the national trust says that the recent cold weather has delayed blossoms in many parts of the uk, but the trust also says that when the temperatures start rising, we can look forward to a riot of spring colour, like these cherry trees in shipley in west yorkshire. and talking of temperatures rising, let s get the expert view with chris. well, we had temperatures up to 16 degrees today. that was in nantwich in cheshire. that is one feature of the weather this week. it s been pretty mild so far, more of that to come. it s also been quite grey and cloudy with rain around. more of that to come as well. this month has been a pretty wet month so far. alder grove, to the west of belfast, has had one and a half times as much rainfall as we would normally see in an average march. loads more to come. that area of cloud as the rain we had today and it will continue overnight. we have weather systems lining up in the atlantic, waiting to swing in. it is across western areas of the count
overnight. we have weather systems lining up in the atlantic, waiting to swing in. it is across western areas of the country that we will see the heaviest falls of rain, the largest rain accumulations. eastern areas, a bit of shelter. it s not going to be dry but the rain will not be amounting to quite so much. overnight we have heavy pulses of rain working on at the moment. it stays quite breezy and cloudy. temperature is not really changing from what we have got outside at the moment, nine or 10 celsius. from what we have got outside at the moment, nine or10 celsius. i from what we have got outside at the moment, nine or 10 celsius. i think we will start the day across eastern england on a rather grey note, damp and drizzly weather, a bit of rain clearing from north and eastern scotland. then comes showers. the showers are going to be quite widespread. some of them heavy infantry. at the same time, some brighter spells in between. northern ireland, meanwhile, ends with the next band