Winter weather is an set continue this weekend with snow and sleet expected in the east of UK, after light the dust has fallen in south east of England on Friday morning.
The temperature will stay low on Friday evening, cold snap to -1C (30F) in northern Scotland and east midlands in the early morning on Saturday as a result in widespread frost. It will rain and sleet in it will be a little warmer in the west and there will be some snow in the hills over Wales, possibly also landing in lower heights.
The weather bureau warned of potential traffic disruption due to ice on Saturday due to snow and hail in in north-east and east of England stretching from the border with Scotland down to the east Midlands.
Although the temperature will be low for time of year a lot of Britain will see solar periods on Saturday.
The winds are changing north-West will bring milder air, i.e. temperatures should restore on Monday and close to averages for this time of year, with highs of 14C in south of England.
It will be give way to second explosion of air coming down from the Arctic who could result in the snow is back next week, meteorologist Jonathan Votry said.
“When precipitation falls in of the colder air forthcoming of what’s this causes more winter stuff to work out, but it won’t be as dramatic a fall as we’ve seen just gone,” he said.
Cold end of March start of April comes after the UK experienced its sunniest March ever in almost a century, according to weather forecasts.
Scotland and Northern Ireland have seen the most sun in The Met Office said March was the sunniest March in the UK since 1929 since records began.
Northern Ireland warmed up in 90% more sun than usual for month, with but total of 192.5 hours of Sun. Scotland saw 64% more than usual, with but total of 160.1 hours.
Sunny forecast repeated across the UK, with England sees its second sunniest March, 168.1 hours Wales 5th sunniest, with 157.9 hours. The meteorological office began to register sunshine hours in 1919.
Dr. Mark McCarthy head of synoptics national climate information the center that maintains the UK’s climate records said large areas of high pressure that settled over Great Britain for many of month caused in record- break figures.
He said “March again illustrated the typical variability of UK climate, with some cold conditions on start and end of month separated by a long period of soft and balanced weather.
” record-Breaking sun figures were pretty much brought in on on a very large scale area of high pressure that sat over Great Britain for many of month, in times also covering a lot of Europe. It brought clear sky, soft days, but also cool nights and frosts.
We have seen the warmest weather of in year too far with 20.8°C recorded in London on March 23, but we also saw low of minus 9.1C in Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) on start of month, emphasizing the variability of March in Great Britain.”
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