WeatherFanatics: Warmth to Continue This Week for UK, Western Europe

Monday, March 10, 2014

Warmth to Continue This Week for UK, Western Europe

By Eric Leister, Meteorologist

March 10,2014; 6:05PM,EST

The mild and dry weather felt across the United Kingdom and western Europe over the weekend will continue this week.
Following months of stormy weather, high pressure brought unseasonable warmth and plenty of sunshine to the United Kingdom, Ireland and western Europe.
A wet February for much of the U.K. came on the heels of record-setting rainfall earlier this winter. In the U.K., December and January were the wettest on record.
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An area of high pressure over western Europe that provided dry weather with unseasonable warmth over the weekend will expand to the north and east this week. This area of high pressure will dominate for much, if not all, of the week and lead to a continuation of the warm, dry weather.

The Eiffel Tower rises from behind blossoming flowers and trees in Paris, France, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
Temperatures reached 19 C (67 F) in London on Sunday while Paris topped out at 21 C (70 F). Temperatures are expected to remain at least 5 degrees C (10 degrees F) above normal across the entire region this week.
Along with the unseasonable warmth, skies will be partly to mostly sunny each day through Friday.
A frontal boundary is expected to pass east of the United Kingdom and France this weekend, bringing a shot of much colder air and gusty winds from Scandinavia through northern Europe. However, high pressure will likely continue to provide dry conditions along with unseasonable warmth to western Europe.

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