26/04/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead


26/04/2016

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Hello there. Well, it was a cold weekend across the board.

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And it was a cold start to the new week.

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We've got this arctic air across pretty much all parts of the UK.

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However, the sun is still strong at this time of the year,

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and even if the air is cold,

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get out of the wind, and it feels pleasant enough.

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This is the view from one of our Weather Watchers

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in the Isles of Scilly on Monday.

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But in the Highlands, the daffodils struggling to stand upright

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because of the strength of the wind,

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and yes, there's some snow in that cold air as well.

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Now, we've got low pressure

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to the East side of the UK,

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high pressure to the West.

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The resultant airflow is from the North,

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and that air is coming

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all the way down from the Arctic,

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so yes, cold air firmly in place across the UK,

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hence the risk of those wintry showers.

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And we've got further wintry showers

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through the morning.

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The North-east of England,

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more particularly into Northern Scotland.

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Elsewhere, some spells of

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sunshine to start the day,

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but cloud amounts will increase,

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and we'll see a good scattering

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of showers developing.

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Showers through the afternoon

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could be heavy,

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with some hail and some thunder mixed in.

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Temperatures, on the face of it, 7-10 or 11 degrees,

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but what you have to factor in,

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the wind is going to feel

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like it's in single digits across the board,

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a particularly cold feel to things

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along that North Sea coast.

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The strong winds will gradually ease

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as the low drifts away towards the near continent.

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The isobars open up,

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but it will be cold to start Wednesday.

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We will see a frost roughly from the Midlands Northwards,

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but a good deal of bright weather

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early on Wednesday.

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Again, cloud amounts increase into the afternoon,

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and there will be a scattering of showers.

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Some good spells of sunshine to be had as well,

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and not quite as windy.

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Maybe not feeling quite so cold,

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but temperatures still in single figures

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for most parts of the UK.

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We might just about get into doubles in the centre of London.

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On Wednesday night, we have to watch out for this system,

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because it will move into some fairly cold air,

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and there's potential for snow

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on the leading edge of that system.

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As I say, that is one to watch out for

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on Thursday morning in particular.

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Thursday itself, there will be

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a scattering of showers,

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maybe some long spells of rain for a time

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in East Anglia and towards Lincolnshire,

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and a keen breeze blowing in along the South coast.

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And again, many places,

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we'll be seeing those temperatures

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in single figures through Thursday afternoon.

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On into Friday,

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and the winds are that bit lighter.

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We've still got some weather fronts

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not too far away from the UK,

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and this one in particular,

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towards the Southeastern corner,

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looks like it could bring a fair bit of cloud

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and outbreaks of rain towards the South-east of England,

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towards East Anglia, and maybe some outbreaks of rain

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elsewhere across the Southern UK.

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It looks like the best of

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the dry, brighter weather is probably

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in the North-west of Scotland,

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and the winds will be light here as well.

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But again, many places seeing temperatures in single figures.

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Might just about get into doubles

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for Cardiff, London, and for Plymouth.

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Then on into the start of the weekend,

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many central and Eastern areas will start off

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on a pretty reasonable note,

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but cloud and rain is gathering in the West.

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We are beginning to see a change by this stage,

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a change to more Westerly winds,

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and a return to the influence of the Atlantic,

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but this week, for most of the time, we've got this blocking pattern.

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An omega block. If you know your Greek alphabet,

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you'll recognise the shape.

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Low pressure to the East of the UK, high-pressure to the West,

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and the resultant airflow comes down from the North,

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so hence the cold feel this week, but as you get onto next week,

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the jet stream looks like it will be coming in from the West,

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bringing in much more changeable weather.

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High pressure to the South of the UK might just build in,

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keeping things relatively quiet,

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but low pressure to the Northwest

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looks like it will keep things fairly unsettled.

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So as we get on into early May,

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with those Westerly winds developing,

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certainly a lot less chilly than it has been,

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but still fairly unsettled,

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mainly in the North-west of the UK.

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There will be some sunshine to be had,

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and it looks as if most of the time, it will be driest in the South.

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