13/12/2015 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. With a weaker jet stream across the North Atlantic,

a slightly quieter week of weather as far as heavy rainfall is concerned,

but we certainly saw some very wet conditions on Saturday.

Also a spell of snow as cold air surged its way southwards,

but through Sunday, the fight back of the mild air continues,

pushing its way northwards throughout the day.

That mild air starts across the south,

with some patchy rain or drizzle

and this is the dividing line once again.

The same weather front which was with us yesterday

pushes its way northwards.

It's less of a ferocious feature than some of you experienced.

Heaviest bursts of rain -

probably Northern Ireland during the afternoon.

Patchy rain or drizzle towards the south,

the odd glimmer of brightness,

a little bit of sunshine here and there,

but essentially a fairly cloudy day once again

with temperatures up to around 12 or 13 Celsius.

Only slowly lifting the temperatures further north

after a very chilly start.

Only around five-six degrees through the Midlands,

parts of northern England.

We see the rain return to north-west England by three o'clock.

The rest of northern England largely dry.

Wetter conditions for Northern Ireland.

Sunniest weather throughout parts of Scotland after a frosty

and in places icy start,

but temperatures not getting a huge deal above freezing

throughout the day and that will have an impact,

because as our weather front pushes its way north,

it runs into that colder air, turns to sleet and snow,

initially over hills, but into lower levels across the northern half

of Scotland as we go through the night and into Monday morning,

but it does mean the rest of the UK back in the milder air,

lots of cloud around,

temperatures probably lowest during the first part

of the night in Glasgow, Newcastle, before rising later.

Again, double figure temperatures for many

across the far south into Monday morning.

This is the chart for Monday.

Low pressure stalled to the west of the UK,

not a strong enough jet stream to push it through.

It does mean we're with south to even south-easterly winds across the UK.

The weather front across Scotland,

with the snow mixed in with the rain initially, gradually fizzles out.

We see gentle breeze initially,

slightly stronger winds towards south-western Wales later

and some heavy bursts of rain to finish the day,

but crucially, parts of North Wales, north-west England,

you definitely need a dry day.

There'll only be a few spots of rain or drizzle.

Temperatures around seven to 11 degrees,

so not excessively mild across Scotland quite yet.

That low pressure system just fizzles out in situ as we go into Tuesday.

It brings a bit of rain across parts

of England and Wales overnight,

pushes its way off into the North Sea and then some more heavy rain

towards the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall later on.

Further north, temperatures around seven to nine degrees.

Best of the sunshine - Cumbria and into the north-west of Scotland

where some of the driest weather will be

for the first half of the week.

Even these weather fronts pushed away northwards.

Because it's southerly wind,

they won't be particularly active.

They'll bring a bit of rain or drizzle here and there,

but some of those flood-affected areas will probably see

some of the drier of the conditions.

Temperatures by this stage - even the west of Scotland could be

into double figures, above where they should be for the time of year.

Wednesday night into Thursday,

the jet stream starts to pick up a little bit.

Pushes a weather front across the UK fairly slowly,

some bursts of rain, some heavy bursts at that.

That could affect parts of north-west England and North Wales.

Sunniest towards the south and east.

Sunshine later on in the north and west,

but temperatures will dip away into the second half of the day.

It brings a time for the end of the week

in which the jet stream pushes back into life.

It strengthens once again, flattens out after being a fairly weak,

meandering jet stream through much of this week

and that is what will then start to bring

a change to those wetter, windier weather conditions.

Again, those westerly to south-westerly winds.

Some further spells of rain across the UK,

it's going to be quite windy once again at times.

Generally temperatures still above where they should be,

but because we've got the same sort of conditions

as we have at the moment,

expect those briefer, colder interludes every now and again too.

I'll update you same time tomorrow.

IT'S CHRISTMA-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-AS!

Will this Christmas be one to remember...

Your birth mum - if someone said, "I can track her down,"

would you want them to?

..or forget?

One thing's for sure -

things will never be the same again.

You OK, son?

This was a mistake.