25/04/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead


25/04/2016

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It might be a good idea to keep an eye on the forecast.

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All sorts of weather coming in our direction,

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much of it of a rather wintry flavour.

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Yeah, there will be some pleasant sunshine at times

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and, occasionally, it might even feel like late April.

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But there will be some pretty wet weather.

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Not just showers, some longer spells of rain at times.

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Some strong winds, too. Gales battering some coasts.

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And, yes, would you believe, some significant snowfall.

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And overnight frost a continuing hazard, too.

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The reason for this chilly weather -

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northerly winds coming down from the Arctic.

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If anything, over the next couple of days,

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those northerlies are going to get even colder.

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Carrying lumps of cloud down in our direction,

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and that cloud generating some showers.

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Here's the picture first thing on Monday morning.

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A scattering of showers.

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There'll be some pleasant sunshine out there, too.

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But wintry showers across the north of Scotland,

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and some of that wintry weather

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will be heading its way into northern England through the day.

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Gales setting in across the far north.

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At the other end of the UK, with some shelter,

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temperatures will reach respectability.

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12 or 13 degrees.

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But 6 degrees across the north of Scotland.

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Add on a gale-force wind, it's going to feel quite bitter.

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Unusually cold air for the time of year.

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And the risk of snow showers extends all the way down the east coast

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as we head into Tuesday morning.

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Don't be at all surprised

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if you wake up to a covering of snow here first thing

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with those are very, very strong winds near the coast.

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So significant wind chill.

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The snow will melt by day, on low ground at least.

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And, actually, a lot of sunshine further west.

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But nowhere will it be warm.

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If you reach double figures on Tuesday,

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you'll be doing very well indeed.

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Now, the low pressure responsible for the strong winds

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will head off into the near continent,

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but still pretty blustery on Wednesday

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around the eastern side of the UK,

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and further quite heavy showers to come.

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Once more, the best of the dry and bright weather

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probably further west.

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Even here, there'll be one or two showers.

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And, again, they will be wintry up over the high ground.

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Temperatures really struggling. 6, 7, 8 degrees.

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When the showers come along, of course,

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the temperatures falling away even further than that.

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Watch out for frost overnight.

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Thursday's picture very complicated.

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We're kind of surrounded by areas of low pressure.

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Getting the timing of these will not be easy.

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But I'm sure you get the gist.

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There'll be some wet weather around.

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Looks as if the southern half of the UK

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could see a longer spell of rain.

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Not just rain, a period of snow, perhaps,

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for the high ground of Wales,

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which, again, will tend to turn back to rain through the daytime.

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Maybe a little bit drier further northwards, but don't bank on it.

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Temperatures, again, poor for the time of year.

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On into Friday,

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another batch of wet weather looks like coming in from the west,

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and once more, the position of that is going to tax us forecasters,

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so don't take this chart too literally.

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It just gives a flavour of some rather wet,

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chilly, windy weather once more as we end of the week.

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Cold air still in control. The blues dominating.

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But I want to point out the fact

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that the supply of Arctic air all the way from the North Pole

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has now been cut off,

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so the cold air is kind of getting isolated.

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And at this time of year,

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cold air that just sits there begins to warm out day by day

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unless it's recharged by fresh Arctic air.

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So perhaps not just so cold with time next weekend.

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Somewhat milder conditions trying to spread in off the Atlantic,

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but moist air as well,

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so don't expect things to dry out in a hurry.

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We could see further fronts coming in through next weekend

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with further outbreaks of rain.

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So let's sum all that up, because as we head into early May,

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that less chilly theme, I think, holds true.

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But further wet weather likely. Some sunshine.

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And certainly no signs of anything particularly hot on the horizon.

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We'll update you again tomorrow.

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