Met Office’s Easter weekend verdict as mercury begins to elevate

UK weather: Further wet conditions forecast by Met Office

Met Office weather forecasters have issued their verdict for the Easter weekend. With the long weekend under seven days away, Britons are eager for the wet and windy weather to subside. The latest long-range predictions from forecasters suggest people can expect a “fine start” to the break, but with some enduring wind and rain.

The Met Office has released its forecast covering April 6, the start of Easter weekend, to April 15. According to the agency, the weather will stay “cloudy and mild” following a “fine start” next week.

But, unfortunately for those living in Scotland and Northern Ireland, Easter Sunday may prove wet. A band of rain will arrive in the areas, accompanied by “extensive low cloud” tipped to “move eastwards across Scotland and Northern Ireland”.

Southern and eastern England will remain primarily dry, with people living in the areas likely to experience “clear or sunny spells”.

The rest of the UK will see similar conditions “with time”, the forecast adds.

The Met Office said that “drier and brighter interludes” will develop, leaving a “possibility” of unsettled spells. People living in southern and western England will experience the wettest weather by Saturday, April 15.

Conditions may also prove windier, with the forecasters warning of “spells of windier weather” towards mid-April.

Regardless of the wind or rain, the long-range forecast predicts that UK temperatures will remain comparatively mild.

The mercury should hover “close to or a little above average”, the Met Office predicts. Recorded temperatures in parts of the country recently reached the double-digit range for the first time in 2023.

In London, the mercury surged to 17C on March 30 despite a cold and frosty start to the week. Forecasts suggest the trend will continue into April, with maps from WXCharts showing regular highs of 12C and above in southern England.

The service, which uses data from MetDesk, indicates that temperatures further north may reach similar highs. On Tuesday, April 4, maps show possible highs of 12C in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Newcastle.

More favourable spring predictions have come after England had its wettest March since 1981, according to the Met Office. 

Early provisional Met Office statistics including data up to March 30, England, Wales and Northern Ireland have all so far had one of their respective top ten wettest Marches on records which go back to 1836, it said.

“While it has already been England’s wettest March since 1981, the record figure of 147.2mm in 1947 won’t be troubled this month.

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It said Northern Ireland’s record figure of 160.7mm set in 2019 also won’t be eclipsed and Wales’s figures so far haven’t yet overtaken 1994’s figure of 198.6mm, with its record figure sitting at 287.5 in 1981.

With further rain on March 31, the final positions will be confirmed on next week. 

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