We just went through a heat wave down here when it was at least 35c for 15 days straight. Going to be a balmy 30c this easter.

Nathan, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Pat from Paignton, the date for Easter is determined by that highly spiritual method of the first Sunday following the first full moon after the Sprin Equinox. That's this Sunday coming. It hasn't been this early since 1913 and none of us will see it this early again.

That said, boo-hoo all of you with your terrible weather over Easter. We still cleaning up from the latest blizzard. Ottawa has received 420 cm of snow this winter. It'll be late April before we see Spring.

Sarah, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Even April is known to give snow sometimes, so what's so newsworthy about this?

starling, Lancaster,

Yellow I am ok with.
But amber as well?
I think not..
I have enough trouble with decorating discussions at home when my wife and I disagree on the colour shade names. Now we may have to disagree on the weather forecast as well!

John Howard Norfolk, Tiverton, Devon, UK

With the constant spraying of our skies by our government in collaboration with the US in bizarre weather warfare experiments its no surprise that nature is distorted. Google 'chemtrails' for facts.

oscar benivito, cambridge, uk

'global warming' doesn't necessarily mean the weather will be warmer - it means the weather becomes unpredictable and extreme. which this article is an example of.

asha, london,

It's a shame this Global Warming thing brings all this cold weather, i mean imagine 10-15 years ago before global warming started. We never used to have these sort of problem i had never even seen a flood.

Rory, Redditch, England

If you don't have windows:

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

Regards

Tony Jones, Grantham, Lincs

Oh traffic lights, that'll help ;p

Anthony Smales, Beverley, UK

Ah, that will be my 4x4's fault then ...

Dave, Swindon, UK

"Severe weather is not uncommon, especially during the winter, whereas extreme weather is rare and would only take place about six times a year."

How far we have come since the days of Neanderthal Man.....

MarkS, Leeds,

Yeah, that old Global Warming is really heating things up.

Scott, Durham, NC, USA

When El Nino was around 10 years ago it wasnt Global warming when we had abnormal weather here it was the effects of that. Why do people lose all sense of perspective when there is a little bit of snow?

Chris, London,

Cold weather in winter, whatever next?, even the politically correct can not contrive mother nature, very satisfying.

wayne, huntingdon, cambridgeshire

Ah the good old unmodified mark 1, this fails if the building you forecast from has not got windows ! (glass not XP)

William, Soton , UK

Here in Malibu we have the same 'talking heads on WX' telling us of a terrible storm this pass weekend, fromAlaska, was to bring 'surf' up to 11 ft...36.3 mtrs or so...nothing happened...I had my ."donald duck' suit on and boat ready to launch...so ,I read a novel...."gone with the wind".......

Mr Tim, san marcos, U S of A/ Ca

Blame it on global warming and President Bush, all the news papers do it!

Sidney , Richmond, Kentucky, USA

More global warming one presumes?

Philip C, Wallingford, Oxon

Always happens over a Bank Holiday.
Odd that.

Steve, Cardiff, Wales

It is stupid having Easter so early in the year. What else do you expect.

Pat , Paignton, Devon

I still firmly believe that the best way to see what the weather is doing is look outside with Mk1 eyeball.
The BBC Channel4 and ITV never have the same weather forcast that is correct even on the same day.

KW, Wirral, uk