23/05/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. Sunday was a day of sunny spells and scattered showers.

Eastern England had a beautiful day.

Look at this Weather Watcher's photo of the Humber -

just a little bit of fair-weather cumulus cloud, highs of 19 Celsius.

Different story, though, out to Devon,

with threatening-looking skies

and some pretty intense showers from time to time.

Now, it looks as though we keep

the sunny spells and scattered showers theme through Monday

but most of the showers fairly organised

in a line through the spine of the country during the day

so there will be, perhaps, fewer showers around

and a little more in the way of sunshine to look forward to.

Not too bad into the afternoon across Northern Ireland

and for the bulk of Scotland. Showers, yes, through the Grampians

and into eastern Scotland, but highs of around 17 degrees in the sun.

Some of the showers across the Pennines,

down into the Peak District,

heavy, slow-moving, maybe the odd rumble of thunder.

But for Wales and the south-west there'll be fewer showers around.

It'll feel quite pleasant in the sunshine,

temperatures maybe into the mid to high teens.

A cluster of showers across the south here,

but in sheltered Eastern areas a little drier and brighter.

Already, though, the breeze starting to come in

across the chilly North Sea.

The showers will start to fade away through the night.

It stays quite quiet, but it also

stays noticeably chilly through the night.

In rural parts we'll see low single figures

to greet us on Tuesday morning.

So with high pressure in the driving seat

centred to the northern half of the country,

Tuesday looks likely to be perhaps the driest day of the week,

but the winds circulating around that high,

coming in off that coolish North Sea, always running the risk

of driving a little more cloud along the east coast.

An odd isolated shower here and there,

but sheltered western areas seeing the best of the sunshine and warmth.

Again, mid to high teens,

along the east coast, 9 to 12 degrees at the very best.

Moving out of Tuesday into Wednesday,

we need to keep an eye on this low pressure drifting out of Scandinavia

across the North Sea.

There is a level of uncertainty to the timing of this low at the moment

but it looks likely to come onshore during the middle part of Wednesday

bringing some wet and windy weather,

and underneath that cloud, wind and rain,

it's going to be a pretty dismal day.

Perhaps, again, to the west, the best.

10 to 12, then, in the cloud and the rain,

but even so temperatures are looking more disappointing elsewhere -

13 to 15 degrees the high.

We see that low drifting away,

but drawing your attention down to the south-west,

with another low just nudging toward the south-western half of the UK.

And that's going to interact with weather fronts as well,

dragging in this warmer, more humid air.

So as we get towards the end of the week there is potential

for the temperatures to recover,

but there's also the potential for some pretty sharp thundery downpours

to develop on Friday.

Highs of 20 degrees not out of the question,

68 Fahrenheit.

The best of the drier weather likely to be further north.

So for the remainder of this week, then,

dry for most of us at the beginning despite a few isolated showers,

some rain through the middle of the week,

then there's the potential for some thundery showers later on.

Now as we move into next weekend, and yes, the Bank Holiday weekend,

yes, this looks likely to be the scenario,

with low pressure still sitting out towards the south-west,

still dragging in this warmer, humid air.

So the start of the Bank Holiday weekend looks likely to be thundery

from time to time, but still quite warm.

A little bit cooler, drier and sunnier across the far north,

but there are indications as we move into the second half of the weekend

that even the thunderstorms should start to ease.

A lot to play for by then - we will keep you updated.

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