20/05/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello, there. Much of May so far

has been a fairly changeable sort of month

in terms of fluctuating temperatures,

some heavy rain, some dry weather, too -

and that story continues, certainly to end of this week.

We're going to be seeing outbreaks of rain

heading in from the Atlantic on these frontal systems,

and also some drier and some brighter weather, too.

Friday looks like a fairly bright and breezy day

across many parts of the country - an improved day, I think,

compared to Thursday, for many of us.

There will be rain heading into western areas

later in the afternoon - initially for Northern Ireland

and then making its way into western parts

of England and Wales.

Before it gets there, a lot of dry weather,

isolated showers for some central areas,

and temperatures up to a fairly pleasant 20 degrees

in the sunshine.

Then, later on on Friday,

we're going to start to see this band of rain

working in from the south-west,

heading its way northwards and eastwards

as we head through the overnight period

into Saturday - so, most parts of the country

will see a spell of wet and fairly breezy weather,

too, keeping overnight temperatures

well in double figures -

but Saturday will start

on a bit of an unsettled and a bit of a soggy note

for many of us.

So, some uncertainty on the exact detail

of this rain, but it looks at the moment

like we'll see the heaviest of the rain

for parts of the south-west of England,

Wales, north-west England, Scotland, too -

and that band of rain

working into the south-east of England

as we move through into the afternoon.

Now, temperatures about 14-18 degrees or so,

the main bulk of rain

followed by brighter conditions,

sunshine and showers following on from the west.

Of course, the FA Cup final at Wembley later on on Saturday -

chance that we could catch a little bit of light rain

that should be gradually petering out on into the evening.

By the time we get to Sunday,

it looks like we'll hold on to some wet weather -

initially, probably,

for parts of the south-east of England, East Anglia, too.

Elsewhere across the UK, it's a day of sunny spells

and scattered showers,

reasonably light winds around on Sunday, too,

as we've got higher pressure building from the west

and temperatures perhaps down a notch on recent days -

14-18 degrees.

Now, eventually, we'll lose that wet weather

from southern and eastern areas,

so, low pressure moving off towards the east gradually,

late on Sunday into Monday,

and a ridge of higher pressure

building in from the Atlantic as we start the new working week.

So, we take at Monday's weather, then,

with that ridge of high pressure out towards the west.

We're going to be left with more of a northerly

or north-easterly air flow,

so that means a fairly cool day

for these eastern coasts of Scotland and England, too -

anywhere exposed to the North Sea.

Elsewhere across the country,

a day of sunshine and a few showers still lingering -

best of the warm and bright weather

will be towards the south-west.

A similar story on Tuesday, then.

High pressure out towards the west,

still a few scattered showers around,

bit of a cool breeze around those eastern coasts,

but it looks like later on Tuesday and into Wednesday

we could see some rain working in,

perhaps from the east -

so, heading its way in across northern parts of the country.

So, here's the set-up through the middle part of the week -

low pressure well out

towards the south-west of the UK.

We could well see areas of rain working northwards,

particularly heavy rain, perhaps,

for parts of northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland

by about Wednesday. Then, late next week,

as we head towards the end of the week,

we've still got that low sitting out towards the south-west.

That will start to draw in a south-easterly air flow,

so some warmer weather on the way -

at least of the southern half of the country,

whereas further north,

winds coming from more of an easterly direction,

so, that means slightly cooler conditions,

and also the likelihood of some rain

across some northern parts of the country.

We could well see some heavy

and some potentially thundery showers

late next week,

working their way in from the continent.

Equally, some sunshine,

and temperatures will be trending upwards,

so, warming up as we head towards the end of May.

We'll keep you up to date right here.

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