13/08/2014 Weather for the Week Ahead

The arrival of ex-Hurricane Bertha

has not only had its impact in the UK,

but it's shaken up the atmosphere across Europe,

and from some summer heat

that most have experienced so far this season,

things are turning a little bit cooler,

a little bit stormier, particularly in the West,

and we could see some flash flooding with some nasty storms

pushing through France, towards alpine regions on Wednesday morning.

The cause of it all is still to the Northeast of Scotland,

producing some gale force winds here to begin with, some heavy showers.

Areas of cloud and showers moving now to Northern Ireland,

Northern England, Southwards through the morning.

After a dry start in the South, a showery afternoon.

But just notice on the chart, fewer little chunks of blue,

an indication that there are going to be fewer showers around

and a bit more in the way of drier weather.

Some of you will stay dry through Wednesday.

Even if you see showers, the wet times are probably a little bit less.

But into the afternoon

and the sunny moments will see temperatures rise a bit,

but they have done so far this week, thanks to lighter winds.

Could get to around 23. Greater chance in Southern areas

of showers during the afternoon than the morning, but further North,

a bit more in the way of dry and bright weather around,

and for parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland,

a vastly improved day on Tuesday.

Even though there'll be a few showers here and there,

a lot of dry and bright weather and temperatures a few degrees up.

As we go through Wednesday night, into Thursday,

a lot of showers will fade for a time.

Then just watch out in the West,

showers start to appear in the chart once again

and that's the sign of an even showerier day to arrive on Thursday.

Maybe a little bit on the fresh side to start Thursday,

particularly across some parts of Eastern Scotland

and Eastern England as the winds fall light for a time,

but the winds will pick up again during the day.

If you look on the chart, a low pushes off into Scandinavia.

Where you get this little sort of kink in the isobars,

this is called troughing.

Where you see that, you tend to enhance the showers again.

And so it's across parts of Wales, the Midlands, Southern England,

where showers will return heavy, thundery, with hail mixed in,

pushing their way Southwards and Eastwards through the day.

Further North, the showers that little bit lighter,

bigger gaps between, so a bit more in the way of drier weather around.

And in the sunshine, OK, it should feel pleasant enough,

but temperatures, if anything, down on Wednesday's values.

Now, things turn drier towards the West later on.

That's because we've got this ridge of high pressure

building in from the Southwest, and so for Friday,

there could be some heavy showers still across Eastern England,

particularly East Anglia and the Southeast,

the odd rumble of thunder possible here, a noticeable breeze.

But further West, only isolated showers.

Many will have a dry and fine day.

After a chilly start, it should feel nice enough in the sunshine

with the winds fairly light.

But a ridge of high pressure is sadly a short-lived beast.

It pushes its way into France

as we go through into the start of the weekend.

Still have an influence across England and Wales

to a certain degree. A distinctly chilly start.

Overnight, down into single digits for many,

but still some dry and bright weather for England and Wales,

whereas for Scotland and Northern Ireland, strengthening breeze,

outbreaks of rain developing through the day.

Those outbreaks of rain will push Southwards

and Eastwards as we go through the night and into Sunday.

Could be some heavier bursts of rain Sunday morning

working across Southern parts of England and Wales.

They will gradually clear their way out into the North Sea,

but that returns us to the Northwesterly airflow.

Sunshine and showers. And note the temperatures.

Only around the mid-teens across many parts of the North and the West.

And so, once we have that low to the Northeast of us,

it's a familiar pattern, much like we've seen this week for next week.

We'll bring in those Northwesterly winds, best of any drier,

bright weather, possibly towards the South,

but even here, we could see some heavy and thundery showers.

There will be some sunshine around, but it does look like, again,

it's going to be a week of some fairly blustery winds

maintaining the rather cool feel.

You need to be out of that breeze in the sunshine to feel the warmth,

but there are signs later in the month that some warmth

may return to our shores.

Say when.

Please! Say when!

They're back...

GROANING

That's right. I'm bad.

MUSIC: "Bad" by Michael Jackson

..and as bad as ever.

Who's next?

I'll have that hug.

New Tricks returns...

# ..just to tell you once again

# Who's bad! #