Weather forecast Easter weekend: Met Office predicts heavy rain for bank holiday break
Bad news for anyone planning outdoor Easter egg hunts this bank holiday weekend as the Met Office has forecast heavy rain.
Winter coats and umbrellas may be the order of the day during Easter egg hunts over the upcoming bank holiday weekend. Weather experts at the Met Office are predicting "changeable" conditions this week, with a more "unsettled" outlook for the four-day break.
Tuesday (March 31) will be a day of "sunny spells and showers", forecasters said, with more mild air moving in, taking temperatures to around 16C.
"Wednesday will be a mainly cloudy day, with bands of rain over northern Scotland moving south and eastwards across the day before easing. Temperatures will be down slightly on Tuesday’s values," the Met Office forecaster said.
"Things brighten up on Thursday, with a patchy frost possible in the north first thing. A band of cloud and rain, along with stronger winds, is then likely to move in across parts of the north and west."
However, they said things then take a turn for the worse - just in time for the great Easter getaway, when millions hit the road for an extended break. "Conditions are likely to turn more unsettled as we head into the Easter Weekend, with low pressure likely to dominate," they said.
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Steven Keates, added: "As we head into Good Friday and Easter Saturday, the weather is expected to turn more unsettled, with spells of rain at times, some of which could be heavy. This will be followed by sunny spells and showers, with the driest conditions likely towards the southeast of the UK.
"It is also likely to become windy at times across all areas, particularly in exposed north-western locations. While there remains some uncertainty in the detail at this point in time, there is a strong signal for wet and windy conditions to continue into the Easter Weekend."
Easter travel: RAC estimates 21 million car journeys
Drivers are being warned to expect the busiest Easter on the roads in four years, suggesting many are undeterred by rising fuel prices. The RAC estimated that nearly 21 million leisure journeys by car are planned between Thursday (April 2) and Easter Monday.
It said that would be the most Easter traffic since 2022, which was the first bank holiday weekend since England scrapped coronavirus travel restrictions.
The RAC calculated the figure based on responses to a survey of 2,219 UK adults conducted between March 20-23, when fuel prices had already risen significantly.