10/08/2014 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. We have been tracking it for well over a week

but the weather system which has been spawned out of what was

Hurricane Bertha has decided to spend its Sunday here with us

in the UK rather than in France. This is how we begin the day,

outbreaks of rain across the southern half of the country, some heavy.

Strong winds initially along the south coast of England.

That pushes into parts of East Anglia through the morning.

In the afternoon, as skies try to brighten from the South, we will

see winds re- strengthen Southwest and through western parts of Wales.

The heavy rain pushes north so after a calm start to the

day in Scotland, the winds will pick up later.

The North and the West could stay dry throughout the day

but bursts of heavy rain across central and eastern areas

and the winds will pick up later.

Some of the most persistent rain, once it sets in from late

morning onwards, will be across northern England.

Perhaps here the largest rainfall totals, up to around 50mm.

There could be some minor flooding before the rain eases its way

northwards to leave a brighter afternoon.

The speed of the brighter weather pushing in is still open to question.

Even when the sun comes out across the South and the drier weather

dominates, the winds will still be strong, particularly

South West of England and around the western coasts of Wales.

So some rough seas possible across southern and western areas.

Northern Ireland perhaps avoiding the worst of it on Sunday

but there is still the chance we could see heavy

and persistent rain towards the east of the country.

Through the night and into Monday morning, the strongest of the winds

transfer towards eastern Scotland and the north-east of England.

A very windy night across the board.

Some clearer weather around,

just one or two showers dotted around the coasts.

More persistent rain once again to the far north of Scotland.

The scene, as we start off Monday,

deepening lows in the northern portion of the North Sea.

You will notice on the southern flank of it, where the

isobars are tightly packed,

these are where the strongest winds will be.

If you're doing the morning commute across parts of eastern Scotland

and north-east England, it is

here where we could see winds gusting to around 50mph , if not more.

There could be a few issues on the bridges in particular.

Heavy rain to the North West of Scotland,

but away from that, some rather lively showers with some thunder.

Because the breeze will still be strong,

it will push through quite quickly.

Dry and brighter weather won't take long to follow on

and some of you will avoid the showers altogether.

With that low still only slowly pushing its way northwards,

it sets up the scene for the week of a rather blustery affair.

Still some gusty winds around on Tuesday, a mixture of sunshine

and showers.

Outbreaks of rain most persistent in the far north-west of Scotland

but elsewhere some bright moments in between.

Temperatures disappointing if you're still on your summer

holidays, 15-21 Celsius, down on what we have seen so far this summer.

That theme continues into Wednesday.

We start to bring a little bit of a northerly edge to our winds.

It does mean there will be favoured areas for getting

the showers, parts of north Wales perhaps,

running down into the South West.

Some southern coastal counties won't fare too badly,

maybe not too many showers.

Through Wednesday night into Thursday,

down these eastern coasts will be best favoured for the showers.

The winds slowly easing down a little bit.

We could see some banding of showers

so one or two spots could see some longer spells of rain

but we are sticking with this story of some sunshine

in between the showers and one or two of you avoiding them all together.

The week is not a complete loss.

There will be some drier weather around.

For some of you, only a few showers.

The set-up stays similar as we go through Friday into Monday,

into the following week.

Low pressure to the North,

it does look like high pressure will dominate further south.

Feeding any of the west or north-westerly winds.

That does signal a mixture of sunshine and showers again.

Northern areas most likely to see the longer spells of rain.

Still remaining breezy and a cool feel compared to what

we have been used to but it is still summer.

Get a bit of sunshine and it should still feel reasonably warm out there.

Bye for now.

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