Sunday 15th March 2026

Something sunny, something showery, something warmer and something colder – quite a mix ahead. Maybe even our first 20’C of the year.

Thanks to Louise for the photograph.

The general picture sees us in a westerly flow, though with the Azores high ridging across the south of the UK, and most of the rain/showers/wind to our north.

Sunday starts sunny. Cloud will thicken from the west from around late morning onwards, with some patchy rain this afternoon – though something more persistent and heavier likely for a couple of hours around late afternoon. Just about getting to 12’C and quite windy from lunchtime onwards. Some cloud, some clear spells overnight, a stray shower possible in the evening/first part of the night, quite chilly – down to around 3’C.

Monday starts reasonably sunny. Generally the sun becomes hazier in the morning, and it will be mostly cloudy from around late morning onwards – perhaps some light rain in the afternoon from a weather front, but the bulk of the rain will be well to our north. Around 11’C and pretty breezy. Fairly cloudy overnight, around 8’C.

Tuesday starts cloudy, but this will gradually break up during the morning to leave a mostly sunny afternoon. Milder as the breeze turns more southerly, around 14’C, maybe a tad more – pleasant for mid-March. Clear skies for much of the night, though a chance of mist/fog patches forming by dawn, down to around 3’C.

By Wednesday our air source is from Africa, so temporarily something warmer (it’s always on a Wednesday so far this year, right?).

Mist/fog patches should clear quickly to leave long spells of sunshine all day, warm sunshine at that. Certainly we’ll get to 18’C, though I think 20’C is just about possible if everything aligns perfectly. Mostly clear skies overnight, a small chance of mist/fog patches forming, and down to around 4’C.

Thursday sees long spells of sunshine in the morning, more in the way of high cloud in the afternoon but still very pleasant. The breeze turning more easterly but temperatures still quite warm for the time of year, say around 17’C. Probably importing some cloud from the North Sea overnight – down to roughly around 6’C.

More likely by Friday we’ll have lost the warmth, and more likely it is cloudy – though that bit more uncertain. Temperatures more likely somewhere between 10’C and 12’C.

Uncertain on sunshine/cloud amounts next weekend, but almost certainly dry for Saturday, uncertain Sunday as perhaps low pressure over France/Spain could push some showery rain this far north (say 30% chance right now), and likely in a cool easterly flow all weekend, so between 9’C and 12’C, depending on cloud/sunshine amounts.

Uncertain where we go from there. Likely unsettled to our south over Spain/France, likely dry (and chilly) to our north – quite where we fit into that is unknown as of yet. And far too early to think about Easter forecast as well, maybe there might be a better understanding by this time next week. Keep hopes of warmth fairly minimal, but we could get lucky for a couple of days here and there.

Next forecast will be either Wednesday or Thursday morning, got a busy week ahead.