08/08/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello, there. Our weekend just past was one of extremes,

particularly to the northern half of the UK.

It was a windy weekend across Scotland.

In fact, this Weather Watchers picture, sent in thankfully

from Peter, illustrates the damaging gusts of wind and the effect

that it had on Mother Nature, with a tree coming down, and in fact,

in many places, we had the strongest August gusts of wind recorded.

Perhaps even the strongest gusts of wind for the summer months.

Cairngorm included in that, with 115mph.

Despite the strong winds, though,

it was an incredibly mild start to Sunday morning, with temperatures

into the mid-teens, so we finished the day in the high teens.

Heads up, though - through Monday night into Tuesday morning,

a shock to the system as temperatures fall away in Scotland.

Close to freezing in some sheltered rural parts. Why?

Well, it's all due to this area of low pressure that brought the

stormy weather through the weekend drifting off into the North Sea.

The wind direction swings round to more of a north-westerly.

A fresher feel, and that's going to drag in clearer skies,

cooler nights to come as well.

But Monday will be a little bit more of a straightforward day.

Breezy with scattered showers through the day.

The showers not too heavy, and hopefully quite fleeting,

and temperatures will recover.

15-22 Celsius,

so not as high in the south east as we saw over the weekend,

but pleasant enough.

By the time we come through Monday night, clearer skies,

still that north westerly flow,

with winds falling light in places and with those clearing skies,

temperatures fall away in rural spots. We will be down to low

single figures in sheltered glens of Scotland, but even across the

north of England and Wales we could see 5-6 Celsius as well.

Through the middle of the week, high pressure always sitting out

towards the west, trying to squeeze back in across the country.

Toppling across the top, we'll see these weather fronts,

so they are going to introduce on Tuesday some showers up into

the far north and west, but generally speaking, for England,

Wales, and for Northern Ireland, it stays predominantly dry and fine.

Not as warm as it has been, but 14-22 Celsius the high.

Now, out of Tuesday into Wednesday,

it may be that the fronts will make a little bit more of an in-road

across the country, so Wednesday potentially could be the

wettest day of the week across England and Wales.

There will be some showery outbreaks of rain.

Just how much is still up for question,

but there will be some rain around on Wednesday.

13-20 Celsius the high here.

Now, by Thursday, it looks as though those weather fronts will make more

of an in-road across the northern half of the country and we

could see the potential for some significant rainfall to the

extreme north west of Scotland. 40-60mm perhaps.

So it will be a wet and a rather breezy day up into the north,

but again the south should stay largely fine and dry,

and with the wind swinging round to a westerly, not quite as fresh.

Now, towards the end of the week, the high pressure starts to

drift back in across the southern half of the country.

And this could have quite a significant impact as we move

towards the weekend.

It does look as though the potential to see a return to

a south-westerly flow and drive in those warmer rushes - the warmer

air starts to spill back across the country.

So it's a long way off, but there is the potential as we move towards the

weekend and into the early half of next week,

we could see temperatures mid-, possibly high twenties,

dare I say, so the early half of next week has the potential for

being settled for most, with some heat building and rain at times.

The question mark could be - will we see some thundery downpours

to go with it?