20/07/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there. Well, Tuesday was the hottest day of the year so far,

30 degrees or more quite widely. 34 was recorded in Oxfordshire.

But it all began to break down through Tuesday evening,

and those thundery downpours continued on into Wednesday morning.

Across more northern parts of the UK,

there was frequent thunder and lightning.

Further south, a different story -

we saw some sunshine for many southern counties, and just the west

of London and Heathrow Wednesday afternoon, they got to 31 Celsius.

There is a downward trend in those temperatures

and in the overnight temperatures, as well.

It should be a bit more comfortable for sleeping tonight.

A reasonable day across many parts of the UK through the

day on Thursday.

Maybe a bit more cloud across some western areas.

Parts of Wales, the south-west of England might see fleeting showers -

not thunderstorms, just run-of-the-mill showers -

and there'll be drier, brighter interludes.

We'll see temperatures of 20 or 21 degrees.

It should be a dry afternoon across East Anglia,

the south-east, much of the Midlands,

those temperatures down by a good few degrees, but still, 25 degrees

is warm enough.

Head into northern England and there's patchy cloud, sunny

spells and one or two showers, but a lot of dry weather to be had

and we're into the low 20s for most places.

Northern Ireland will be a focal point for wetter,

breezier weather, but much of Scotland's dry

through the afternoon, just the odd shower here and there.

19 or so degrees in Inverness and in Glasgow.

Through the evening, that wetter, breezier weather in Northern Ireland

pushes across parts of Scotland,

outbreaks of rain across the western fringes of England and Wales.

By dawn on Friday, most major towns and cities are seeing temperatures

about 16, maybe 17 or 18 towards the southern corner.

Into Friday itself, we've got this weak weather front

draped across Scotland initially and these western fringes.

It'll be moving slowly eastwards and fragmenting,

but ahead of that, across the Midlands and eastern England,

it starts on a dry and bright note, but as temperatures rise,

late morning, early afternoon, cloud amounts will

increase and we'll see a few sharp showers developing.

It looks like things will brighten up in Scotland into the afternoon

but outbreaks of rain across Wales and the south-west of England.

Temperatures will be in that range of 19 or so in Glasgow

to 24, 25 in the London area.

And then we're really looking out to the Atlantic through the weekend,

because we've got this big area of low pressure in the north Atlantic,

and associated weather fronts will be heading our way.

The breeze will pick up in Northern Ireland on Saturday

with a fair bit of cloud and outbreaks of rain

and some into the western side of Scotland.

Ahead of that, it's largely dry, sunshine, but one or two showers

and 26 or 27 degrees, so a bit of a warmer day, then, on Saturday.

By Sunday, we've still got this low drifting towards the north of

the UK and further weather fronts heading our way, so cloud and

outbreaks of rain getting into Wales, the south-west of England.

Some of that rain could be on the heavy side.

Further east, largely dry until later on in the day.

And then into the new week, well,

this low-pressure system just to the south of Iceland is drifting

ever closer towards the north of the UK, and we've got

a trailing weather front just slow to clear from the southern corner.

But it should do. Then it brightens up, sunny spells and showers,

more of a breeze towards the north of the UK, and that breeze

will be dragging in a fair bit of cloud and some showers.

Now, as you go through Tuesday, Wednesday, the middle part of

next week, it looks like we'll see a westerly jet stream and low-pressure

systems will be sitting there across more northern parts of the UK.

The closer you are to that low, it looks as if we're going to

see some cloud and outbreaks of rain, a bit of a breeze, as well.

The rain will be on and off, so not a complete wash-out.

The further away from that area of low pressure you are, particularly

towards the southern corner, it should be largely dry and bright.

But even here, we can't rule out rain at times. Bye for now.

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