Spring has sprung, but it's going to stay wet

Tourists take photos on the Bund today as the mercury climbs to 20 degrees in Shanghai. Forecasters said tomorrow's high will further hit 24 degrees Celsius but drop to the mid teens on Thursday. The mercury will claw its way to 18 degrees on Friday but dip to 16 on Saturday. (Photo: Shanghai Daily/Wang Rongjiang)

Spring officially arrived last Friday, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said yesterday.

The season is said to have started on the first of a run of at least five days on which the mean daily temperature surpasses 10 degrees Celsius.

A few seasonal showers are expected during the remainder of this week, but the weekend will be dry and clear, forecasters said.