24/08/2014 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello, it's fair to say the last week hasn't felt much like summer.

We're seeing some unusually low temperatures for the time of year

nationwide right now.

Recently, we've had the jet stream in this position,

away to the south and weaker as well, it has dragged down colder air.

The week ahead sees a stronger, more westerly jet and that will bring

with it some slightly milder air, but also more unsettled conditions.

We're starting to drag in these areas of low pressure from the Atlantic.

Ahead of it, with the cold air still over us,

we have some very low temperatures to start the day on Sunday.

But at least we will have the sunshine as compensation.

Cloud amounts will increase a little, but eastern areas having a fine day.

Thickening cloud though coming in to the west,

Northern Ireland, Wales, and the South West,

maybe a little bit of rain here and there during the afternoon.

But in the sunshine to the East, it will feel quite pleasant,

with light winds, 20 degrees possible in London. A bit of a struggle

underneath that cloud after that chilly start further west.

The cloud will continue to thicken across Northern Ireland

and bring some rain in here

and push patchy rain eastwards across England and Wales.

Some drier conditions in the North of England, so chilly here.

It is really across Scotland where we will have those clearer skies

that we may well find again a touch of frost in the glens.

Much warmer further south because of the cloud and rain.

The first weather front, not particularly active.

The second one has a bit more about it.

It is driven by that deeper area of low pressure.

We will see some wetter, windy weather.

More towards the southern parts of England and Wales.

Some heavy rain at times. Further north, the rain will not be as heavy.

Not much rain at all for the far north of England

or for Northern Ireland and, across Scotland, after a chilly start,

we may well find some sunshine and a dry day.

In the South, temperatures approaching 20,

but it will not feel too pleasant underneath that rain.

That area of low pressure

slides its way across more southern areas of the UK overnight

and we get high pressure starting to build from the North,

it's a cold high coming from that direction,

but at least it will tend to push the rain away.

It will take a while

for it to brighten up across more southern parts of England,

it will be cloudy for most of the day. Anywhere from the Midlands,

Wales, northwards should enjoy quite a bit of sunshine.

Then quite chilly again before we see this next area of low pressure

winding itself up from the South West.

To Wednesday then, and with the high pressure around,

most places will be dry with some sunshine. Quite a cold start.

Then that area of low pressure starts to bring cloud

across more western areas of England, Wales and Northern Ireland,

bringing with it a little rain.

That rain becomes heavier overnight and as we head into Thursday,

a complicated tangle of weather fronts

will push their way from west to east across the UK.

We start off quite wet in many areas on Thursday, but it will soon

brighten up across Northern Ireland as the rain pushes its way eastwards.

We should see late sunshine in Wales and the south-west of England.

But for a while, that rain could be quite heavy

as it moves across the country.

Looking further ahead, 6-10 day period.

This is the broad weather pattern we are looking at.

Higher pressure to the south, lower pressure to the North

and this more westerly airflow.

Things could get more complicated into the early part of September

if we drag in some tropical air.

But it does look like we will see some rain at times, not every day,

probably likely to get the driest conditions

across more southern parts of the UK,

but because everything is starting to come in off the Atlantic,

it will not be as cold by day and by night.

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