WATCH out for Easter snow!
That was the warning today from Huddersfield weatherman Paul Stevens as he hinted at a cold end to March.
He predicts cold and wet weather over the next few days with snow possible, especially over the hills.
But settled and warmer weather will follow into early April.
Stevens said: “March started off cold but settled with high pressure blocking the normal weather to our north and east.
“During the first two weeks of the month it was dry with average daily maximum temperatures some 3° C – 4° C below normal at 3°–- 5°C with frost occurring on eleven nights and a monthly low of -5.6°C on the night of March 6/7 .
“This kept the theme of the coldest Huddersfield winter for 30 years but changed from the 15th when milder air pushed in from the south and for the first time since December 7, temperatures reached double figures with 10.6°C on the 15.
“But as we head towards the start of next week, winter and spring will do battle as colder winds from the arctic begin to push south and meet the milder winds from the tropical Atlantic.
“This will mean further heavy rain and strong winds, a further deep low pressure will cross Yorkshire and as colder air digs in the rain may well turn to heavy snow for time, more especially over the hills.”
