07/01/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead


07/01/2016

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The coldest weather of the winter so far is on its way.

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Exactly when it arrives is still open to a bit of doubt,

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but it will arrive come next week. Quite a shock to the system!

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Before that, there's a risk I'll sound like a broken record, with yet

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more wet weather sweeping across the country from an active frontal

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system charging in off the Atlantic,

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as we've seen for week after week after week.

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So, that wet weather pushing its way north-eastwards

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in the direction of Scotland, exactly where we don't want it.

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For the rest of the UK, things will brighten up,

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with plenty of sunshine through the afternoon and just a few showers.

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But let's concentrate on that rain across Scotland.

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Not just rain, of course, a lot of snow up over the high ground,

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but it's the rain of most concern.

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I'm afraid we could well be seeing scenes like these again,

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sent in from Weather Watchers over the last couple of days.

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A very real probability of further flooding, an amber

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warning in force from the Met Office for parts of eastern Scotland.

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Be prepared for further disruption. Cold and bleak.

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Further south, yes, some sunshine,

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Northern Ireland, England and Wales having a bright afternoon.

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It'll be chilly in that wind, a few showers scudding across,

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but a bit of sunshine

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makes all the difference, doesn't it? We haven't seen much recently.

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Temperatures at sixes and sevens,

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so definitely a bit of an edge to that wind.

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As we go into the evening and night, as temperatures fall away, I think

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ice could be an issue, particularly across central and northern areas.

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Further wet weather across the north-east of Scotland.

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The weather front just stalls there. Further snow up over the high ground.

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We're going to see clusters of showers moving across

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the country during Friday.

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Cold enough for snow over high ground

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in northern England and Northern Ireland.

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Most places will see some sunshine away from the far north-east.

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Cold in the north, milder in the south.

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Now, as we approach the weekend, low pressure remains in control,

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and that means further rain

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and the very real probability of further ongoing flooding issues.

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The detail of the weekend's weather is pretty elusive, I have to say,

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but we will see further rain at times, the risk of more flooding

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and then that change I mentioned,

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because we are going to see cold air surging southwards.

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How quickly it happens is, well, a little bit open to doubt,

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but it will arrive in the end come the early part of next week.

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Winter as we used to know it. It is going to be a dramatic change,

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a dramatic change for nature, as well, because of course

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we've seen spring bulbs across the country.

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It's been that warm through December.

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I think some of those bulbs might look a bit miserable come next week,

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with some snowfall in the forecast.

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Of course, it's been so wet, we've had all the flooding,

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many fields covered in water.

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Well, some of those fields might transform themselves

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into ice rinks come next week,

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because temperatures are going to take something of a nose dive.

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Well, colder weather flooding south,

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behind the jet stream, which is also going to head southwards.

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At least with the jet to the south of us,

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the jet carrying the rain-bearing weather fronts,

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it does look like being drier, much drier than it has been recently,

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though there will be some wintry showers.

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But the jet stream is incredibly contorted,

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twists and turns in the jet all the way round the northern hemisphere.

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This sort of blocked pattern means that if you're stuck in a cold

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area, it's likely to stay cold for some considerable time,

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if you're stuck in a warm area, it'll stay warm for some considerable time.

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But it does look as if we're going to be on the cold side

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of the jet, so through next week cold and probably staying cold,

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widespread frost, wintry showers, too.

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But, yes, I must stress, it will be drier than it has been recently.

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How long does that last?

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Well, Helen Willetts will update you on all the details again tomorrow.

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Your mum really needs to come in and see Doctor

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so we can give her a free prescription.

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