
A taste of spring warmth likely next weekend
March has started on a chilly note, but there are signs of spring warmth for most of us next weekend.
March has started on a chilly note, but there are signs of spring warmth for most of us next weekend.
As February draws to a close, I’ve already had lots of people asking me if there are any signs of spring – a season with which its perceived arrival seems to vary greatly.
With a big area of high pressure across the UK this week, you’d probably think that us weather folk have got an easy ride. However, the opposite is true!
This week will see the cold weather continue, with further snow in places – although from midweek onwards, high pressure will build from the west, leading to a drier theme for many.
Today marks the start of meteorological winter and it seems as though the weather has taken note, with a colder feel for all of us this week.
With December just a few weeks away and thoughts of winter straying into our minds, I’ve already had lots of people on Twitter asking if we’re going to get any snow this year.
Early indications from Met Office figures show that this is going to be the driest September across the UK since records began in 1910.
The first half of September has been very dry across the UK, with temperatures well above average, according to provisional Met Office statistics up to the 15th day of the month.
Fortunes look set to change next week, as high pressure looses its grip on our weather and low pressure tries to nudge its way across us.
As August draws to a close, so does meteorological summer (June, July and August), which means that provisional statistics are now available for how summer shaped up this year.
The weekend is upon us and with most schools having broken up for the summer holidays, lots of people will be heading for the great outdoors this weekend.
During the past week, most of the UK has been plagued by showers or longer spells of rain, dashing the hopes of anything resembling early summer for the half-term holidays.
Sunshine and warmth will return for most of us this week, as high pressure builds across the UK. But how long will it last?
With most schools in the UK having finished for the Easter holidays, there will no doubt be lots of parents wondering what this week and the forthcoming bank holiday will deliver.
Despite the warmth and sunshine we’ve had so far this month, winter is going to bite back in the coming days and try to put spring back in its box.