28/04/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead


28/04/2016

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It was another day where temperatures were really

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up and down as the heavy showers moved through,

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and today's showers also contained some thunder and some lightning.

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This picture sums it up quite nicely -

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some sunshine in the foreground, a big shower in the background.

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And today's showers contained that wintry mix of rain, hail,

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sleet and some snow.

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And we're not done with the wintry weather just yet.

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It's certainly a cold start to the day on Thursday,

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a widespread frost in more rural areas,

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then we see this weather front moving into that cold air.

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So, a chilly start to the day. Some sunshine, though.

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A scattering of showers across England and Wales,

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but mostly of rain by this stage, with sunshine,

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although clouding over from the west as rain moves

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away from Northern Ireland and crosses the Irish Sea.

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That rain gets up over the hills of Scotland and starts to turn to snow.

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Maybe only five or six degrees in Glasgow, 12 or 13 in London,

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but it's through the evening across Scotland where we

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are concerned about the amount of snow.

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Wintry weather for Northern Ireland, some parts of northern England,

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but some of this snow on the eastern side

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of Scotland could go a bit further north or south.

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But some snow is expected, and over higher ground

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we could see 10 to 20 centimetres

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of snow, and that'll be blowing around in those strong winds.

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So some impact more than likely,

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particularly on the transport network.

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Friday is going to be a blustery day with low pressure in charge,

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and there is that wintry weather to be had in some parts of eastern

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Scotland, some wintry showers at times in northern England.

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Head towards the south coast, and here it'll be cloudy,

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breezy with outbreaks of rain.

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Parts of the Midlands probably escaping with a largely dry day.

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And some places still firmly in single figures,

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particularly in the north and west.

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That low driving that wintry weather will drift away

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towards Scandinavia, and then pressure looks like it'll

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rise a little bit as we get on to the start of the weekend.

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And of course, it is a long bank-holiday weekend for many,

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with a reasonable start - chilly, yes, but a bright start.

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We will see one or two showers dotted around,

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but most places will enjoy some sunshine,

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although more cloudy in the north and west.

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And we've got temperatures back into double

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figures pretty much across the board.

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On into Sunday, and it's a different sort of day in the north

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and west, because of this weather system bringing some rain with it.

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Quite a few isobars, as well, so the winds picking

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up on into Sunday, particularly in the north and west.

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However, head further south and east, with the lighter winds,

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and it's a dry day with some increasingly hazy sunshine.

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It should feel quite pleasant, though, up to around 15 degrees,

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and even with the rain, elsewhere

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we've got those temperatures in double figures.

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Bank-holiday Monday itself looks like it'll be a wet and windy one.

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One band of rain will sweep across pretty much all parts of the UK.

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That'll be followed by sunshine and blustery showers,

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but ahead of that rain we could get 16 or so degrees in the London

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area, and again, most places are into double figures on Monday.

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So, next week, well, we are changing the position of the jet stream.

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It now looks like it'll be a fairly brisk westerly jet stream,

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which will allow high pressure to build across the south of the UK.

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Low pressure is more likely to bring some wetter

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and windier weather to the north of the UK at times.

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But with those westerly winds coming in from the Atlantic,

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we've already seen temperatures in double figures through the weekend,

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and it looks like into next week those

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temperatures will be at or maybe even a bit above normal.

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It's certainly going to feel a lot warmer than it is right now.

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On to early May. Temperatures will be rising. That's a positive thing.

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However, it will be quite windy in the north and west of the UK,

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and that's where most of the rain is likely to be.

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Mostly dry in the south and east. But with those higher temperatures,

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frosts are certainly a lot less likely early May.

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