06/12/2015 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there. We have seen some very severe

and dangerous weather over the past 24 to 48 hours or so, all courtesy

of Storm Desmond, the fourth named storm here in the UK and Ireland.

You can see it on the satellite image.

Weather fronts from this storm

have been stretching right back into the Atlantic,

unleashing a very large amount of rainfall.

During the day on Saturday,

we had red warnings from the Met office for that

very heavy rainfall, which brought severe flooding

across parts of Cumbria and the Scottish Borders.

Things are looking quieter

as we head through the next 24 hours or so.

However, river levels will lag behind the rainfall,

so, still flooding is a major problem on Sunday.

Although for most places, a drier day,

a few splashes of rain

across southern parts of England and Wales.

Still breezy in the south,

but an improving story further north.

The return to some sunshine across Northern Ireland,

northern England and Scotland,

temperatures about eight to 13 Celsius.

But with severe flooding ongoing, particularly across

north-west England and southern Scotland,

we are likely to see disruption to travel

continuing and severe flood warnings still in force.

Here is the Floodline number

if you are concerned about flooding in your part of the world.

So, into the latter part of Sunday,

things are turning a bit quieter,

but still unsettled. Rain returning northwards

and eastwards across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The rain becoming fairly light and patchy

as it presses across Cumbria, for instance,

but still, it is very unwelcome rainfall,

falling on saturated ground,

river levels still very high.

Through the day on Monday,

as we start the new working week,

low pressure still driving our weather,

and fairly tight isobars,

particularly across the north-west.

Again, gales or severe gales around the coast,

another spell of rain working across parts of Scotland.

For much of the country, we will see

a drier interlude in the weather,

a return to something drier and brighter.

In the south-east, we could see temperatures of 14,

so still exceptionally mild for this time of year.

But rain working into the north and west once again.

This is rolling through Monday night

and on into Tuesday.

This cold front just dragging across the country.

It will be fairly slow to clear.

It will bring some spells of rain,

working their way eastwards across

much of the country. Further wintry showers

possible across the hills of Scotland,

but for most places, staying pretty mild,

nine to 13 Celsius or so. A hint of a change

into the middle part of the week,

this is later on Tuesday into Wednesday,

you can see high pressure take more of a hold

of the weather towards the south.

Weather fronts still pushing

into the north and west, though.

So, through Wednesday, another spell of rain again

for parts of Northern Ireland,

Scotland, possibly north-west England,

drier and brighter the further south and east you are.

Still on the mild side for the time of year.

Rolling through into Thursday,

you can start to see more of the influence of

that high pressure across the near continent.

Low pressure out towards the north-west.

Still a blustery feel to the weather,

with a front working southwards and eastwards,

but fizzling out somewhat as it bumps into

that higher pressure towards the south-east.

So, the middle part of next week,

dominated by plenty of areas of low pressure,

mainly out towards the north-west of the UK.

High pressure further south and east,

drawing in this mild west or south-westerly airflow,

but later next week and on into next weekend,

the winds change to more of a north-westerly

direction as we see high pressure

building in from the south-west.

So, a subtle change in wind direction,

bringing a quieter spell of weather through the latter part of

next week, a return to some overnight frost,

but it looks like the unsettled weather continues,

with rain arriving later on in the ten-day period.

That's it for now, goodbye.