It's the first week of April and the theme of 'April showers' will certainly be in evidence. Here are the 5 Weather Things to Know for the week ahead... 1. Showers west and north today, drier east and south. 2. Best of the days on Tuesday, mostly dry with sunny spells. 3. Chillier and

06Z model updates showing some confusion in rainfall totals, but work on the idea of some heavy bursts of showery rain pushing north through western and eastern England as well as the Midlands. More rain southern Scotland and eastern Ireland. Chart below is UKMO forecast rain to 6am. Notice distinct east

Okay, many of you are telling us how frustrating the low soil temperatures are becoming. Those of us who aren't farmers can certainly tell that the growing season has, well, forgotten to start in many areas of the country. Grass and plants are growing at a very slow pace, and this

Just been running some numbers from 1st January to 31st March. These are mean daily Central England Temperatures (CET). Comparing this year (orange) with last year (blue), look at the temperature increase this year between about 25th January and 22nd February, then the temperature drop into March. Surprisingly the result of that