05/12/2015 Weather for the Week Ahead

The weather may make the headlines through the start of the weekend,

because we've got the fourth named storm

already bringing some strong winds and some heavy rain

to the north and west of the United Kingdom.

Here it is on the satellite sequence. It's Storm Desmond.

It's named because we are expecting some significant impacts

from a combination of strong winds and heavy rainfall.

Amber rainfall warnings have been issued

for southern Scotland and northern England.

Be prepared for some heavy and persistent rain

in this part of the world.

That amber warning extends for more than 24 hours.

Further south, a much quieter picture.

It's still pretty windy.

Some very lively gusts around the coast and over the hills,

probably gusting to around about 50mph.

Inland, around about 40mph, maybe, a bit more for some.

So, a very blustery afternoon.

But most places dry in spite of a lot of cloud.

Then we head further north and we're into the amber rain warning zone.

At lower levels, we're looking at a good 60 to 100mm of rain.

Up over the higher grounds, we could see as much as 200mm of rain.

All that water has to go somewhere.

And gusts of wind, 60, possibly even 70mph in a few places.

No doubt there'll be some transport disruption

with that combination of severe gales and heavy rain.

BBC local radio should keep you up-to-date where you are.

It continues to pour across northern England, southern Scotland,

through Saturday night and into the small hours of Sunday morning.

The intensity of that rainfall just slowly eases down

as the main area of rain shifts further southwards.

It stays mild towards the south and east. Still in double figures here.

But towards the north and west, just slipping into single figures.

Nothing too untoward for this time of the year.

And then through Sunday, still breezy from the north and west.

Those weather fronts continue to clear away from the south-east,

but it could be a slow process.

We'll see a fair bit of cloud and outbreaks of rain

across central, eastern, southern parts of England.

But the intensity of the rain easing down all the while.

Some improvements later on for north of Wales, northern England.

Southern Scotland, Northern Ireland, doing well until the afternoon.

Single figures in Scotland and Northern Ireland,

but hanging on to double figures across most of England and Wales.

Still quite mild here.

Then on into Monday,

and the next Atlantic low swings its way north across the UK.

It'll bring some rain with it and some fairly brisk winds.

Always wettest and windiest in the north and west of the United Kingdom.

The further south and east you are, through the day on Monday,

probably staying dry, some breaks in the cloud, and still quite mild.

In fact, it's mild across Scotland - 11 to 13 degrees.

And then through Monday night and on into Tuesday.

Further weather fronts moving their way

towards the south and east of the UK,

so we may well start Tuesday on a wet note

across some eastern parts of England, breezy, too.

Then following on behind, something a little bit drier,

but always some showers coming in on that breeze.

Still relatively mild across England and Wales - 12, 13 degrees.

And not so bad in Scotland - 8 or 9.

Then as we get on into the middle of the week,

things look like they'll settle down for most places

with this ridge of high pressure just building in.

Low pressure to the north-west

is set to bring more rain to the north-west,

and there'll be a bit of a breeze associated with that.

The further south and east you go,

that's where the best of the dry and bright weather is.

And still into double figures for many parts of the UK.

So, the middle part of next week,

the big picture sees high pressure to the south,

low pressure to the north,

and these resultant south-westerly winds

keeping most places on the mild side.

But I think we will see a bit of a change later next week

as a north-westerly breeze begins to develop.

That's just going to bring those temperatures back down

to something nearer where they should be.

But it's also going to bring further outbreaks of rain,

so still an unsettled look to things

with some spells of rain moving through.

Always wettest and windiest in the north and west.

Driest in the south and east.

Those temperatures coming back down

to something much nearer the norm.

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