26/03/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello, there. The past weeks

have brought us a drier and fairly settled spell of weather

across much of the country.

Things have been changing over the past couple of days, though.

Through the rest of Easter, an unsettled story.

Things often very windy, some heavy rain at times.

There will be some sunshine on offer, I think

particularly at times between the showers on Easter Day.

But, what about Saturday morning?

Well, we start off Saturday with wet and windy weather

already across northern and western parts of the country.

You can see this band of rain

which will be working gradually eastwards across much of the

country, bringing the heaviest of the rain and strongest of the winds

probably across portions of England and Wales.

Let's take a look at 3pm in the afternoon, then.

We'll have some spells of heavy rain with strong, squally winds

right across the south-west of England, much of Wales too.

East Anglia and the South East holding on to cloudy

but mainly dry conditions through much of the day.

It will turn wet and windy increasingly later on.

But the wind and the rain affecting much of northern England,

southern Scotland too, and another band of heavy showers

rattling in across Northern Ireland later in the day.

So, really, wherever you are, the weather is looking blustery,

unsettled, with spells of rain and strong winds.

Through the course of Saturday evening and overnight, this band

of rain and strong winds gradually pushes away towards the east.

So we're going see a slightly quieter spell of weather

to start off Easter Day, but quite soon, those showers get going,

moving in from the west. And the showers on Easter Day, on Sunday,

will be heavy at times with some hail, some thunder mixed in as well,

some brightness in between the showers.

So you're likely to see some glimpses of sunshine

8 to 12 degrees, feeling a little bit cooler than that

with the squally winds and the showers around too.

And then things get interesting once again,

looking ahead now into Easter Monday.

Storm Katie, it's been named by the Met Office,

that's set to approach from the south-west, from the Atlantic.

With the tight isobars around that storm,

it is going to be a very windy day,

for many places through the day on Easter Monday.

So, particularly across England and Wales,

we could have gales or even severe gales,

especially around hills and coasts. Heavy rain too,

pushing gradually northwards and eastwards across the country.

Some slightly quieter weather for the likes of the West

of Scotland and Northern Ireland, with some scattered showers.

But it is looking like a blustery and unsettled day,

really, wherever you are.

So if you have got travel plans for Easter Monday,

do be warned that combination of gales

and heavy rain could lead to some travel disruption.

Once we lose that storm system, Storm Katie moves off gradually

towards the north-east and then we're left with a west or

north-west airflow and that means, as we look ahead now into Tuesday,

what we will see is another showery day.

Some sunshine, some scattered showers around.

Now, most of the showers should move through fairly

quickly on the breeze through the day on Tuesday,

so nothing particularly happy, but again it will feel a little

bit cool, particularly where you are exposed to that breeze.

And then heading into the middle of the week, some uncertainty.

We've got a low pressure system not far away from southern areas.

It looks like it will probably stay to the south of the UK

but that is the potential this could be a little bit further north.

But, in general, we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers,

I think through the day on Wednesday.

The wind's probably not quite as strong compared to Tuesday,

so some of the showers could be fairly heavy at times.

Late next week, though, after the unsettled conditions,

it does look like high-pressure will move in for a time.

So, as we look through Thursday and Friday,

some slightly quieter weather, drier conditions but also with a risk of

some chilly nights and a touch of frost possible late next week,

with that higher pressure in charge.

It does look like on into next weekend, eventually,

that high-pressure will start to be eroded,

so things will turn unsettled eventually,

a little bit windier with some rain but also some sunshine at times too.

Lots going on with the weather for the week ahead,

we'll keep you updated right here. Bye-bye.