04/04/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. We'll get onto the forecast in a second, but we'll start off

with a quick look back at what happened in March.

We'll start with the rainfall amounts.

Unusually, it was a bit drier

than normal across some parts of northern England and Scotland.

And equally unusually,

that bit wetter than normal across much of England.

Of course, it was quite stormy early and late in the month.

Remember Storm Katie towards the end of March?

But we settle things down through the middle of the month.

High pressure to the east of the UK allowed temperatures to rise

a little bit above normal across Scotland.

But with a breeze coming in from the North Sea,

central and eastern parts of England saw temperatures below normal.

But, on Sunday afternoon we saw 17.2 degrees in Gravesend in Kent,

and that made it the warmest day of the year so far in England.

However, we're not going to see temperatures quite that high

over the next few days

because we're going to lose this southerly breeze

and through the middle of the week, in particular,

this west to north-westerly wind will bring some cooler air

in from the North Atlantic.

So that's one trend of the week ahead.

Turning that bit cooler, maybe some night-time frost developing

later on this week.

And fairly unsettled, I suppose,

with some showers in the forecast,

but there'll be some sunshine as well.

We've seen some pretty wet weather working north overnight.

That will be getting into central

and eastern Scotland for the morning rush hour.

So not particularly pleasant on the roads through the central lowlands

or to the eastern side of Scotland.

Nor will it be that great on the eastern side of Northern Ireland.

Showers through the morning across some parts of Wales,

the south-west of England, some of those could be quite heavy.

There might just be a little bit of rain clipping its way

through Kent and East Anglia.

But many parts of central

and eastern England getting off to a reasonable start to the day.

Cloudy for some, brighter for others.

Generally, across England and Wales,

it's going to be a day of sunny spells and showers.

Some of the showers in the afternoon could be quite heavy with hail

and some thunder, but a bit of sunshine in between.

Limited sunshine in Scotland and Northern Ireland, more rain here.

If you're stuck underneath that rain,

temperatures may stay in single figures all day.

You might get 13 or 14 degrees in the south-east

with a bit of sunshine.

By Tuesday, low pressure drifts away towards the north of the UK,

takes most of its rain with it.

There will still be some in northern Scotland, in particular.

Dribs and drabs down into northern England.

But most of that tends to become very light

and patchy into the afternoon.

Many places enjoying a reasonable afternoon bar the odd shower.

We're dry virtually everywhere

and temperatures will be around 11 or 12 degrees.

That will be fairly typical.

Tuesday night into Wednesday,

we're looking out to the Atlantic for that change to develop.

This weather front will be bringing some rain with it.

Behind it, quite a lot of isobars. It will be quite a blustery day.

As that rain moves over eastwards,

brighter skies and showers follow,

but that cooler air does come in as well.

So for many, temperatures will be struggling to get

much above eight or nine degrees.

Another blustery day on Thursday.

By this stage, the wind is coming down from the north and west.

A lot of cloud on Thursday, a little bit of sunshine,

but also some showers.

Again, some places struggling to get into double figures.

On towards the end of the week, we start to see this weather front

drifting its way in from the Atlantic.

It looks like we're going to see some developments taking place

towards the south and west of UK.

An area of low pressure looks like it will develop along that

weather front and that's going to stick around into next weekend

and even beyond into the following week.

So a very slow-moving area of low pressure

towards the south and west of the UK.

That means that the southern half of the UK is most likely to see some

cloud and outbreaks of rain.

The further north you are, particularly in the north

and west, it should be that bit drier and brighter.

So the outlook into next weekend and beyond,

keep things pretty unsettled.

There will be some rain at times.

Some drier spells as well and if you get some dry, clearer

skies at night, it could turn quite chilly with a touch of frost.