29/04/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there. Our spell of wintry- feeling spring weather certainly

continues for the next 24 hours or so.

Some milder weather on the horizon, as we look towards the weekend.

But we're not there just yet. We've still got this area

of low pressure influencing our weather.

It's moved in across that cold air that's been in charge over

the past week or so.

So further wintry showers around on Friday across parts of Scotland,

more persistent sleet and hill snow across the southern

half of Scotland, into northern England, too.

Northern Ireland sees a return to sunshine.

Still some wintry showers here.

And away from the far north of England

and northern parts of Wales, for the rest of England

and Wales, Friday starts on not a bad note, actually.

A cold and a frosty morning to come for some of us,

but there will be some sunshine on offer.

So, as we head through the day, persistent sleet

and hill snow for a time across parts of southern Scotland,

northern England, too, so accumulations of snow

for the Pennines, towards Snowdonia, as well.

At lower levels, it will be mainly falling as rain.

But away from this zone, for the rest of the UK,

a day of sunshine and scattered showers.

For some of us, it will feel a little bit warmer, 13 degrees or so.

But particularly across southern Scotland and northern England,

if you've got travel plans on Friday,

that heavy snow could be causing some local travel disruption.

As we look towards the weekend, we have got milder weather on the way,

bringing us some sunshine, as well,

also some rain, more particularly, by the time we get to Sunday.

During Saturday, once we get rid of this area of low pressure,

what we're going to be seeing is higher pressure, in fact,

building in from the south-west, and that will quieten things down.

So a chilly start to the day on Saturday, plenty of sunshine,

much lighter winds than we've seen recently,

just a few scattered showers building through the day.

I think they'll be easing away from the west with that

higher pressure building in later on.

For most of us, we're back into double figures, 14 degrees or so,

which will feel pleasant enough, towards the south-east.

Now, for much of England and Wales, we'll start off Sunday dry,

sunny and feeling a bit warmer, certainly, than it has done.

But we'll see wet and windy weather working in from the north-west

heading into central parts of the UK later on Sunday.

That's all down to this frontal system here,

and you can see fairly tight isobars around that, too, as it

drifts its way gradually southwards and eastwards across the country,

so there will be a spell of wet and windy weather.

Some uncertainty about the timings of this system,

but it does look, as we head into Bank Holiday Monday,

that we'll see some rain initially across the north-west of the UK,

tending to move south-eastwards through the day.

Some sunshine either side of that wet and windy weather.

16 degrees or so possible.

By Tuesday, once that band of rain gets out of the way,

we're left with a north-westerly air flow,

bringing us a mix of sunshine, scattered showers.

Around about 10 to 15 degrees by the time we get to Tuesday.

Let's take a look at what the jet stream will be doing through

the middle to the end of next week.

Well, it has been well to the south of the UK,

allowing that cold northerly air.

The jet is going to be moving its way gradually further north.

Quite a strong jet, bringing air at upper levels mainly from the

north-west, and that will deliver some milder weather on the way.

If we look at what the temperatures have been doing,

we've been well below average, pretty cold, really,

for the past week or so.

Things will now start to warm up

over the next few days, and from Saturday onwards,

we'll have temperatures much more typical of the time of year.

So, as we look at the weather as we head through into early May,

things are going to be remaining rather unsettled.

There will be some rain, some windy conditions at times,

particularly in the north-west, but things will be turning milder and

we'll be losing that risk of wintry showers and overnight frosts, too.

We'll keep you up to date right here. Bye for now.