03/01/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. After a record-breaking December,

January should go a little more to form.

Still looks very unsettled, mind you, and there'll be some rain,

but maybe the heaviest rain in different areas

to what we've seen just recently.

We've got this amber rain warning from the Met Office

for eastern areas of Scotland.

Over the space of a couple of days there could be 100mm,

maybe double that over the hills.

It's the steadiness of the rain that could cause some issues.

All driven on by this south-easterly wind, which, by the end of Sunday,

could be bringing some very big waves to the east coast.

We've got those south-easterly winds

ahead of the next area of low pressure - a big one, this -

coming in from the Atlantic.

That's going to bring some stronger winds,

it's going to bring some rain as well.

That rain already across Wales, much of southern England

by nine in the morning, heading northwards,

further into Northern Ireland, up into northern England too.

Behind it, there'll be some sunny intervals and some heavy showers

in the afternoon across Wales and the South-west of England,

where we'll have the highest temperatures.

Notice the rain continues in eastern Scotland,

very much colder here, especially in those strong to gale-force winds.

There's our big area of low pressure.

It's certainly moving slowly towards the UK,

driving that weather front northwards -

it just keeps the rain going in eastern Scotland on Monday.

Some snow over the mountains as well.

A cold wind blowing here. Elsewhere, though, we're going to find

something a little bit brighter, but there will be a lot of showers,

particularly in Wales and southern England.

These may be heavy and possibly thundery.

Chilly day across Scotland and maybe the North-east of England -

we've got to watch the rain adding up here, particularly over the Cheviots.

That low pressure then starts to sink a little bit further south

over the UK as we head into Tuesday.

To the north of that low pressure, we've got some colder air

that could potentially come into the far north of Scotland

and bring quite a few snow showers here,

particularly for the Northern Isles.

Elsewhere we've got these showery bursts of rain.

It is looking more showery,

the rain tending to become lighter, more patchy.

Should eventually be a bit drier in eastern Scotland as well.

But a cold feel across the northern half of the UK.

That low pressure then pulls away,

we're waiting for more weather fronts to come in from the Atlantic.

But as we head into Wednesday morning,

this could be the coldest morning first thing.

We've got the risk of frost, particularly for

the north of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

But Wednesday should be the driest day of the next few.

It'll feel quite chilly, particularly as the cloud increases,

and there is some rain to come in from the Atlantic.

Some uncertainty, though, as to how quickly this rain is going to arrive.

That rain then pushes across all areas overnight,

preceded by some snow over the Scottish hills.

All part of a bigger area of low pressure

sitting to the west of the UK by Thursday.

The northern half of the UK,

we're going be into more of a showery regime.

Those showers could be wintry over the hills.

To the south, we've got to clear this rain away,

and it could take all day to clear the South-east of England.

As we head toward the end of the week,

this is where the jet stream lies -

a bit further south over the UK.

That's going to pick up areas of low pressure,

steer them slowly across the UK later in next week

and into the weekend, maintaining very unsettled theme.

High pressure over Scandinavia - it's not heading our way,

but it blocks off the passage of those areas of low pressure

and keeps us very unsettled

right the way into next week and beyond.

Further rain at times, some pretty strong winds with the rain.

There'll be some showers around too.

Temperatures may briefly dip, but otherwise, they're near normal.

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