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However, it does not necessarily spell a washout Easter weekend with signs of a few drier interludes between the April showers.

Sunday is expected to be a drier and cooler day with variable cloud and a few scattered showers moving in from the west, these mainly across northern and western areas.

Scotland has seen a number of fires over the last few weeks as the weather gets warmer and drier.

Despite a drier than normal winter in some parts of the state, California is enjoying a plush snowpack.

This year also brought a pattern of more snow and wetter conditions in Northern California, with less snow and drier conditions in Southern California.