12/12/2015 Weather for the Week Ahead

Thanks for joining me. Let's see what's in store

for the next ten days.

As far as the here and now is concerned, the next

couple of days, the weekend, no real change to our weather pattern.

We have got the milder air sitting across southern parts of the UK.

Colder air across Scotland and northern England.

And actually, over the next 24 hours or so,

we will see a bit of rain and snow across a zone

of the country where the colder and the milder air clashes.

This is what it looks like, early hours of Saturday morning.

So we have a weather front approaching out of the west

and it is going to engage the colder air

that is sitting across the north of the UK.

And that means a spell of some rain and snow.

Anywhere from northern parts of Wales across the Pennines into Cumbria.

To the south of that, it is almost certainly going to be rainfall,

for example, across the north Midlands.

But let's start with Scotland.

This is around midday and we are in that cold,

crisp air mass here.

Now, the winds are a little bit lighter on Saturday

compared to the last few days.

Some sunshine there for Inverness, Aberdeenshire,

the lowlands of Scotland.

Showers maybe for Northern Ireland after a wet start to the day.

And here is that snow across the Pennines

and to the south of that, it is rainfall,

but there will be a big temperature contrast between say,

the north Midlands and the south Midlands and the much milder

conditions will be once again across the south of the country.

Anywhere from Cornwall to the Kent coast will see

temperatures of around 12 or 13 degrees.

Now, this is the following night. Saturday night into Sunday.

That weather front is out of the way

and more of us are sitting in that colder air.

So temperatures will tumble away as far south as the Midlands.

So widespread frost first thing on Sunday morning.

Down to minus-5 or minus-8 degrees across Scotland.

And it will be a clear night.

A good night early on Saturday night to catch a glimpse

of some of those meteor showers we are having.

The Geminids, I'm talking about.

Here is the weather for Sunday.

A little bit of cloud around across most of England and Wales.

The best of the brightness will be in eastern areas

but also some rain around for Belfast.

And still chilly in Scotland.

We are going to keep that cold weather for a time

before slightly milder weather heads in the direction of Scotland

from Monday onwards.

This area of low pressure is going to move some of that milder air

that we have had across the south into northern England and Scotland.

So we are losing those threes and fours

as far as the temperature goes, more like eight degrees.

Now, Monday, you can see how extensive

this mild air is across Europe.

It has reached Scotland, it is certainly reaching the Low Countries.

And in fact, whether you are in London or in Rome or Madrid,

the temperature will be more or less the same, 12 or 13 degrees.

It is across Scandinavia and the far, far east of Europe

where we have got the cold air.

Even for Moscow, minus one degree isn't that cold

at this time of year.

Now a look on Wednesday. Really mild across the south.

13 degrees. Even in the north of Scotland,

temperatures around ten degrees or so.

Now, the end of the week, we are talking about next Thursday

and Friday, some mild air.

By the time we get to Friday and Saturday,

we start to see a return of colder air heading our way.

So that means that by the time we get to next weekend,

things are going to cool off once again.

There is a chance of some mountain snow across Scotland,

northern parts of England.

And then, just to give you a flavour as we head into the start

of the Christmas week,

it does look as though milder air is going to return once again.

So it is chopping and changing, flipping and flopping

from mild to cold back to mild.

There once was a sprout with love to give

Looking for friends to spend Christmas with

He saw a light in the winter snow

Where a baker baked cakes, but sadly said no

Next, he heard the toymaker shout

That nobody ever liked a sprout...

Oh...

He met a woodcutter who loved tinsel and trees