UK Enjoys Sunny Weekend, Dry Spell in Southeast

0:00On April 17th, weekend weather in the UK is finally chilling out with high pressure, bringing mostly dry conditions, Saturday and heaps of sunshine, Sunday. Tim's hitting 11-16 Celsius, feeling nice with that spring sun and light winds. This comes after a while few days of showers, sun, and even thunderstorms that had weather watchers snapping pics of lightning, weird mammatus clouds, and double rainbows. Folks in the southeast, like Essex and East Anglia, are loving the dry spill. They've only seen about a fifth of normal spring rain so far, with just 4.5mm in early April versus the usual 20. Western Scotland's the opposite, already doubling their average April rain at 70mm halfway through the month thanks to back-to-back, weather systems. Expect this calmer vibe to stick around next week with brighter spells and temps in the low to mid teens for most, though some clouds might pop up. Here and there.