16/02/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead


16/02/2016

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Hello. At this time of the year we're starting to see

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light at the end of the tunnel from those winter months.

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But this week we're also likely to see all faces of winter.

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It wasn't a bad start, really, with a frost, as you can see

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from these Weather Watchers pictures sent in from Somerset.

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Clear blue skies and sunshine, though, in parts of Gloucestershire,

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but there were some frequent showers running down the North Sea coast

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and they actually brought a wintry mix,

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a light dusting of snow in Sunderland.

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Thanks for the Weather Watchers photos that we've been sent in.

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Now for Tuesday, after a frosty start, some sparkling sunshine

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across much of England and Wales.

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A different story further north and west

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with the wind strengthening, cloud and rain gathering here,

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some snow across the mountains, and we're likely to see gales

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and some pretty persistent rain for a time.

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Highs of 5 to 8 degrees.

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Now, that weather front could produce a bit of a headache

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as it continues to slowly drift its way south and east,

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bumping into the cold air ahead of it,

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but also there's some cold air behind,

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and that mix may well mean that we could see some snow,

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chiefly to the higher ground - across the Southern Uplands,

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through the Pennines and into North Wales.

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But maybe for a time at lower levels as well -

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certainly one to keep an eye on.

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But underneath that cloud, rain or snow,

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it's going to be a pretty miserable feel to the day.

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To the south-east, somewhat drier and brighter,

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same too to the north and west.

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That weather front clears away first thing on Thursday morning,

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brighter conditions following on behind -

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not a bad day in prospect, largely fine and dry,

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but again on the colder side, 5 to 7 or 8 degrees the high.

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As we move out of Thursday into Friday

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we start to see a change developing -

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not a bad start to the day after some early frost,

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some sunshine coming through, cloud and rain gathering out to the west.

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But the wind starting to swing round

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to more of a west or a south-westerly direction,

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introducing milder air,

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and that's going to bring some air across Scotland, Northern Ireland,

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and west-facing coasts, eventually pushing its way south and east.

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But milder - temperatures sitting at about 10 degrees in the south-east.

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So that means a change as we move into the weekend.

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Another weather front follows on behind.

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Westerly winds take over.

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Pretty windy day, perhaps, for the start of the weekend,

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and some outbreaks of rain to come.

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It starts off dry in eastern areas, rain pushing in from the west

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somewhat erratically from west to east,

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but a milder feel to the day.

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Temperatures around 11 or 13 degrees across much of England and Wales.

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But to look further ahead, we have to look further afield,

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and if you haven't already heard,

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it's been bitterly cold across eastern parts of the US.

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Signs of milder air starting to push in,

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and this milder air is going to reignite the jet stream,

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re-intensify the jet stream as it pushes out of the US

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across the Atlantic.

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So we'll start to see a fast-moving jet

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channelling its way across the Atlantic,

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driving towards the UK.

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Centring perhaps towards the north, and that means we will see

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more unsettled weather across the far north.

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But more importantly, it's going to continue to introduce

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milder air across the country,

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with occasional dips in that see-saw variation that we've seen recently

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with colder air from time to time.

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But basically, it means that the winds will be a key feature

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as we move towards the end of February.

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And there's going to be some rain, some of it heavy at times.

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We're back to the see-saw, dipping temperatures,

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no two days the same. One day mild, the next day cold.

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So it looks pretty unsettled as we move towards the end of February.

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More from me tomorrow.

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A world full of your favourite Dickens characters.

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Why do you stay with him, Helen?

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If that was my daughter,

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You know, you're quite funny, for a girl.

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One decision...

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