08/09/2014 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello, it's that time of the day where we look at the next

five days worth of weather,

and then peek beyond to see what the 6-10 day period has to offer.

In the short term, it's going to be a chilly start to the day on Monday,

particularly in the North and West,

the more rural spots with a touch of frost, but they'll be some

sunshine out there and temperatures will recover quickly.

Into the South of the UK, and there'll be a bit of patchy cloud

but that shouldn't detract from what will be a pleasant sort of day.

Light winds and spells of sunshine,

and temperatures into the low 20s,

across the board in the Southern counties of England.

A decent day across Wales, through the Midlands,

and across towards East Anglia, with plenty of sunshine -

light winds as well, it will feel pleasant out there.

In Northern England, more cloud in

the afternoon compared with the morning, 17-18 typically,

but along the North Sea coast a couple of degrees lower than that.

Through the Central Lowlands,

more cloud in the afternoon compared with the morning,

and Northern Scotland still breezy,

still cloudy, but just a spot of rain.

That'll be about it. A pretty decent afternoon in Northern Ireland.

Through the evening, it's going to turn chilly again,

and by dawn on Tuesday major towns and cities will hang on to

double figures, but, again, it's these rural spots in the North

and the West where temperatures will

be in single figures, down to 2-3 degrees,

so just a touch of frost and maybe a few patches of mist and fog.

Tuesday will be a decent day after that chilly start for some.

It will be dry pretty much everywhere,

and winds will be light everywhere as well.

A good day for getting out and about.

The sunshine will last longest across Wales and the Southwest,

with cloud developing elsewhere,

but even with that cloud, a few breaks coming and going,

but essentially it's a dry, cloudy, day with temperatures again

getting into the low 20s the further South you are.

Maybe it's the middle to upper teens as you head North.

Now, the middle part of the week,

we've still got high pressure dominating across most

of the UK, but it's drifting North allowing a breeze to

pick up a little in the South and West.

Apart from that, it's a pretty similar day,

a lot of cloud particularly for Central and Eastern areas,

light winds, and a bit more of a breeze in the South

and West might help to break the cloud up,

so again some spells of sunshine, 19 or 20 degrees in the South,

17s-18s the further North you go.

Towards the middle and latter part of the week,

the high continues to drift away towards the North,

so the breeze does pick up across the South and the West of the UK,

but the high is keeping those fronts well at bay,

so it's another dry day with a fair bit of cloud.

Central and Eastern areas seeing the thickest of the cloud, but even

here it will stay dry,

best of the brighter weather across Western parts of the UK.

As we look to the end of the week, high pressure is still with us,

drifting away towards the North, the breeze becoming

more noticeable across

Southern parts of England, through Wales, and into Northern Ireland.

These fronts are trying to push in from the South

and the West but I suspect they won't make much progress.

Maybe some extra cloud

and a spot of rain possible towards the Isles of Scilly,

but I suspect most of us will be fine and dry towards

the end of the week, but there's still quite a bit of cloud around.

In spite of that, it is a dry story, and we should get into the low 20s.

Now, into the 6-10 day period,

and it looks like that high will still be drifting towards

the North, the low trying to come into towards the South and the West.

This feed of air in-between the two systems could bring a few

showers into the Southeast,

and some of those could turn to be quite heavy towards days 8,9 and 10,

but we could see that area of low pressure making its way

into the South and West, which also brings the possibility of rain.

So, there's a couple of possible

different outcomes,

we'll have to see nearer the time.

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