Drier days are ahead for Bristol ahead of the Easter weekend after the region took a battering from heavy rain on Friday (March 31). The downpours caused flash flooding in the area and across the South West, seriously impacting railways and roads.
Blue skies lie ahead for the start of this week (Monday, April 3) changing to cloudy by Tuesday evening (April 4).
The Met Office has issued its first predictions for the start of the Easter weekend with Good Friday (April 7) starting off sunny and getting cloudier throughout the day, with highs of 13°C. Saturday (April 8) is looking mostly cloudy and will remain at a mild temperature, reaching 13°C in the early afternoon.
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Looking further, the forecaster only has its long range UK predictions to offer. It has said that many areas are expected to see mostly fine and dry weather, with sunny spells becoming increasingly common with time, with any rain most likely across the west and South West through the following week.
UK weather maps have predicted a possible late spring Arctic plume heading for the UK, stating the mercury could plummet back into the low minus range by mid-spring, The Express reports. Weather maps suggest the coming system could even spark some wintry, but most likely transient showers at higher points of the country.
From Tuesday, April 11, the mercury will start going in the opposite direction. Charts show a chilly plume gravitating from Western Europe will make its way over the UK from 6pm that evening. As it arrives, the system will send temperatures falling to -4°C and below in Scotland, northern England and along the east coast at Norfolk.
By the following morning on Wednesday, April 12, the charts show lows of -6°C to -7°C in the same places, while elsewhere drops to -5°C. The sudden and complete reversal of current temperature is set to last for just one whole day, Friday, April 14.
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