Alternating mild and cool Atlantic pulses define the week ahead but temperatures will fade from mid teens down to single figures by Friday. Windy at times with showers or frontal rain, mixed with spring sunshine.
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After a mild and dry start to March. it looks to turn increasingly unsettled this coming week, with spells of rain or showers at times and also becoming windy. Turning colder later in the week, with risk of hill Read more
Winter 2025/26 was cloudy, wet and mild for many parts of the UK. Now, after an exceptionally warm start to March, a more changeable westerly pattern looks set to bring temperatures closer to normal.
A Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) began yesterday, with a reversal of winds from westerly to easterly in the polar stratosphere. This reversal may slowly drip down to the troposphere to perhaps bring changes to our weather patterns
Saharan dust is already reaching England and Wales. Showers will bring it to the surface. Colder air from the NW on Friday but a cloudy weekend for many
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Yellow warning of fog affecting East of England: Norfolk, Suffolk valid from 0600 Wed 04 Mar to 1000 Wed 04 Mar
Mild air will take its time to spread to more of the UK this week. High pressure will try to keep Atlantic rain at bay but not always be successful.
After an unsettled first few days to March, turning drier and more settled from Tuesday, as high pressure builds. Some rain later in the week, before high pressure re-establishes for next weekend. Remaining very mild for early March.
A dull, wet winter for much of the UK, with a stationary jet stream driving repeated wet spells from mid-January to mid-February. Despite the regular rain – south-western Britain was sunnier, while northern England and eastern Scotland were particularly gloomy.
After last summer’s hosepipe bans and drought, winter rainfall has been crucial for recovery. Early Met Office figures show it’s been wetter than average – but the picture varies dramatically across the UK.
A cooler weekend ahead after the warmth midweek, with frost in the north but sunshine on Saturday. Sunday turns unsettled and windy, but milder.