16/05/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. A different weather story for the week ahead,

compared to the week we've just had.

Last week, our winds generally came from an east or south-easterly

direction, that means the highest of the temperatures were to the west.

The warmest of the week was Plockton in the Highlands - 28 Celsius,

82 Fahrenheit, on Monday.

But from Tuesday onwards, those easterly winds off a chilly sea

meant across the Lincolnshire coast, we never got above 12 Celsius.

And with easterly winds,

it meant low pressure was closer to the south.

Cardiff, our wettest spot with over two inches of rain.

The week ahead is the reverse.

We've got the winds generally coming in from a west

or south-westerly direction.

That does mean the wetter weather will be to the north and west,

the sunnier conditions to the south and the east.

But even here, we'll see a bit of rain.

Not too much rain to begin with.

Still be quite a chilly morning on Monday, but after a

sunny start, like Sunday, a bit more cloud bubbling up in the afternoon.

The thickest of the cloud northern Scotland.

A few showers here, isolated showers to eastern England,

but the winds starting to go to north-westerly by this date

so temperatures not as low as they were through the weekend

and elsewhere in the sunshine.

It actually feels pleasantly warm,

temperatures up into the mid to high teens.

Another cool night will follow across southern areas into Tuesday.

This is where the clearest of the skies will be.

More cloud generally further north.

Still some spots of rain in northern parts of Scotland,

but generally dry into Tuesday,

temperatures in the countryside into lower single figures.

But, as I said, we are starting to see the temperatures rise.

That is because the Atlantic air will start to have an

influence as we go through Tuesday.

It's a slow process, most will have a fine day on Tuesday,

again some good sunny spells. Clouds amount increasing through.

sunshine turning hazy in the west

and we finish the afternoon with wetter weather west of Scotland

and certainly through Northern Ireland for a time.

But temperatures at where they should be this time of year.

They will be getting close to 20 degrees in the south-east corner.

Then, from midweek onwards,

we open the door to a much stronger Atlantic jetstream.

Warmer air the south, colder air to the north.

We are generally on the warmer side of that jetstream.

That means low-pressure systems,

which will be queueing up from midweek onwards.

One such system pushing to the north through Tuesday night

into Wednesday bringing all a spell of rain. A few heavy bursts.

The weather fronts clear away leaving a mixture of sunshine and

frequent heavy and thundery showers, especially for England and Wales.

Temperatures in the mid- to high teens in the sunnier spells.

But turning breezier by this stage and windier still into Thursday.

Another system passing through.

The actual rainfall amounts not giving us

too much concern at the moment.

We could see winds touch gale force across the south.

Probably the wettest weather throughout Thursday

will be across parts of central and northern Scotland.

Further south, a spell of rain at some point through the day,

brighter weather either side.

Just one or two showers.

Temperatures still around where they should be for the time of year.

Onto Friday, that low-pressure system hanging across the north

means elsewhere we will she wettest weather.

Blustery with occasional showers, some of those showery

heavy the further south for England and Wales.

But still those south-westerly winds. You will notice though,

it's turning chillier across the far north of Scotland by this stage.

Getting almost onto the wrong side of the jetstream.

And as low pressure starts to pull away eastwards throughout

the weekend, it gradually takes the wetter weather with it

but it does open the door to a slightly cooler flow of air.

That's really through the weekend. Much of this week,

the big story will be the night compared to the weekend we've got.

At the moment, not quite as chilly,

a little bit warmer by day across eastern areas too,

but be ready for something a bit windier and wetter at times.

That rain will be punctuated by something drier and brighter.

And it does look like, as we go into the following week,

drier and brighter weather will dominate.

High pressure starting to building from the south-west.

We'll keep you updated on what that means for you over the coming days.

Bye for now.

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I don't know how he's going to come out of there.

I just can't see it happening.

You should've thought of that before you agreed to it going in!

OK, then. Let's see what we can see.

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