What a difference 5 or 6 days in March can make!
Last Monday!

Credit: Mark Vogan
Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon.

Credit: Mark Vogan
Following a truly glorious spring weekend, Monday into Tuesday sees a breakdown as the HP core continues to slide east deflating heights over the UK which allows cloud cover to increase.

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Check out these stunning visible satellite images captured by NASA during Saturday and Sunday.

Credit: NASA

Credit: NASA
Is it just me or is the Highland snowpack thinner from just Saturday to Sunday?
Fabulous conditions for a climb in the Cairngorms. May have been a little cool in the breeze above 4,000ft but sunscreen is needed in the mountains at this time of year. Think that’s Ben Macdui still heavily snow covered in the distance.

Credit: Hazel Strachan @StrachanHazel
Those clear skies within this dry air mass produced quite the diurnal variance. 20-22C between morning and afternoon actually!
On Saturday, Castlederg, Co Tyrone rose from a chilly -3 to 18C in about 10 hours while on Sunday, Aviemore in the Highlands went from -2 to 19.9C.
Saturday’s diurnal variance in Co Tyrone.

Credit: Met Office

Credit: Met Office
Sunday’s diurnal variance…

Credit: Meteoceil

Credit: Meteoceil
So, hope you’ve enjoyed the last truly sunny, mild feeling day today… All chance by as early as tonight…
Tomorrow is rather cloudy with light and patchy rain spreading up from the southwest.

Credit: wxcharts.eu
Wednesday looks wetter and windier.

Credit: wxcharts.eu





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