16/04/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there. It's been an unsettled end to the working week.

We've had rain, sleet and snow over the hills

and some thunderstorms, too.

Things will turn a bit quieter gradually through the weekend.

On Saturday, though, still some wintry showers on the cards,

and it will be feeling cold wherever you are on Saturday.

Sunday, a cold, frosty start, but more in the way of sunshine,

and some drier weather on the cards eventually by Sunday, too.

Here's the pressure situation. We've still got a few fronts

lingering, for eastern areas in particular, on Saturday

but higher pressure starting to build in from the Atlantic.

So, for Saturday morning, some outbreaks of rain,

even some hill snow pushing through parts of northern England.

Central and eastern parts of England keeping the cloud

and the outbreaks of rain through the day, turning more showery.

Some sleet and snow showers likely across the hills of Scotland

for a time, but many western areas seeing some sunshine.

Look at those temperatures - single figures,

just five degrees for Norwich.

We've got this cold northerly wind, so anywhere exposed to that wind

will feel pretty raw through the day.

Now, overnight and as we head into Sunday, showers clear,

winds fall light,

particularly cold for the time of year, a really sharp

frost really across the board as we move through into Sunday morning.

It might be a little bit milder towards the south-east.

But Sunday's set to start on a very chilly note with that sharp frost.

Now, through the day, we will see a weak front just approaching the far

north-west of the country, so for Sunday a bit cloudier with light,

drizzly rain for Western Scotland

and western parts of Northern Ireland,

but there should be brighter spells

for eastern parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland.

And for England and Wales, not a bad day after that early frost

and some mist around. Sunny spells through much of the day.

And those temperatures will be back up a few degrees warmer

compared to Saturday but still rather cool for the time of year.

Now, as we move into the new working week,

heading on into Monday, this frontal system

slips a little bit further south across the country.

Not too much on that, but we could just see

a few spots of light rain shifting south.

Temperatures still a little below average for the time of year

but Monday's shaping up to be not a bad day.

With that north-westerly air flow,

temperatures between around about ten to fourteen degrees

and some decent spells of sunshine, although there could be just

a few spots of light rain shifting south during the day.

Moving on into Tuesday, we start to see this large area of high

pressure just becoming established across the UK.

Low pressure remaining well out towards the south.

Yesterday, there was a thought that that low pressure might move up

towards south-western parts of the UK, but, in fact,

it looks like Tuesday will remain largely dry and settled.

14 degrees or so towards the south-east,

a little cooler where you're exposed to that breeze

around parts of Scotland and eastern England, too.

Into Wednesday, high pressure's still the main driving force.

We've got low pressure out towards the south,

low pressure also towards the north, so a trailing weather front

likely to bring some rain across the north-west of Scotland.

Elsewhere, things are dry and, after night-time frosts

and some mist, should feel reasonably pleasant with

the light winds and highs around 14 degrees or so.

So, this is how we look the middle of next week, then.

High pressure in charge, sitting out towards the Atlantic.

We're likely to see a north-westerly influence to the weather,

so still reasonably chilly.

With high pressure in the Atlantic

and low pressure becoming established towards the

east, that leaves us with this cold northerly wind flow late next week.

There could be some showers, wintry across parts of Scotland,

also some rain showers likely around the east coast of England, too.

Further south-west, in the shelter, some drier

and some brighter weather to be seen.

So, to end next week and next weekend, things are remaining cold,

further showers, mainly in the north and the east,

and a return to night-time frosts. Bye for now.