Thermometer Sudoku Puzzle (Fun With Sudoku #360)

There is UK Sudoku Championship 2018 on the coming weekend. This championship contains a very interesting set of Sudoku Puzzles to be solved in 2 hours. Thermo Sudoku is one of the Sudoku Variations appearing in the Sudoku Championship. This Thermo Sudoku, I am posting in the Fun With Sudoku Series as the 360th Sudoku Puzzle in this Series. 
The theme of this Sudoku puzzle is Cross and Diamond. This puzzle is for the practice of the UK Sudoku Championship. This week I will be posting Sudoku Variation puzzles that are appearing in this Sudoku Competition.

Rules of Thermometer Sudoku Puzzle

Standard Sudoku Rules apply. Additionally, some thermometer shapes are in the grid, and digits must be strictly increasing from the round bulb to the flat end.

Thermometer Sudoku Puzzle (Fun With Sudoku #360)

The answer to this Thermo Sudoku puzzle can be viewed by clicking on the button. Please try your best to solve this Sudoku puzzle before looking at the answer.

Thermometer Sudoku Puzzle (Fun With Sudoku #360) Answer

This Thermometer Sudoku Puzzles I am publishing this as the #360th Sudoku puzzle in the Fun With Sudoku Series. Here are the next and previous Sudoku puzzles published in this series.

The previous Sudoku Puzzle is the Consecutive Sudoku Puzzle (Fun With Sudoku #359)

The next Sudoku Puzzle is Anti-Diagonal Sudoku (Fun With Sudoku #1)