11/05/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

and I have to say that since we launched Weather Watchers

from the Highlands of Scotland

just showed how lovely it was across northern areas

and some rather nasty driving conditions

across the heart of the Midlands, for example,

and we'll keep those contrasts going through Wednesday

with further heavy, slow-moving downpours

across the southern half of the country.

Some showers early on for Northern Ireland too,

but in general, the further north you are across the country,

it will be drier, it will be brighter and warmer,

the Western Highlands could well see the highest temperatures

on Wednesday, 23 degrees here,

but as we've seen in recent days,

if you are exposed to that easterly breeze off the North Sea,

it will be a good deal cooler,

but a sunny day for Scotland again.

This is four o'clock.

Some brightness developing across the heart of the Midlands,

as there will be some heavy, slow-moving downpours developing,

particularly across southern parts of England and Wales.

any brightness close to 20 degrees.

they become increasingly confined

to the more south-western areas,

tending to drift away in this direction.

In most places, actually, we'll have a fine day on Thursday,

with plenty of sunshine.

It will feel quite warm in those sunny spells,

particularly across more southern areas. 24 degrees there in London.

At the other end of the UK, though,

we have an approaching weather front.

There it is, it's a cold front,

it will do what it says on the tin -

it will introduce chillier air behind it.

It's heading in a southerly direction

and we'll see a shot of Arctic air

coming down behind that cold front

as we head towards the weekend.

Quite a shock to the system, I think,

after several days of warmth in many places.

That northerly will bring not only some blustery winds,

but also some showers,

particularly down eastern coastal areas for a time

as we start the weekend.

Most other places, though, actually will see plenty of dry

and bright weather, particularly the further south and west we go.

Temperatures, though, not as high as they have been recently.

It's a similar picture, actually, on Sunday -

still the odd shower, perhaps, near the North Sea coast

and still a bit of a breeze here,

but most other places,

plenty of sunshine and light winds

and despite the fact the temperatures

don't look all that high, it shouldn't feel too bad.

Some cold nights, though, so if you're planning anything outdoors,

overnight it will be cold, close to freezing,

but by day, with lots of lovely sunshine,

although 15 doesn't look all that high,

with light winds, it shouldn't feel too bad.

Through the early part of next week, we lose the blues,

there will be a warming trend day by day.

You can see the chart turning increasingly yellow,

if not orange.

Dry to start with through next week,

but we'll have to keep our eye

on developments out in the Atlantic.

There are fronts, low-pressure systems out here lying in wait

and for them to reach our shores depends on the jet stream.

It does look as if the jet stream will start to wake up

later on next week and send areas of low pressure in our direction.

The timing on that is still quite uncertain,

but, eventually, later next week,

it does look like turning rather more unsettled

with some rain on the horizon.

To sum up next week, it looks like a fine start and feeling a bit warmer.

Rain on the way, it's just a question of how quickly

that rain arrives later on next week.

So some uncertainty and hopefully I'll clarify that

and I'll see you again tomorrow.