21/07/2014 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there. The flow of air from Iberia,

parts of France which has brought the very hot, very humid weather,

but also the very stormy weather, is about to be cut off,

as high pressure builds over the next 24 hours.

So, a drier scene for most of you on Monday.

One or two showers here and there.

Outbreaks of rain throughout the day across Shetland.

Quite misty and grey here.

A few showers into the west

of Northern Ireland later too, but in between,

after some misty, grey low cloud

to start your Monday morning,

that should break up. Some good sunny spells.

A little bit of a northwest breeze,

not desperately strong,

but around the north coasts of Devon,

Cornwall, West Wales, north-west England,

it may limit temperatures

to between 18 and 20 degrees.

The sun will be every bit as strong

as it will be inland,

where we could hit the low to mid 20s.

A few isolated showers across England and Wales.

Greater chance in south and west Northern Ireland

as cloud thickens up later.

Bright weather to the east of Northern Ireland continues,

and many will stay dry, as will much of Scotland,

the exception being some mist and low cloud

bringing rain to the north-east,

particularly Shetland.

Isolated showers here and there

across eastern Scotland,

and where we saw the storms today,

we could be prone to seeing

one or two showers pop up

through the afternoon, but not the intensity,

not the severity of the storms

we saw through Sunday.

And I think many will stay dry.

Temperatures still a bit on the sticky side

across the south-east corner. 26 Celsius possible.

Temperatures will notch down a bit

as we go through the night

and into Tuesday morning,

so not quite as warm overnight

as through the weekend, but 14 to 16 degrees

is still warm enough for many of us.

Some mist and fog patches around to begin the day.

By this stage, high pressure firmly in charge,

low pressure either side of it,

so we'll still see a little bit of cloud

and low cloud pushing in towards East Anglia

and the south-east to begin with.

An onshore breeze could bring

mist and low cloud to north-east Scotland

through the day, but away from that,

a lot of dry and bright weather.

Sunshine breaks through any morning cloud.

An isolated shower possible over the hills,

and to the west of Northern Ireland again,

but temperatures creeping up under light winds

could get quite widely in the mid to high 20s

across many parts of the country.

The high pressure almost slips away

a little bit into Scandinavia

as we go into Wednesday.

That allows this front over the Atlantic

to push a bit closer.

It also allows an easterly wind to develop a bit more,

and that is what will dominate,

bringing slightly more humid air

for most of us by Wednesday.

More mist and low cloud

in eastern Scotland and north-east England,

limiting temperatures, but elsewhere,

turning increasingly warm.

The warmth continues to build into Thursday.

still the chance of a few showers around

across parts of Northern Ireland.

This front is perilously close throughout,

so I can't promise a completely dry picture.

A few showers will crop up here and there

as temperatures continue to rise on Thursday,

getting into the mid if not high 20s

across some western coasts of England,

Wales and Scotland.

The problem comes a bit on Friday,

This weather front is still with us,

lingering around. The pressure pattern

becomes a bit slack, and there's not

a huge amount of wind to push things through,

and because that front is there,

it helps to destabilise the atmosphere a touch,

so a greater chance of a few showers,

maybe the odd isolated thunderstorm

developing across southern

and western areas on Friday.

Away from that, some hot and humid weather about.

But high pressure really firmly sets itself up

as we go into the following weekend, and of course,

into the start of the week that follows.

Low pressure either side of it.

Some models are trying to push this low pressure into the Northwest,

so a chance of some rain here. Some models trying to push

the low pressure from Central Europe towards us.

That could bring a risk of some thunderstorms to the south-east,

but the general picture is, as we go beyond in days 6-10,

that it should actually stay pretty warm.

Most places will be dry, and showers, few and far between.

All in all, good news for those of you on holiday at the moment,

and of course, for the start

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