23/06/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello, there. An interesting week of weather coming up.

For some of us, it's going to get wetter -

for others, it's going to get a good deal drier,

which will be good news if you're a festivalgoer -

it was a rather muddy start to proceedings down in Glastonbury.

I think, on balance,

things will begin to dry out over the next few days,

but we're not there yet, and in the short term,

some torrential rain likely -

to the south and east of Glastonbury, principally,

the south-eastern parts of the UK.

Flooding certainly possible - there are warnings in force.

Be prepared for significant disruption from thunderstorms

through the early part of the day.

They'll tend to ease off for a time,

only to return, we think, later on in the day.

Meanwhile, at the other end of the country,

a much brighter affair.

That said, there will be some showers

across Scotland, mostly out west -

the best of the sunshine across the more eastern areas -

but we won't have the humidity here

which we will have further south-east.

Some sharp showers heading into Northern Ireland

through the afternoon, this is four o'clock,

but a lot of sunshine extending from the Scottish Borders

down through northern and western parts of England and Wales -

and, yes, for Glastonbury, I think we'll get away with it

through Thursday.

Different story, though, across the south-east,

where, again, showers will crop up.

Heavy, thundery downpours,

with the risk of further disruption as we go into the night -

and some of these thundery downpours could well linger

into the early part of Friday as well,

before they eventually get the hint

and things brighten up.

It'll be a different sort of day, I think, on Friday.

Eventually some sunshine, most of the showers

across the more northern and western parts of the UK.

They could be quite slow-moving, with the odd rumble of thunder.

Mid to high teens for most -

one more day of relative warmth across the south and the east -

but there's a significant change in the weather

on the broad scale over the next week or so.

At the moment we've got the jet stream

pumping warm, humid air up from France and Spain,

hence the thunderstorms,

but, by next week,

the jet stream's going to reorient itself

and push in from the west,

and that's going to kind of return the weather back to normal,

with bands of rain coming in off the Atlantic,

and most of the rain across the more northern and western areas.

So, we lose humidity through this weekend.

This first front's going to be straddled across the country

through Saturday, so, some sharp showers around.

Very hit and miss -

you know what showers are like,

some places getting quite a deluge,

others avoiding the showers entirely.

Glastonbury could catch one or two of these sharp showers on Saturday.

Temperatures - well, mid to high teens, typically,

and not as humid in the south-east as it has been.

On into Sunday,

and, for many parts of England and Wales,

actually, a reasonable day - mostly dry and bright,

a weak weather front bringing some patchy rain

into Northern Ireland and Western Scotland.

On into Monday,

and those westerly winds continue,

bringing some showers

into Western Scotland and Northern Ireland, principally,

but once more a lot of dry and bright weather

further south and east for the new working week -

and, of course, Wimbledon starts on Monday.

On into Tuesday,

it does look as if we could see a feature

running in off the Atlantic to thicken up the cloud

and bring some more prolonged rain

into some northern and western areas -

the exact position of this shouldn't be taken too literally,

but the potential is there.

Drier and warmer further south and east,

and that really sums up the pattern

through much of next week.

We have the Azores High

trying to extend its influence

across the southern half of the UK,

keeping the best of the dry weather here,

showers further north and west

will at times spread their way south-eastwards,

but then retreat once more as that high pressure reasserts itself -

and depending on the position of that high,

we could get some warm air starting to push back up from the south,

combating the cooler air

trying to push in from the north-west,

but I'm reasonably optimistic that, for Wimbledon,

for the first few days, there will be plenty of play -

I'm not ruling out the odd interruption.

See you again tomorrow.

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