06/03/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. We may be in the first week of spring meteorologically,

but things have felt pretty wintry over the past couple of days,

and in fact we're going to hold on to that fairly cold feel to the

weather through the first part of this week.

So a wintry start to things, gradually turning milder later on

through the coming week, and rather more unsettled eventually, too.

But we're still in the cold air mass through the course of Sunday.

A little more in the way of sunshine during the morning.

I think by the afternoon the cloud building for many areas.

Still keeping that feed of cold northerly air towards

the east with some wintry showers.

One or two wintry showers further west, as well,

but in general it is a drier day compared to Saturday,

less breezy, temperatures still below average,

only around about three to seven Celsius.

A weather front lurking in the west could bring rain

and hill snow from parts of Northern Ireland to south-west England,

but for most places we end the day going through into the early

hours of Monday on a cold and a clear note.

So a widespread frost

and the risk of icy stretches Monday morning, particularly

where we've got that feed of showers coming in in the east.

Then, looking at Monday, we've got a northerly air flow,

those isobars heading all the way back towards the Arctic.

Weather fronts staying out of the way for the moment, lurking

in the Atlantic, but through Monday morning itself most places

start dry with some sunshine,

and after that initial frost it will feel fairly pleasant in light winds.

But the northerly breeze

driving in further showers across East Anglia and the south-east,

perhaps also through parts of Cheshire, North Wales.

So showers on the cards. Many central and northern areas,

though, getting a good deal of sunshine, but still pretty chilly,

around about five to nine degrees on Monday.

If we look at the pressure situation, Monday night into Tuesday

you'll notice this frontal system moving in from the Atlantic.

Shouldn't bring too much in the way of any heavy precipitation,

but there will be a change in the feel to things as we head

through the day on Tuesday, a cloudier story, a change

in wind direction to more of a west or south-westerly direction.

Scattered showers following on behind,

outbreaks of rain tending to fizzle out later in the day.

Temperatures still on the cool side on Tuesday,

but recovering by a degree or two.

Into the middle part of the week,

it looks like milder conditions, the potential

for some heavy rain, but also colder interludes,

so we won't be out of the woods in terms of the chance of seeing

some frosty nights still to come.

So, Wednesday, a ripple on this weather front could bring

some potentially heavy rain to areas including

the south-east of England for a time, so we start

off Wednesday with that frontal system gradually easing eastwards.

So it'll probably be northern

and western areas seeing the best of any drier

and potentially brighter weather through the day on Wednesday.

We could see double figures for the first time in a little while.

Then, on into Thursday, another front moves in from the Atlantic,

as you can see here, with some fairly tight isobars, so I think

a spell of pretty windy weather with some heavy rain at times,

especially across the north-western half of the country,

on Thursday, but with that south-westerly air flow,

temperatures fairly widely back into double figures.

So less sunshine, but at least those temperatures on the rise.

If we look at the end of next week, it looks like high pressure

will start to build out towards the south and the east of the UK.

Low pressure's still likely to move in from the Atlantic.

That leaves us with a west or a south-westerly flow of milder

air than we've seen recently.

Often wet and cloudy conditions, mainly towards

the north-west of the UK, to end next week, whereas things should be

a little drier and clearer with some sunshine further south and east.

So, the outlook for the next ten days or so,

after a cold start things will gradually turn milder.

There will be rain at times, and often looking fairly breezy, too.

That's how it's looking. We'll keep you up to date. Bye for now.