Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Sleet and snow on cards for Huddersfield towards Easter

Winter is kicking back in Huddersfield this week.

An Arctic blast is set to bring sleet, snow and hail to parts of the town over the next couple of days.

And the run-up to the Easter holidays does not look much brighter, with wet and windy weather in between spells of sunshine.

But Huddersfield weatherman Paul Stevens insists: “It’s not unusual”.

The Salendine Nook forecaster said that it was possible to have sleet or hail right up to the start of June.

Mr Stevens said: “We have a lot of cold air from the Arctic over us at the moment and that is keeping temperatures well down for much of the time.

“People may get up to a lovely sunny morning and in the sun it is warm, but there is the chance of a band of showers on both Wednesday and Thursday which could well be wintry in places .... http://www.examiner.co.uk