A chill in the air. by Isobel Lang
Friday’s bitter winds made their presence felt here in the UK didn’t they. Snow or sleet was reported in many areas up and down the country, and a couple of centimetres of snow was lying on the grass for a time overnight in parts of Norfolk.
The coldest part of the country was Shetland. In fact, with a top temperature of 0.1 Celsius, it was the coldest April day here since 1968, with snow and gales making it feel like a bitter winter’s day.
Our short, sharp, shock of chill weather is ending this weekend, and temperatures here in the British Isles will rise nicely, probably reaching a peak of 18C, (64F) on Monday.
There has been some pleasantly warm weather across many central and eastern parts of Europe over the last couple of days. On Friday, temperatures reached 28C in Cyprus, 27C in Antalya, Turkey, 21C in Budapest, Hungary and 15C in Moscow. All these values are several degrees above the April average. After a cooler, wetter period, warm sunshine will return across Eastern Europe for midweek.
Weather has been making the headlines in the USA. The Masters golf in Augusta has seen some heavy, thundery showers over the first two days of play, and the neighboroughing state of Florida also received some mighty storms. 70mm, nearly 3 inches, of rain fell in Key West in 12 hours, that’s nearly twice the April average.
Thankfully, the forecast now is much more promising with fine and sunny weather developing as high pressure builds in.
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