02/11/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

In the last day or so, it's almost as if Mother Nature

has turned a switch.

We had a warm end of October, warm Halloween.

Now, we're into November and it's got quite a bit colder

and there are some frosts on the way, particularly in the morning.

But it's not all bad, we've got some sunshine on the way as well.

High pressure is in charge on Wednesday.

It will be cold and crisp and sunny in the morning and that's

exactly what we're going to keep in the afternoon.

Let's not forget, those of us who like the cold mornings

and the crisp, sunny afternoons,

that is what we will get on Wednesday.

Not completely dry.

There will be one or two showers around.

One or two sprinkles flirting with these North Sea coasts.

They may be from more northern and eastern Scotland, down into Norwich

but the vast majority of the UK will be enjoying that autumn sunshine.

Now, high pressure is with us.

We'll talk about this weather front in a second,

but high pressure is across the south of the country.

It is retreating a bit but still sitting across the south.

So that is where we will have the light winds and the frosty

weather into Thursday.

Thursday morning's chilly.

More of a breeze across the north, so perhaps that frost lifting a bit.

So here's Thursday,

still high pressure and dry weather in the south, some sunshine there.

But low pressure comes in off the Atlantic and introduces more cloud,

outbreaks of rain.

This is not milder weather, low pressures often bring milder weather

but this one has a lot of chilly weather stuck in it and circling

around so I think on Friday, rather than crisp and cold, it's going to

be damp and cold for a lot of us.

So cloudy, outbreaks of rain.

There'll be some sunshine around,

but for many of us, quite a cloudy day.

And look at those temperatures, around eight degrees in Newcastle.

This low is going to shift a little bit towards the east and then

the isobars come in from the north.

So this is where our airstream is coming from.

This is the air mass. Remember it's relative temperature,

this does not mean it will be freezing.

This is where the mild air is, this is where the colder air is.

So we have that northerly, north-easterly wind,

bringing those chilly conditions.

Lots of shells on Saturday across

North Sea coasts and further inland as well.

Hail a possibility.

Nine degrees, a wind-chill as well.

And then on Saturday night, Bonfire Night, it's not looking too bad.

There will be some clear skies around but more of a breeze

and a chance of catching some showers,

but I think there will be some good conditions around as well.

Here's Sunday, again you can see the air is coming in from the

north and north-east.

Chilly conditions, it really will be Mickey in Newcastle.

And barely into double figures across the south.

Let's see what's happening in the next week.

So we have high pressure towards the south and then these weather fronts

try to push in into north-western parts of the UK.

You will notice rain here.

It all follows the same pattern of the Jet Stream.

When we see the Jet Stream coming in from the north,

that's when where our air is coming from.

So it's still going to be on the chilly side.

Had this Jet stream been further south, going that way,

it would have been milder.

But this is slightly, not mild air,

but slightly less cold air that will be toppling over and the really

chilly crisp air will be moving a little bit further towards the east.

So not as cold, not as crisp, but still chilly.

There will be rain at times throughout the UK

but the driest of the weather will remain in the south.

Thanks for watching.