24/05/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. A bank holiday weekend is on the horizon, so typically,

the weather becomes more complicated,

more difficult to predict.

We'll get there in a moment but we start the week with high pressure

close to our shores, just sitting to the north of Scotland.

Some people may argue that it is in the wrong place, particularly

if you live down the east coast of Scotland and England,

because the breeze is coming in off a chilly North Sea.

Now, Tuesday should start dry and sunny for most areas.

Temperatures rise quickly and the cloud bubbles up

but for the most part, it is fair-weather cloud this time,

so there'll be few, if any showers.

So a drier day for Eastern and Central Scotland,

fine in the sunshine, cool in the breeze.

If there is a shower in Scotland, it's a risk in the south-west,

possibly Northern Ireland if you are unlucky.

A lot of showers on Monday, from the Pennines to the south-east.

Here, Tuesday should be dry.

There will be some sunny spells and away from the coast,

it will be some quite warm - temperatures, 18, 19 degrees.

Isolated showers popping up across Wales and the south-west

but very hit and miss.

And any that do form will fade away on Tuesday evening.

But then there are signs of change

because there is a lot of cloud at this stage lurking

in the North Sea and that will be spilling its way towards the UK.

So with more cloud around overnight it won't be as chilly

in the countryside in particular.

Still got high pressure close to the UK as we head into midweek.

But there is a weather system over the near continent,

a vortex spinning our way and it's that that is likely to bring

much more cloud around on Wednesday.

And maybe bring a little light rain or drizzle across eastern England,

maybe into the Midlands.

A lot of doubt about the area of rain that's coming in.

But for the most part,

it will be a cooler day on Wednesday because of more cloud.

There will be sunshine at times in the south-west.

Maybe Northern Ireland and across Scotland as well.

Thursday, the outbreaks of rain or drizzle

should be in this sort of position, leaving us with a three-way split.

Some sunshine developing across Scotland and across the south

where it's going to be a little bit warmer as well.

Although there could be showers. And after cooling down with the cloud,

it starts to warm up again towards the end of the week.

Dry weather, fine weather with some sunshine in the north,

however across the southern half of the UK, we are more likely

to get some showers and they could be heavy and thundery.

Not many isobars on the chart by the end of the week.

Very light winds, very slack airflow.

Higher pressure to the north keeping it dry.

A weather front marking the boundary between the more subsided air

across northern parts of the UK and the showery air

which is going to pop up on Friday, heavy showers likely.

You see the warmth, though, 21 in London,

15 and 16 through the central belt of Scotland.

That's Friday, then. Saturday, similar sort of vein.

Sunny spells for most places but those showers popping off

across England and Wales and again, they could be on the heavy side.

So, as we head into the holiday weekend,

we have a north-south split with some showers

developing across the south, heavy and possibly thundery, but warm.

And to the north, we will find sunny spells

and largely dry weather as well.

Looking further head, high pressure in this area,

lower pressure to the south, and if it is sitting here,

it allows us to draw up some air from the near continent,

that is a warmer direction.

But another scenario is, with high pressure still across the north,

the lower pressure is a little further towards

the south-east of the UK

so that brings air from a different direction.

It's very difficult to get the details right

when the weather is so slow moving.

That's enough excuses from me. See you again.

WIND WHISTLES

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