04/03/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead


04/03/2016

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Hello. This chilly weather is here to stay over the next few days.

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It's not a proper cold snap,

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but it's just about cold enough for some snow as we head into Friday.

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There could be a little bit of disruption,

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particularly across northern parts of the UK.

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First thing on Friday morning, there could be some lying snow across

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the Pennines, the Peak District into northern parts of Wales too.

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We're on the cold side of the jet stream,

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the cold air to the north, the mild air to the south.

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You can see the jet stream is way towards the south of us

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allowing for this cold, Arctic air to flood in across the UK.

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Hence, we will only get some sleet

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and snow showers across the north of the country and a spell

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of perhaps more persistent snow across central areas of the UK.

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This weather front will be very slow moving.

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That means that the wintery weather that

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we get during the course of Friday will be very slow to clear away.

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This is what it looks like first thing in the morning.

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So, for most of us, actually we're dealing with just a rain

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and snow mix. But for some areas, there could be a good dose of snow.

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In one or two places, we could see 5-10cm,

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but the exception will be 10-15cm

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across the upland areas of northern Britain.

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The Peak District, for example, could get a fait bit

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of snow as well.

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We'll stick around with this cold,

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wintery weather across northern parts of England, Wales,

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the north Midlands, right through the course of Friday.

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But take a look at the contrast across the south of the UK.

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We'll get some sunshine in Portsmouth, in London.

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Temperatures will briefly touch around 7 to 9 degrees,

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but it will certainly feel a bit colder than that.

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And also, across Scotland,

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we'll continue to see wintery showers for Friday afternoon.

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Now, Friday night into Saturday.

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This weather front, again, very slow to clear.

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That means that Saturday morning, we could be waking up to some pretty

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gloomy, cloudy, rainy weather across East Anglia,

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the East Midlands, into the south-east as well.

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Whereas many western areas will be getting some sunshine.

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That's the sort of weather we'll be getting right through Saturday.

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Eventually, Saturday night into Sunday,

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that wintery weather front pulls away,

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we see northerly winds coming in, but briefly a ridge,

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a finger of high pressure starts to nudge into the UK.

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So that means that perhaps on Saturday,

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the weather will settle down across central areas of the UK,

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but not for long, because very quickly in the evening, we'll see

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our next weather front potentially bringing some rain,

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sleet and snow to the upland areas of north-western Britain.

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This is what it looks like on Sunday, that finger of high

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pressure continues to build, once one weather front clears away.

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I think on Monday, for northern and western areas of the UK,

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the weather may not be too bad in the afternoon.

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We could see some residual rain

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across the south of the country clearing away,

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but I think on balance,

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a relatively fine day with some brightness around.

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This is what the jet stream is going to be doing mid week.

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It's at a rate of knots, coming off the Atlantic, a westerly jet stream.

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That means it's going to be bringing weather from the west,

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rather than the north.

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SO the thinking is that mid week onwards,

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with high pressure to the south,

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low pressures will be carried by that jet stream bringing

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spells of rain and the suggestion of something a little bit milder.

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So rather than the air coming all the way from the Arctic,

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it looks like the air will be coming in from the north Atlantic.

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So slightly milder, not desperately mild,

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but I think in summary from this cold,

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wintery snap that we've got right now, things are going to turn

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just that little bit breezier with some spells of rain.

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Thanks for watching.

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