British summer time has officially begun after the clocks went forward one hour overnight - although the weather seems unlikely to oblige with wet and windy conditions forecast for today . Worse still , temperatures seem unlikely to increase above 13c although the Met Office said that rain should clear in the early afternoon leaving a mix of sunny spells and blustery showers . The change meant the nation lost an hour 's sleep , but it marks the start of the evenings getting longer . Scroll down for video . Clocks went forward one hour overnight marking the start of British Summer Time . Bury 's crunch League 2 with Southend only featured six-minutes ' play due to a torrential downpour . The referee was forced to abandon the game due to a waterlogged pitch after calling the players inside . Parts of the pitch had large standing pools of water which made it too dangerous to continue . Bury 's crunch League Two fixture with Southend was abandoned after just six minutes when the referee Tony Harrington decided the pitch was waterlogged . Mr Harrington led the players inside but soon called off the game when the conditions worsened considerably . Forecaster Nicola Willis said : 'Sunday 's rain will clear away overnight and we will see clearer conditions and a north westerly breeze and continuing into Monday . 'But further south we will see another band of rain pushing west to east during Monday , with rain coming in from the west . ' The rain could turn to sleet and even snow on higher ground . She said that rain will hit all parts of Britain tomorrow , starting in Northern Ireland , Wales and the south west of England , moving eastwards . There will also be 20mph winds with gusts of up to 55mph . The bad weather is expected to continue on Monday with further rain arriving from the west . Although some sunny intervals should break through on Tuesday and Wednesday . Luckily , for many people , their smartphones and computers automatically update the time , but many watches , cars , cookers and traditional clocks have to be changed manually . Despite the start of British Summer Time , the first three days look particularly grim with rain and strong winds . Southend United 's manager Phil Brown , pictured , got soaked as he tried to cross the waterlogged pitch .
Rain , wind and even snow will mark the start of British Summer time . Most computers and smartphones automatically update their time settings . Some parts of the country could be battered by up to 55mph winds .