28/03/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. Thanks for tuning in to our extended outlook.

A lot has been happening the last few days.

Before we end Easter, we have Storm Katie on the way,

potentially bringing disruptive weather on Monday morning.

The good news is that the storm will swiftly move

out into the North Sea later on Monday

and the weather should dramatically improve during the day.

Before that happens, the morning could be nasty, even some

damaging winds affecting southern and south-eastern areas of England.

This is what it looks like first thing in the morning,

the hourly hours, an amber warning in force from the Met Office.

70mph gusts possible across Hampshire, through Surrey

into Sussex and Kent.

Inland around Greater London and East Anglia,

60mph gusts not out of the question.

The winds will eventually die down in the afternoon but the storm

will have a sting in its tail across parts of East Anglia.

This is what it looks like on Monday afternoon.

You can still see some showers in the South here,

but a much improved picture, even some sunshine around.

Although it looks as if it will be very

windy for a time across Norfolk and Suffolk.

But the rest of the UK, honestly, a completely different picture.

Sunshine around, a few showers, much lighter winds so the stormy weather

really is going to be affecting the South and the South East.

For most of us, we're not going to be affected by Storm Katie.

This is the overnight period so into the early hours of Tuesday,

clearer skies, even some lighter winds here.

A touch of frost possible across Scotland,

Northern Ireland and northern England.

The south of the country will start Tuesday with

temperatures of around five or six degrees.

Tuesday itself, relatively speaking the winds will be a lot lighter,

although a fair old breeze blowing across the UK.

It is going to be story of sunshine and showers.

Let's have a look at the pressure chart on Tuesday itself.

Here's the remnants of Storm Katie,

moving across southern parts of Scandinavia.

Low pressure still close by to the UK

so that means not a completely dry day by any means.

In fact, there will be showers, heavy ones,

developing in one or two areas.

I wouldn't rule out some thunder as well

and the chance of more persistent rain

in the afternoon across some southern areas of the UK.

Temperatures really aren't going to change

a lot through most of this week,

about 8 or 9 in the North, 10 to just about 12 or 13 in the South.

Here's the middle part of the week, it looks as though England

and Wales will be a little bit drier, any showers that do brew

on Wednesday, probably more likely across the northern half of the UK.

Again, temperatures around 8 to, say, 11 to 13 degrees.

Thursday will eventually dry out.

We start to see high pressure building across the UK,

not completely dry, wouldn't rule out a shower,

but I think on balance not a bad day.

As we head into Friday, it does look much better at this stage.

It looks as though high pressure will

develop across most of England so some sunshine here.

That's not the case everywhere

because across the north-west of the country, we have got wind and rain

potentially sweeping into Northern Ireland and western Scotland.

Exactly when the rain will arrive

and how much there will be is still open to debate.

That takes us into the weekend.

Weather fronts quite possibly across some of the UK

so be prepared for this coming weekend.

Be prepared for some rain and, beyond that,

low pressure close by to south-western areas of the UK.

That spells some rain

but high pressure could actually build close to the

north-east of the UK so Scotland may end up having a fairly decent

next weekend and beyond.

So pressure builds, that is going to bring that settled weather in the

north of the UK, but remember there

is rain expected in the south-west. Bye-bye.