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. Longer day light hours, stronger late-March sunshine and a lack of existing snow cover mean the impacts of this snowy spell will be less than the late February/early March spell. Looking ahead the weather will remain cold for Monday, but the risk of snow diminishes. As we head further into the week we

measured turbulence and cloud properties alongside the CAMRa steerable radar, often making synergistic measurements of the same clouds. Observations took place across a range of conditions from shallow clouds, giving light rain, to deeper more active storms with heavy rain at the surface. For the first

and ‘thunder snow’. Light snow in areas of southern England Further south parts of Kent and south east England woke to snowfall this morning. This snow spread northwards giving a dusting of snow over the Wealds and Downs of southeast England. Current conditions Friday will continue unsettled

central and northern Scotland. Some of the showers could be heavy and, with light winds, they will be slow moving. Uncertain from the middle of the week Beyond the middle of the week the forecast for the UK is unusually uncertain, though the most likely scenario will see warm air returning across

where the human observer is present. How we measure cloud base height Cloud base is readily measured by instrument to a reasonable level of accuracy. The type of cloud base recorder used widely at synoptic observing stations is shown below. It employs a pulsed diode laser LIDAR (light detection

and an aerosol backscatter LIDAR. The particle counters span the size range 0.1 to several thousand micrometres (0.0001 to several millimetres). These probes use the scattering of laser light from single particles and imaging techniques, both of which can give information on the size and phase

in your house to protect your health.   Switch off appliances at the socket Most electrical appliances in our homes are constantly drawing power, even when they are not being used and including when a red standby light is showing on a device such as television or computer. To save electricity, turn off

this could end up being much more widespread across England and Wales. Further ahead Tuesday is forecast to be a largely dry day with light winds, some scattered showers could break out in parts of the south, although confidence in weather details decreases significantly through the day. Dan Harris

for Tuesday and Wednesday. Weather over past Coronations Data from the Met Office archive shows that past coronations back to Edward VII have been mixed when it comes to the weather. The Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II saw temperature highs of just 11.8°C on 2 June 1953 with some light rain through

forecast information to the interests of different customer groups which can include for example, the general public, emergency responders or airlines. To ensure that people and critical operations will not be put at risk by unexpected weather, the Met Office Operations Centre operates round