10/11/2015 Weather for the Week Ahead

The weather across the UK

certainly has the look of autumn about it at the moment.

We saw strong winds on Monday whip up some high seas,

as captured by one of our weather watchers in the Wirral.

Not only that, relentless rain

for parts of north-west England and North Wales.

That's had the impact of some minor flooding.

Here's the scene captured in Hawes in North Yorkshire

as the River Ure burst its banks.

We've had the look of autumn. We've not had the feel of autumn.

Temperatures high for the time of year.

Temperature trend this week continues it for a time, but by Friday,

things start to feel like they should do for the time of year,

as I will show you.

Let's deal with the here and now first.

Still very mild out there. Incredibly mild night into Tuesday.

A very mild day in those blustery south-west winds.

Not quite as strong as they were on Monday.

Outbreaks of rain around,

particularly western Scotland, Northern Ireland,

some heavy bursts to start the day in Wales and south-west,

which will push through the south Midlands towards East Anglia later.

Some dry moments, too, and some cloud breaks east of high ground.

Could hit 17, 18, 19 degrees during the afternoon.

11s or 12s further north across Scotland.

Some sunshine and showers here.

Through Tuesday night and into Wednesday,

a fresher feel across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Some clear spells, a few showers.

Cloudy, damp and drizzly further south.

Heavier rain later to north-west England and north-west Wales, too.

Temperatures by night still at levels

we wouldn't normally expect to see them by day at this time of year.

We continue with the south-west winds feeding in on Wednesday.

Mildest to the south of that weather front, coolest to the north of it.

On the weather front itself,

we see the rainfall amounts pep up once more

in the areas we don't want them.

Parts of south-west Scotland, north-west England

and north-west Wales.

Just totting up the river levels

and potentially causing some minor flooding.

Scotland, Northern Ireland, sunshine and blustery showers.

11 or 12, the high.

Higher than they should be for the time of year.

Further south, cloudy, some drizzle around,

and temperatures in the mid-teens.

It does turn cooler to take us through into Thursday.

As that weather front pushes through, a ridge of high pressure builds in,

settling things down temporarily.

It does mean Thursday, you can wake up to a bit of sunshine,

the best of which will be across eastern parts of the country.

But more cloud pushes in as the southerly winds dominate

into the latter stages of the day.

Some heavy rain and gales, if not severe gale-force winds,

to take us through into Friday.

This low-pressure system pushing one weather front across the country,

putting us into very unstable air,

and also bringing round it much, much colder air.

Now, I was talking about colder relative to now.

Much like conditions we should have for the time of year on Friday.

There'll be sunshine, showers.

The showers will be heavy with hail, thunder.

Across the tops of the hills,

and we're only talking the tops of the hills

in parts of Wales, northern England and Scotland,

there could be a bit of sleet and snow.

Out of the sunshine, in the showers, it will feel much cooler.

8 to 12 degrees, not far off what they should be for the time of year.

But the wind will make it feel colder than that.

You'll notice the shock to the system.

Only feeling like 2 or 3 degrees

across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The chilly feel will continue through into Saturday morning.

Blustery winds throughout, ridge of high pressure,

but just notice another low-pressure system moving into the wings.

That will bring the south-westerlys back by the end of the day.

Further rain, gales,

if not severe gales to the north-west of the UK before the day is out.

Driest to the south and east.

The reason we've got successive low-pressure system

after low-pressure system, at the moment,

we've got a strong and a fairly flat jet stream

separating the mild air to the south, the cold air to the north,

meaning that the rain band's been fairly relentless.

Into next week, we continue with the westerly feel.

That jet stream's there, but it's undulating a bit more.

That will slow the progression a bit more.

So there'll be some longer drier spells.

But equally, we'll see some colder moments.

So, next week, maybe not as mild,

but still wet and windy at times.

A quiet town...

You're not in London now.

..doesn't guarantee a quiet life.

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