15/09/2014 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. After lots of settled weather so far this month,

any weather changes in the next ten days will be very gradual indeed.

For the next five days, high pressure is still close by.

There may be a little rain for some of us but not much.

Some sunshine, especially in the South and West,

which will lift temperatures for some into the mid-20s.

That will be the warmest weather we have had since early August.

Something to look forward to in the weather this week.

The big weather players are still in place.

That is high pressure to the Northeast of us,

low pressure to the Southwest.

We are caught in between on an easterly flow

and this little weather disturbance is coming along that flow

through the night and into Monday morning,

bringing thicker cloud, hill fog and some patchy rain

and drizzle to Northeast England and Eastern Scotland.

A few showers to start the day elsewhere before it brightens

up in the afternoon.

In the afternoon it is looking mainly dry in Southern England

and Wales, pleasantly warm given some occasional sunshine.

But still a chance of a shower through Norfolk,

the East Midlands and Northern England.

Catch a shower, many of us won't, but if you do it could be heavy

and slow moving.

Rather cloudy in Northern Ireland, may catch a light shower.

Most of us won't.

The far Northeast of England, Eastern Scotland, through

the Central Belt staying cloudy, further patchy rain and drizzle.

A bit of sunshine in the far Northwest of Scotland,

the far Southwest as well.

Where you have got cloud the temperature held down.

Tuesday getting off to a cloudy start,

still that weather system in the far Northeast of Scotland

and the Northern Isles so we will get some

outbreaks of rain,

whereas elsewhere we may catch a shower. Most of us will not.

It will be a pleasant afternoon on Tuesday

and warm spots again getting into the low 20s.

Going from Tuesday into Wednesday,

the weather pattern is still the same but we will change

the flow of air a little bit to more of a Continental one into the UK.

Some warm air in place there and that means our temperatures, given some

sunshine for those who have it, will be a bit higher than they have been.

You can see the warmer colours flooding in as we go through

Wednesday and into Thursday.

The sunshine predominantly will be in Southern and Western areas,

getting into the low 20s, approaching 24, 25.

Throughout the rest of the week we will keep a lot of cloud towards

the Northeast. Where you have got that you may catch a shower

but despite the cloud there will be a lot of dry weather.

It has an impact on the temperature.

Northern and Eastern Scotland into parts of Northeast England,

it holds the temperature down, so you are around about the mid-teens,

maybe around 15 to 17 degrees.

But where you break out into the sunshine, to the South

and West, you're getting close to around 25, 26,

that would make it the warmest weather since early August.

The low pressure to the Southwest of us

starting to throw a bit of energy towards Southern areas second

half of the week so there is a chance of catching a heavy shower here

but basically on Friday it looks like little change.

May still see a shower in the far North of Scotland.

By the end of the week, the overall weather pattern is very similar.

Low pressure to the Southwest of us,

high pressure to the Northeast of us

and even this, way out in the Atlantic,

a former hurricane isn't going to break through the weather block.

It also is in the weather queue so again, any changes very slow

and subtle.

As we look further ahead, through the weekend into the start

of the following week, a lot of dry, fairly warm weather around

and temperatures starting to come down a little bit and we may just see

things turning a bit more unsettled across Northwestern parts of the UK.

One to watch. More online. Good night.