Officially, spring is just five days away beginning on March 20 but does it mean the weather is due to turn around with the new season? Well, not exactly, according to the Met Office.
The meteorologists have provided a long-term weather forecast for between March 29 and April 12 – the first chunk of beautiful spring.
The Met Office wrote: “For the end of March and into the start of April, pressure is likely to move to higher than average to the north of the UK.
“This pattern tends to push the focus of unsettled weather further south than usual, with highest rainfall most likely to be in the south of the UK. Conversely, northern areas tend to be drier compared to normal. Temperatures will probably be near average or slightly above overall, with any cooler interludes most likely in the north.”
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So it says that it’s going to be a rainy start to the season, particularly for us in the south of England, while our friends in the North enjoy sunnier skies. Meanwhile, we’ve got to keep our brollies and wellies to hand in London.
However, the Met Office’s outlook on the temperature is not so bad for the south with average spring temperatures wafting in. Meanwhile, there could be some cold snaps further north – a trade-off for the dry weather it seems.
So despite the groundhog predicting an early spring over in America in February, it seems like it’s not entirely coming to fruition. In the meantime the Met Office expect it to be mostly overcast in London until Thursday next week when there will be some breakthrough of sun in the morning.
Temperatures are due to stay relatively steady, mostly around 14 and 15 degrees Celsius highs each day and with lows of around nine and 10 degrees.
What do other forecasters predict?
Not many forecasters predict so far into the future, weather often being a volatile and unpredictable thing, but Accuweather has tried. They believe that out of the 13 days considered in the Met Office’s long-range report, only three of them are due for rain – a much drier report.
They say these days will be consecutive from the 3 April to 5 April. Otherwise, they predict mostly clouds with sun to shine onto the capital, bar a few overcast days. They predict that the temperature will actually be lower than it is this week and will stay with highs of around 10 and 12 degrees Celcius. These are to remain pretty steady for the first half of April but pick up as the month goes on.
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