UK SET for hot and dry weather over the coming days and into the weekend as temperatures rise to 16C.
There are still cold starts to the day ahead and some patchy rain but a large high pressure sweeping, but looking further ahead, it could be a hot spring.
Weather forecaster Jim Dale has reportedly said that it could get up to 28C by the middle of April.
For this week BBC Weather's Tomasz Schafernaker says it will be all sunshine and dry weather.
“In the south where the winds will be light the temperatures will be around the mid-teens. Then Thursday and Friday the high pressure establishes itself across the UK, in fact a big high pressure spreading all the way from Eastern Europe to the edge of Ireland so a lot of settled weather," said Mr Schafernaker.
"You can see the winds blowing around the high here. Northern and western parts of the country right in the middle of that high where the weather will be sunniest, the winds will be lightest and as a result will have the highest temperatures around 15C or 16C.
"And that high pressure is expected to persist Friday, Saturday and into Sunday as well although it will be a little breezy at times."
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UK shorelines should expect wet and windy weather
Though most of us will enjoy sunny weather and mild temperatures, it’s not quite the same for our shores.
Strong winds are expected across most coasts, bring with it lots of rain.
The next two days will bring showers to the northeast and gales are likely along with lighter winds at times.
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Saharan dust cloud could hit Britian today
BRITS are set to be battered by strong winds which could bring orange Saharan dust from across the continent.
Gusty gales will hit huge swathes of the UK as a result of Storm Celia as soon as today, and could turn the skies orange.
Carol Kirkwood warned BBC Breakfast viewers yesterday that the dust could reach the UK as soon as tomorrow after the orange clouds lit up Spanish skies.
The forecaster told BBC Breakfast on Tuesday: "Look at the orange sky, this is Saharan dust.
"These pictures taken by some of our viewers yesterday in Alicante are quite spectacular. And the reason that it has happened is because of storm Celia.
"There has been very poor air quality today in parts of Spain, and it could well affect us in the southeast and East Anglia on Wednesday.
"So if you wake up on Wednesday and your car is covered in orange dust you know where it's coming from and why.”
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Clocks due to change next week
Twice a year, we move the clocks back – once forwards and once back.
Many are caught out by the changing clocks in which we ‘gain’ an hour or ‘lose’ an hour.
This year on 27 March at 1am, the clocks will go forward and we’ll officially be using BST (British Summer Time).
It’s not clear whether former US president Benjamin Franklin or British builder, William Willett had the initial idea for the time change as we know it.
Willett created a pamphlet in 1907 named The Waste of Daylight in which he outlines how it would work and that we would have more daylight in the Spring and Summer and it should be reversed in the Autumn.
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Met Office '4cast' for Wednesday
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Rain to clear away later this week
The rain is expected to clear away on Thursday as a warm front moves up from the south, bringing sunny spells and temperatures of 14-15C.
Friday will get off to a chilly start but it will be a dry day across the UK as temperatures pick up once more to 16C and possibly 17C in the south-east.
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