Llwyn-On Reservoir by Paula J James from the 成人论坛 Wales Flickr group
It hasn’t felt much like spring recently with rain and strong winds making it feel chilly, although St Athan clocked up over six hours of sunshine yesterday. Thursday is not so nice again with grey and damp conditions but at least the wind is much lighter and the weather is set to improve over the Easter weekend, although I can’t promise wall-to-wall sunshine.
On Thursday night a trough of low pressure will move east, bringing further outbreaks of rain. Some of this rain will be heavy, with 10 to 20mm in parts of the south and west. There will be widespread low cloud, mist and hill fog. Lowest temperatures will be in the range of 5 to 8°C with a south to south-westerly breeze.
On Good Friday, the rain will clear to showers but these will turn lighter with drier weather expected in the afternoon. It will stay fairly cloudy with some hill fog, though possibly brightening up a little in the south. Temperatures will reach highs of 9 to 12°C with a brisk north-westerly breeze developing.
Over the Easter weekend, high pressure over the Atlantic Ocean will move towards us and will be centred over Ireland by the time we get to Sunday.
Met Office forecast chart, 5 April 2015
This high pressure will bring plenty of dry, settled weather for a change but unfortunately high pressure doesn’t always guarantee sunshine! Cloud amounts are uncertain, though there will possibly be a little sunshine at times. The lighter winds will make it feel milder and more pleasant than recently, especially if the sun breaks through. Temperatures will rise into the low to mid-teens.
If you’re suffering from hay fever at the moment, !
in Wales was drier and sunnier than average, with plenty more dry weather to come in the next week, thanks to the arrival of high pressure. We will see some sunshine too and it should become warmer, though overnight the weather will turn chilly with a risk of a ground frost under any clear skies.