Spring forward
| 16:27 UK time, Wednesday, 2 March 2011
From a meteorological point of view, it is now spring but looking back, the winter was a memorable one.
It started in late November with lots of snow before Christmas, and December was the coldest for at least 100 years.
January was chilly with lots of sunshine but February was mild and wet with some flooding in Mid Wales and the north. So overall, the winter was cold but sunnier and drier than normal with 73% of the average rainfall.
The current dry spell looks set to continue into next week thanks to high pressure. The main problem is forecasting cloud - How much and where? Will it or won't it clear? And who gets the sunshine and frost?
Take today for example - I thought it would stay cloudy along the border but the cloud vanished leaving the whole of Wales basking in the sunshine with temperatures rising to 10 Celsius in Trawsgoed.
Tomorrow will be dry again with some bright or sunny spells. However, the south east corner, Cardiff, Newport and parts of Powys and the border may stay cloudy.
So, good weather tomorrow if you're heading out to vote!
Derek Brockway
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