BRITS can expect some decent weather over the Easter bank holiday as bright sunshine comes in and temperatures soar to a very pleasant 16C.
It comes after a gloomy spell of snow, rain and 70mph winds.
Paul Jacobs/pictureexclusive.comBeach goers in Portsmouth enjoyed the sun earlier this month and the sun is expected to return over Easter[/caption]
LNPRoller skiers in Richmond Park, London, enjoyed the sun just over a week ago[/caption]
PAAlong with the sunshine, showers are also expected over the long bank holiday weekend with visitors to London’s Leicester Square getting soaked in the rain yesterday[/caption]
Four yellow alerts were in place across Britain ahead of the busy Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
Most of Wales was hit with a yellow weather warning for snow.
The Met Office warned that exposed coastal areas could see gusts of wind reaching 70mph.
These warnings are no longer in place.
But the good news is that the area of low pressure for the miserable conditions will clear away on Good Friday although blustery, scattered showers will persist.
It will feel warm in the sunshine and temperatures today will hit 14C, in southeast England, the Met Office predicts.
Those showers are expected to become widespread and turn heavy at times with a possible risk of the odd thunderstorm.
The driest part of the country will be the far northeast of the UK, according to the forecaster.
After a windy start to the day for many, they will die off as the day wears on, leaving a calmer outlook for the weekend.
Overnight, Brits can expect some showers, particularly in the west and south coasts, which will become more scattered through Saturday and most frequent in the west.
Parts of the country in the east will remain dry throughout the day.
Sunny spells are predicted once more, by the weather experts, and it will feel warm with winds much lighter than in previous days.
Brits can expect a high of 15C in southeast England while in northern England and eastern Scotland it will be slightly cooler with temperatures reaching 13C.
EASTER SUNDAY
Sunday will also see showers, with the worst of these centred around the southwest.
It will be a chilly start to the day, the Met Office says, but it will warm up with more brighter spells with temperatures hitting a very pleasant 16C in central and southern parts of England, while northwest England will see a top temperature of 15C.
Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Dan Harris, said: “The weather is expected to gradually improve following the widely unsettled spell of the past few days, with a fairly typical mix of spring-like weather across the UK.
“There will be some sunshine, and it will feel increasingly warm for most as the winds become lighter.
“However, the west and especially southwest is likely to see passing showers too, which could be quite heavy and frequent at times.
“Eastern coastal districts are also likely to feel increasingly cold as an onshore breeze develops, threatening persistent low cloud in some areas too.”
It will mostly be fine on Monday too, with the northern parts of the UK seeing the driest conditions and northwest Scotland getting the best of the sunshine.
South and south-eastern parts of England though could see further rain and there is a small chance could end up being much more widespread across England and Wales.
FURTHER AHEAD
Those mainly dry conditions are expected to carry on into Tuesday with some light winds.
Some scattered showers could break out in parts of the south.
Mr Harris added: “At present Tuesday looks mostly settled, between one area of low pressure responsible for Monday’s rain in the south or southeast, clearing to the east, and another low arriving from the southwest later.
“How quickly this second low and associated rain arrives is a significant point of uncertainty in the longer-range forecast.
“But it will herald a further spell through early April of unsettled weather focussed particularly across southern areas; best chance of any more settled conditions, and probably colder conditions, will be across the north of the UK.”
AlamyDog walkers on the beach at West Bay in Dorset on Thursday lean into the gale force winds[/caption]
Steve Hogan/pictureexclusive.comSomeone struggles yesterday with an umbrella on Mudeford Quay seafront in Dorset[/caption]
PAJack Campbell pushes his son Harvey on a sledge in the snow on Dartmoor yesterday[/caption]