April has been a pretty dry month for many areas so far with some places actually having seen more snow falling than rain! There's not much sign of any meaningful rainfall coming our way in the coming week or so either with high pressure set to take charge.

For much of the month so far high pressure has been to the west or northwest of the UK which has kept most regions on the chilly side with occasional northerly outbreaks bringing wintry showers at times, especially towards the north of the country. The next few days see pressure rising over the country which means we lose the chilly northerlies and wintry showers, but there will still be some rather cold air lingering for a while so temperatures will take a while to recover with the frost risk continuing at night for a while longer.

Temperatures will gradually recover though and as we head on through the week we are optimistic that many places will see values back up into double figures by day at least but certainly if you are a gardener or grower then it's not the time to be thinking about planting seeds out. And if you are hoping to head out to a beer garden then there will be mostly dry conditions to be enjoyed after the first couple of days of the week, even if you still need your big coat.

METEOROLOGIST: BARBER

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