31/10/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. The weather has been particularly mild over the past week

or so and we are likely to start

this new working week on a pretty mild note too.

In fact, temperatures likely to be up to around 18 or 19 degrees

on Monday, but the temperature trend for the rest of the week,

those temperatures really taking a tumble.

Struggling to reach double figures for many of us by the time we

get to Wednesday and Thursday.

Let's take a look at the start of the week.

For Monday, high pressure still in charge for most of us.

We've got this weather front which is just pushing in

to northern and north-western parts of the country.

As that pushes south over the next few days,

it is going to squeeze away this mild air towards the south.

You can see the blue colours returning to the map as we

start to draw in a colder air mass from the north and north-west.

So back to the here and now, for Monday we have got some mist

and fog around first thing.

Particularly through central and southern parts of England and Wales.

Mist and fog slowly clearing and I think there will be

a bit more sunshine,

particularly across southern England and Wales compared to recent days.

Temperatures here up to around 17 or 18 degrees.

Further north, we've got a bit more cloud for northern England,

southern Scotland and Northern Ireland and some rain moving

into northern and central parts of Scotland later in the day.

That rain will shift its way south

overnight Monday and into Tuesday.

Towards the south of that front we're still in the mild murky air.

So, yet again, some mist and some fog around Tuesday morning.

Reduced visibility here.

Whereas further north, fresher, clearer conditions.

A cold north-westerly wind,

quite breezy conditions for northern Scotland.

Temperatures in single figures towards the north.

With all that mist and fog around first thing Tuesday,

we could well see some disruption to travel.

Some tricky driving conditions over the next few mornings, in fact,

with patchy mist and some locally dense fog patches.

So on to the latter part of Tuesday then.

We're going to be losing that weather front.

It is pushing away towards the south and then higher pressure

builds in from the west once again.

So with that high pressure, light winds and clear skies.

Wednesday is going to start off on a chilly note.

-3 across rural parts of Scotland.

The first widespread significant frost of the season for

Wednesday morning.

Now, after that chilly start, not a bad day at all.

Lots of dry weather, plenty of sunshine.

It will feel significantly cooler than it has done.

In fact, 10 degrees cooler in some areas and the cool feel

really exacerbated by that cool north-westerly wind,

particularly around the eastern coast.

Heading through to the middle part of the week

Wednesday into Thursday and then onto Friday as well.

We're going to start to see this

frontal system heading in from the north-west.

Before it gets there, high pressure keeps things pretty quiet

throughout the day on Thursday.

Again, some frost and some fog to start the day which should

clear away to leave sunny spells for the most part in the afternoon.

9 to 12 degrees.

But rain arriving in the north-west.

This weather front will start push southwards and eastwards

across the UK, so lower pressure in charge as we end the working week.

Friday probably the most unsettled day.

In terms of most areas we'll see some showery rain,

but it is a little bit milder in the south-east with temperatures

back up to around 13 degrees or so.

Not as much in the way of fog and frost on Friday.

As we end the week and look into next weekend and beyond,

it looks like low pressure will just about push off towards

the south-east and we'll also see higher pressure once again trying to

nudge in from the Atlantic.

That leaves us with this fairly cool north-westerly airflow.

So through the course of next week and beyond,

things are going to be staying pretty chilly,

we'll see frost and fog at times too

but there is a lot of dry weather in the forecast.

Just a few scattered showers at times,

more particularly towards the end of the period.

We'll keep you

up-to-date right here.

Bye-bye.