30/04/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there. As we are heading into the final day of April,

we're finally ending this prolonged cold spell

that's really been in charge through the second half of the month.

During the bank holiday weekend things will be turning milder

so less cold than it has been. Some sunshine on offer

but it wouldn't be a bank holiday weekend with a bit of rain

in the forecast, particularly I think on Sunday and Monday too.

Let's take a look at Saturday first off.

We've got an area of high pressure

building in from the south-west

so quietening down the weather

after all those wintry showers that we've seen.

Still a few showers to the west of Scotland

but they'll be falling mainly as rain.

Sunny, dry and chilly further east across Scotland.

A few showers also affecting

Northern Ireland, into north-west England

and the far north of Wales too,

but elsewhere across England and Wales

it's a dry start to the day,

some pockets of frost and

a few misty patches here and there

but they will clear away quickly

and the sunshine will actually start to warm things up

fairly quickly after that chilly start.

Lighter winds than we've seen recently

so not a bad day.

Plenty of dry and fine weather

but there will be showers building,

particularly for some central and eastern areas

as we head through into the afternoon.

Some of them could be heavy,

a chance of some hail, some thunder,

but any wintriness on those showers

really confined to the highest ground

in the North and temperatures for most places

back into double figures,

14 degrees or so in London.

Then on into the second half of the weekend,

it looks like things will turn milder still

with the approach of this frontal system

coming in from the Atlantic.

It will bring some wind and some rain at times

but it will also draw in a milder flow of air

from the south-west, so finally

we're losing those blue colours from the map,

being replaced by yellow colours,

indicating milder conditions

heading in from the south-west.

So it is turning milder on Sunday

but we've got a front bringing outbreaks

of rain, initially to north-western areas,

heading south-eastwards through the day,

but I think the far south-east of England,

East Anglia too, probably remaining dry

through much of the day and we could see

temperatures up to 16 degrees,

pretty much where they should be

for this time of year.

Then on into bank holiday Monday,

we've got a frontal system again.

This time it's affecting central

and south-eastern parts of England in particular,

bringing a spell of rain, wind too.

That'll be followed by sunshine, scattered showers,

and highs around 11 to 16 degrees.

Now, looking ahead, into the middle part

of the week, on into Tuesday,

we've got high pressure sitting out

to the south-west of the UK,

the winds rotating around that area

of high pressure, so the winds, again,

coming in from a milder direction

than they have been recently.

On Tuesday a westerly airflow

brings a fairly fresh feel to the day

but sunshine, scattered showers,

not too bad at all.

Highs up to around about 15 Celsius.

Most places dry but there will be a few showers

blown in more particularly for northern

and western fringes of the country.

On into Wednesday, then.

Much of England and Wales starts off dry

and fine, with some sunshine.

There will be a front affecting the north-west of the country,

so some wind and some rain at times

is possible in parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Ahead of that 15 degrees or so.

Then, as we have a look

through the latter part of next week,

well, things are looking a bit more mobile

which means we'll be able

to see low pressure systems

moving in from the Atlantic,

making their way across the UK,

but we have high pressure holding on

towards the south-east, so it looks like with that

south-westerly airflow the wettest

and the windiest of the conditions

will really be across the north-western half of the country.

Drier and slightly brighter weather

in general towards the south-east,

although there could still be

a few thundery showers moving in

on that south-westerly breeze.

So really, as we look through

the first part of May,

things are looking less cold

than they have been.

There'll be some rain around at times,

often fairly windy in the West.

Have a good bank holiday weekend.

Most places should see some sunshine for at least one of the days.

Bye-bye.