Turning colder and wetter this week
Conditions turn colder and wetter this week, as more unsettled weather spreads across the UK following last week’s early taste of spring.
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Mainly cloudy. Outbreaks of rain in the north.
Rain will sink southwards into Northern Ireland and northern England through this evening and overnight, accompanied by strong winds. Frequent showers following across Scotland. Staying largely dry further south with a few mist and fog patches in southern England. Mild.
A wet and windy day in the north, with heavy rain across parts of northern England. Blustery showers continuing for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Generally brighter towards southeast England.
Turning colder over the next few days. Sunny spells and blustery showers on Wednesday with snow over the hills. Drier on Thursday, then cloudy on Friday with outbreaks of rain.
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A broadly changeable pattern will continue, at least through the first part of this period, as further frontal systems move across the UK, bringing rain and stronger winds at times. Weather fronts are likely to be more active across northern areas, thus the wettest and windiest conditions are more likely here. As they come south, often running in to a ridge of higher pressure extending from the southwest, frontal systems will often be weaker and rainfall amounts smaller. In this setup, temperatures will probably pan out close to average overall, with some overnight frost where skies are clear and winds light.
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High pressure may be more dominant at the start of this period, the centre of which transferring from somewhere west or southwest of the UK to somewhere north of the UK. As such, plenty of dry weather seems most likely, but with changes in wind direction leading to some quite marked differences in cloud amounts and temperature from day to day. Moving further into April, there is a chance that high pressure will become less dominant and thus there is a greater chance of more places seeing some rain and possible stronger winds from time to time. Overall, temperatures panning out somewhere near to average.
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