General Synopsis at 12:00hrs for the UK for the next five days: Sunday: The UK in a westerly air flow. Showers or longer spells of rain. Snow N Hills. Rather cold to average temperatures. Gentle to moderate winds with gusts to 40mph in places. Monday: A ridge of high pressure across the UK. Rain arriving later into N Ireland otherwise dry with sunny spells. Windy in the W with gusts to 40mph. Gentle to moderate breezes in the rest of the country. Temperatures average rather mild. Tuesday: A ridge high pressure keeping to the E forming a block. Rain pushing into N Ireland turning showery later. Mild to very mild cooler later in the W. Winds a gentle to moderate breeze in the E and S. Light to gentle breezes Scotland and N Ireland. Wednesday: UK in a col. Light showers NW Scotland otherwise dry and with sunny spells and mild to very mild. Average in the W. Windy E and NW coasts otherwise light to gentle breezes. Thursday: A ridge high pressure over the country. Some fronts bring light rain to the far N of Scotland otherwise dry with sunny spells. Mild to very mild England. Average Scotland and N Ireland.
Local Summary for the next five days: The weather over Easter changeable as Storm Dave quickly arrives and departs. Easter Sunday less windy but showers later followed by a frost overnight. Easter Monday dry with sunny spells. After that dry and settled and getting gradually warmer. Winds becoming light breezes.
Easter Saturday evening and night: Barometer at 18:00hrs 999mb falling. Temperatures 14C. Winds a moderate to fresh SSW breeze. The evening turning very windy. Dry with sunny spells until sunset then cloudy. Winds a fresh SSW breeze. Gusts to 60mph. The night cloudy with light rain. Dry by morning. Windy, winds a fresh W breeze with gusts to 50mph. Overnight low 6C to 8C so rather mild to mild.
Easter Sunday: The day starts dry with clear spells. Winds a gentle WSW breeze. Temperatures 7C to 9C. A day of showers and sunny spells. Winds a moderate possibly fresh WNW breeze gusts 40mph. Temperatures 9C to 10C so average. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1020mb rising. The evening quickly dry followed by a dry night with clear spells forming after sunset. Winds a light SW breeze. Overnight low 1C to 2C so rather cold to average with a widespread ground frost.
Easter Monday: Bank holiday brings a dry clear frosty start. Winds a light SSW breeze. Temperatures 2C to 3C. A dry day with sunny spells. Winds a gentle SSE breeze. Temperatures 12C to 13C. So average to rather mild. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1020mb falling. The evening and night dry with sunny spells before dusk then clear spells and patchy cloud afterwards. Winds a light ESE breeze. Overnight low 3C to 4C. So average.
Tuesday: The day begins dry with clear spells. Winds a light ESE breeze. Temperatures 4C to 5C. A dry day with sunny spells. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. Temperatures 15C to 16C so mild to very mild. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1018mb rising. The evening and night dry with sunny spells. Clear spells after sunset with patchy cloud. Winds a light E breeze. Overnight low 5C to 6C so rather mild.
Wednesday: Midweek kicking off dry with clear spells. Temperatures 5C to 7C. Winds a light ESE breeze. A dry day with sunny spells. Winds a gentle ESE breeze. Temperatures 17C to 18C so very mild. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1024mb steady. The evening and night dry with clear spells after sunset. Some patchy cloud. Winds a light SSE breeze. Overnight low 5C to 7C so rather mild to mild.
Thursday: The new day starts dry with clear spells. Temperatures 6C to 8C. Winds a light W breeze. A dry day with sunny spells and very mild. Winds a light NW breeze. Temperatures 17C to 18C so very mild. Barometer at 18:00hrs 1024mb steady. The evening and night dry sunny spells until dusk then clear spells after with variable cloud. Winds a light SSE breeze. Overnight low 9C to 10C so very mild.