Easter weather: Met Office warns rain could adversely affect four-day weekend

Forecasters have warned that rain could affect the plans of millions of Britons over the upcoming four-day Easter weekend.

Experts say the weather is likely to be “unstable with showers or showers” in most areas this weekend.

Showers are likely to be heaviest and most frequent in the south and west, according to the Met Office.

However, forecasters say the forecast is not all doom and gloom, with some dry and sunny periods expected, particularly in northern areas.

As the British experience Warning of possible long delays over Easter holidaysRoad traffic is expected to exceed 14 million journeys, while construction will disrupt rail services.

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The Met Office wrote in its latest weekend forecast: “The Easter weekend is likely to see rain or showers over much of the area, but there will also be some dry and sunny spells.

“The heaviest and most frequent showers are more likely to occur in the south and west.

“Nearer areas are likely to become drier later in the weekend as sunshine increases.”

The Easter weekend is likely to be “somewhat warmer” than the week ahead, which is expected to be “unstable with rain” and wind chills in some areas, according to the Met Office.

A yellow weather warning has been issued for much of eastern Scotland tomorrow morning, warning of rain and snow which may cause disruption in some places, mainly to travel.

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The snowfall is expected to be concentrated in the highlands, while power outages are unlikely and some rural communities could be cut off.

As well as unsettled weather, those hoping to holiday over the Easter weekend are also warned of travel disruptions.

The RAC said journeys on popular routes could be twice as long as usual as the bank holiday weekend causes many schools to close for a two-week holiday.

RAC spokesperson Alice Simpson also warned that there was a “possibility of crashes” over Easter and said it was serious transportation “Expect long queues on routes to the usual hotspots”.

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Train services will also be stopped in some areas, with Network Rail carrying out engineering work on the West Coast Main Line between London Euston and Milton Keynes, which runs from the capital to Scotland.

That section rail There will be closures between Good Friday and Easter Monday, with disruption also expected in Glasgow and Huddersfield.

Laurence Bowman, director of network strategy at Network Rail, said there was “never a good time to do the work we need to do”, but explained that there were fewer commuters over the bank holiday weekend, which gave them “the opportunity Do the main work we need to do”. You can’t do that on a normal weekend.”