A cold Easter weekend lies ahead
With Easter weekend almost here, there’s no doubt that lots of us will be travelling over the next couple of days. Thankfully, whilst the weather is going to stay cold, disruption due to snow is unlikely.
March has been dominated by wintry weather, with much of the country affected by heavy snow. Travel disruption has been widespread, thousands of homes have been left without power and farmers have lost livestock that have been buried in the snow.
The weather pattern that has been delivering us with the big chill over the last few weeks is going to continue well into April, but there will be subtle differences that should make the cold a little more tolerable.
As high pressure sinks further southwards across the UK, it will bring somewhat lighter winds, so it shouldn’t feel quite as raw as it has done during the last fortnight.
Also, with high pressure over us, it means that it will be drier, with fewer wintry flurries and often more sunshine. However, with lighter winds and clear skies at night, temperatures are likely to fall more, giving hard frosts.
Good Friday
After a frosty start, most places will be dry with sunny spells. A few snow flurries are possible in eastern areas, but they won’t be significant.
One thing that’s a little uncertain on Friday, is how far a weather front will push into south west England.
There are suggestions that it may just about edge into Devon, Cornwall and Dorset. If this happens, some rain, sleet and snow is likely for a time later on Friday, before easing away by Saturday morning – leaving an ice risk in its wake.
Temperatures will reach 3-6C, but with some sunshine and lighter winds, it shouldn’t feel quite as cold as recent days. Overnight, lows of -4C are expected quite widely.
Saturday, Easter Day and Easter Monday
The weather is going to be similar for each of these days. Apart from the odd wintry flurry, mainly in the east, most places will dry with spells of sunshine.
It’ll be a little breezy at times in the south of the UK, but winds generally fairly light. Temperatures will start to creep up a bit to around 4-7C by Monday, but still well below the average 9-14C.
At night, the frosts will continue, with temperatures falling to around -3C.
Don’t forget, you can get the latest five day forecast at anytime on the Channel 4 Weather website.