01/12/2015 Weather for the Week Ahead

Tuesday is, of course, the first of December

which makes it the first day of meteorological winter.

And for some of us, there's wintry weather to be had.

Some very cold air overnight across the north-east of England, Scotland.

See some rain running into that -

it's going to turn to snow for a time,

but with this mild south-westerly breeze, eventually,

that snow turns back to rain into the afternoon.

So it's quite wet into the afternoon

for the north and the west of Scotland.

Quite grey as well - some low cloud sitting over the hills -

but after a very cold start, temperatures in Glasgow

get up to 10 or 11 degrees into the afternoon.

A lot of cloud across northern England, not much rain,

but there will be some up over the Pennines.

11, 12 degrees. Might get 12 or 13 across the south-east.

Yes, a fair bit of cloud.

Maybe a few breaks here and there, but a lot of cloud.

Maybe a spot or two of drizzle along the south coast

where it will be quite breezy.

Maybe a little bit of drizzle down towards the south and west,

but apart from that, it is cloudy and breezy and mild -

12 or 13 degrees again.

And breezy too across Wales with some rain up over the higher ground.

Round the coast, mostly dry, but quite breezy.

And it's breezy too into Northern Ireland, but mild.

12 or 13 degrees with a little bit of rain.

Now, through the evening, we keep that south-westerly breeze

across all parts of the UK, so it's going to be a mild night

across the board by dawn on Wednesday.

Most places hanging on to double figures,

even fives and sixes across the far north of Scotland.

We do have a weather front in the north and west on Wednesday

and that will be drifting its way southwards

and eastwards through the day.

Lots of isobars on the charts so it is going to be breezy

both ahead of and behind this weather front.

Behind that weather front, more of a north-westerly breeze,

so temperatures will be dipping away as that rain moves away

towards the south of Scotland,

into northern England and parts of Wales for the afternoon.

The further south and east you are, it should stay dry,

fairly cloudy, but with that southerly breeze,

it's going to be another mild one.

It's 13 or so degrees quite widely across the south of the UK.

Into single figures towards the north and west of our weather front,

but at least there'll be a bit of sunshine here,

but still a few showers moving through on the breeze.

And then we look towards the south for further rainfall

on Thursday as this next area of low pressure comes our way

and there will still be a bit of a breeze from the south with that.

It will be technically mild, 12 or 13 degrees,

but you have to factor in the wind and the rain.

Towards the north and west, again, some brighter spells

and those temperatures back to a bit lower, fives and sixes for many.

But then on towards the rest of the week.

Underneath this temporary ridge of high pressure,

some southern and eastern areas are having a decent start to the day.

Some sunshine and not too windy by this stage.

More of a breeze out towards the west where there's a bit more cloud.

Notice, though, the rain is confined to the far north

and west through the day on Friday.

That'll be accompanied by some strong winds which get even

stronger overnight Friday into Saturday.

Loads of isobars on the charts.

Really very windy conditions across all parts

of the United Kingdom with a band of quite squally rain

making its way south during the day on Saturday.

Still mild towards the south and the east, but again,

single figures across the north and west and I think rain will

spread to many of us as were get on towards the latter part of the day.

Then for the second part of the weekend -

well, the set-up remains the same.

High across the south of Europe. Low towards Iceland.

The resultant winds are south-westerly, so for the most

part it is still relatively mild for the second part of the weekend,

however, a subtle change in the early part of next week sees the high

drifting a bit further westwards, allowing a westerly wind to develop,

so temperatures might come down by a little bit,

but overall, it does remain very unsettled.

Further areas of low pressure coming in from the Atlantic, so, yes,

it does look unsettled.

It's going to be windy, or even very windy for some of us

and there'll be some rain at times. Some of that can be quite heavy.

And with a mixture of rain and drier interludes,

there'll be quite a range of temperatures across the UK.