13/08/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello, again. It's time to take a look further ahead with the weather

ahead to next week and beyond, even.

But first of all, let's cover the weekend to come.

Now, Friday, in fact the latter part of the week was pretty soggy across

the northern half of the country because of this weather front.

By the time we get to Saturday morning,

it will have drifted southwards.

It's running into an area of high pressure

so it will weaken significantly.

Not much rain left on it but it will introduce more cloud

than we had on Friday in southern areas.

But there will, for all of us, be some sunshine this weekend,

and it should be mostly dry, and as a consequence,

as the winds fall, particularly Sunday, it will feel quite warm.

It could be a little bit drab first thing in the morning

in southern areas with the odd spot of drizzle.

And that may well linger around some coasts, the Bristol Channel,

the Irish Sea, for example.

But for the vast majority, it looks like a nice day.

Much drier and brighter for Scotland, for Northern Ireland

with just the occasional shower and a breeze, westerly breeze.

And even further south, we will have breaks in cloud.

Most certainly, it will be dry and bright

for the most part and therefore, it will feel warm.

We might see 24 or 25 in a few spots.

And the fine weather lasts into Saturday evening.

And, then, overnight into Sunday, it could actually be quite chilly,

considering that Friday night,

quite a mild one with all that cloud around.

So, 13 to 15, those are the towns and cities,

a little bit cooler out in the countryside.

There could even be mist and fog

first thing Sunday morning if you're up early enough.

Otherwise, Sunday looks like a nice day, the best of the sunshine

most likely in the morning and come the afternoon around the coast

because we'll get little bit of fair-weather cloud building in

inland during the day.

Just the odd shower around but much lighter winds so with comparable

temperatures to Saturday, probably feeling a little bit warmer.

And, of course, it's strong sunshine, whether it's 17 or 23.

And that's because we've got high pressure building.

And that high pressure stays with us for the first part of the new week.

It's keeping these weather fronts and low pressures out at bay

over the Atlantic and it's also allowing us to draw in

a southerly wind so that's why we'll see the heat increasing

and the temperatures rising.

So, Monday, we are likely to see more sunshine than we will

see over the weekend, and again, those showers kept at bay,

temperatures creeping up further north.

The weather fronts do creep a little closer on Tuesday

so there is the chance of one or two breaking out, showers wise,

in the West, but all the time it's the southerly flow that's

influencing the bulk of the UK,

so Tuesday could well be the peak in the temperatures.

It'll be the second time this year that we get towards 30,

possibly reaching 30 in a few spots.

And it's all coming from the south but it does look as though

it will be a brief affair, not like the heat that we're seeing

across Iberia at the moment, 40 in Madrid.

The heat across France as well.

As I say, it is most likely in southern and then eastern areas

and only for a short time because we do have those weather fronts

gathering out in the Atlantic.

So, Tuesday looks like the most likely day that we will see

that sort of temperature.

And thereafter,

the high pressure that's keeping things settled and building the heat

may well move away,

allowing that low pressure to move in and culminate in

the thundery breakdown, and because of all the heat,

we'll see some really big torrential downpours and

thunderstorms which is often the case here in the UK -

two fine days and a thunderstorm.

That looks like it will be the middle of the week but it is

always a messy time when we get quite blustery winds and

those downpours before eventually we think towards next weekend,

the high pressure, the Azores high may return,

this time because it's Atlantic winds feeding in across the UK,

we won't see a return of the heat and the humidity.

So, yes, briefly hot and dry to start, turning thundery,

then fresher later and hopefully drier towards next weekend.

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