drizzle over central and southern and eastern parts of england. wednesday, a bit of brightness in northern ireland and eastern england, a bit of a breeze coming off the north sea, particularly in east anglia for the south east and the channel as well, as we head into the channel as well, as we head into the evening 15 20 , is always ....