26/05/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. We'll take a look at the weather for the holiday weekend

in a moment, but there is a theme running through the next 10 days.

It's the theme that we have now -

higher pressure to the north of the UK,

lower pressure to the south.

Now, in between, we've got this weather front,

which continues to bring some low cloud and rain

across southern Scotland,

Northern Ireland and northern England.

To the south, the sun is returning

and drifting up into Wales,

across the Midlands and into East Anglia.

There'll be sunshine for northern Scotland.

Out of that easterly wind, it'll feel warm.

But a cooler day for Glasgow,

the threat of rain through the Central Belt,

cooler for Northern Ireland

and northern England,

again with a lot of cloud

and rain at times.

Further south, the sunshine makes a welcome return,

eventually through Wales,

the Midlands, East Anglia,

particularly across southern England,

and it'll be much warmer,

but that could trigger a few showers,

mainly around the Thames Valley.

Those showers will fade in the evening,

but we could get showers from the near Continent

clipping the south-east,

the far south-west by Friday morning.

We've still got this line of cloud and rain

through central Scotland,

the same weather front as Thursday.

So, these areas a bit dull and damp

and cloud affecting eastern Scotland and England

Elsewhere, there'll be some sunshine,

but that will trigger showers,

mainly for Wales,

the south-west and the West Midlands.

They could be heavy and thundery

but it will be warm,

temperatures 20 or 21 degrees at best.

Now, as we head into the weekend,

again, there will be some sunshine for most of us.

It will feel warm but there'll be some showers too,

some heavy ones in the south and east, and then later in the weekend,

we'll see a cooler breeze picking up to.

Very little wind, though, on Saturday,

some slow-moving showers

developing more widely across England

and Wales, not just towards the south-west this time.

Further north, generally dry,

an improvement in the weather through

central and southern Scotland,

some sunshine on the way.

Not many isobars on the chart for Sunday,

the winds quite light for the most part,

but pressure is lowering

towards the south and south-east,

so the showers may focus more

towards the south-east of England.

As far north as Yorkshire,

there could be some torrential downpours.

Further west, drier weather, some sunshine,

the odd shower for Scotland

and Northern Ireland.

There could be one or two showers on Monday.

Temperatures, 18 to 20 degrees,

and with a bit of luck, most places will be dry.

There is heavy, thundery rain not far away

in the near Continent, and by Monday, into early next week,

we've got a battle taking place between the high pressure

that's hanging on grimly in the north-west, keeping it dry,

and lower pressure that's coming in from the near Continent.

As we head into next week, it looks likely that the high pressure

will get shunted away a little bit,

and pressure will fall,

some models indicating that

an area of low pressure

will drift all the way

the across the UK,

and that will bring

a significant change in the weather.

So, we could see outbreaks of rain developing in many areas,

together with some stronger winds around that area of low pressure.

As everything is coming in from the east, or the south-east,

it should stay drier for longer in the west.

The next update is later, Thursday.

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