1 - Wet & windy to the west on Saturday morning as an area of low pressure sends a cold front across Ireland, Northern Ireland and into western Scotland. Coastal gales for western parts of Ireland and Scotland too. Chilly but dry to start for England, Wales and eastern

 1 - For the most part, the jet stream stays to the south of the UK and Ireland this week bringing a chillier feel to temperatures for us here. Temperatures, on the whole, will be down a degree or two from where we would expect them to be at this

With the start of March and meteorological spring upon us we start to look at different values for our forecast parameters when it comes to talking about "average conditions". Below follow the average UK climate maps for the month of March from the Met Office for the time period 1981-2010. Note