26/07/2014 Weather for the Week Ahead

Well, it was hot across the board

yesterday, today still hot for England and Wales,

but a change has been taking place.

A change to something a little bit cooler.

That's been happening in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

In the coming few days we'll notice a slight drop in those

temperatures, back down to where they should be.

A wet start for some Eastern parts of the UK,

but that rain doesn't last too long.

We've got sunshine and showers breaking out for the afternoon,

although it will be wetter in the West of Scotland

and into Northern Ireland.

The further South you are it should be a pretty decent afternoon.

Fresher than today, 21 or so degrees in Cardiff, and it looks like it will

be dry for the South West of England and across most of South Wales.

Showers into the North of Wales as we head

up into Northern Ireland, where it will be quite a wet

afternoon and only 17 or 18 degrees with a bit of a breeze.

We'll see some wetter weather in he South and West of Scotland.

Elsewhere there'll be some spells of sunshine

but also one or two sharp showers, and again, 17 or 18 degrees.

19, 20 across Northern England.

Sunny spells and one or two showers into the South East.

Most places should be dry for most of the time

and still warm in the South Eastern corner but nowhere near as hot

as it has been - 25, maybe 26 degrees in the London area.

And then through the evening, that wetter

weather in Northern Ireland drifts its way South

and begins to fragment, so it turns more showery across Wales,

the South West of England.

Western parts of England,

a few showers still left over in Northern Ireland.

One or two showers cropping up elsewhere and the overnight

lows a bit lower, so 15 or 16 degrees,

just a little bit more comfortable.

Into Monday and it's something of a North-South split.

In the North of the UK you've got a much better chance of staying

fine and dry.

Across Wales, through the Midlands

and East Anglia in the South East, some

showers developing, but it's sunny spells and a scattering of showers.

In the South East some of those showers could turn

out to be quite heavy,

maybe a few rumbles of thunder as you get on into the afternoon,

but it is a largely dry story for the North,

maybe one or two showers, but most places

I suspect having a pretty decent day, and it'll be pleasantly warm.

Into the low 20s quite widely with light winds, get

a bit of sunshine and as I say, it's pleasantly warm, certainly not hot.

And then, as we head on into Tuesday we start to look towards

the North and West for this weather system to move its way in,

but it's pushing into this high pressure system,

so the rain is not going to be particularly heavy,

but there'll be a fair bit of cloud around.

There will be some rain and dribs

and drabs on the West of England and Wales,

but through Midlands and down towards East Anglia, the South East,

it should stay dry with some hazy sunshine

and quite warm again in the South Eastern corner - 26 or 27 degrees.

But elsewhere it's the high teens or the low 20s.

21, 22 there for Plymouth and for Cardiff.

Maybe only 17 or so in Glasgow.

Tuesday into Wednesday, well, the low drifts across the North of the UK,

still quite breezy coming in from the North West,

so the North of the UK on Wednesday is likely to see

the thickest cloud, the strongest winds and some outbreaks of rain.

But again, much of Wales, the Midlands

and the South East should be fine and dry.

Breezy and a fresher feel in the London area through the middle

of the week at 24 degrees. Elsewhere it's the high teens or the low 20s.

A higher chance of seeing some

rain across the South of Wales, Southern counties of England

through the day on Thursday, but again, it's 25 degrees in London

and 20 or 21 elsewhere.

As you look a bit further ahead into the six to ten day period,

we've got to start talking about trends, and it looks as

if that low will stay towards the North and the East of the UK.

High pressure towards the South and West

and in between the two, we get this north westerly airstream.

So that will bring some showers with it, but it's not going to

be raining all day everywhere, there will be spells of sunshine.

And in that north westerly breeze, I think

temperatures will be around about the average.

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