18/06/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. The weather is turning a bit quieter for all of us

as we head into the weekend.

That's good news after a pretty dramatic week of weather.

That's been captured by our Weather Watchers.

He was a thunderstorm earlier on

on Friday in Brackley, Northamptonshire.

You can see the big storm clouds with thunder and lightning.

It's not been raining everywhere.

We have had decent spells of sunshine

in between some of those hefty shower clouds too.

But as we head through Saturday and Sunday,

we'll see a ridge of high pressure

in charge of the weather,

weather fronts trying to push in

from the west later on Sunday.

They will tend to bump into that area of high pressure.

So Saturday shaping up to be a fairly fine day.

Certainly much drier compared to recently.

Still quite cloudy

for central and eastern areas

where there could be

one or two isolated showers.

Further north and west,

plenty of sunshine for Scotland, Wales too.

We could see temperatures in Birmingham

up to around 19 degrees.

So a relatively decent day on Saturday.

As we end the day, the cloud in the east thins,

so some late brightness.

Into the early hours of Sunday morning, most places dry,

but you'll notice this patchy light rain

pushing into western areas.

That's the front coming in

bumping into that high pressure,

tending to fizzle out this initial front.

It will bring drizzle

to parts of Northern Ireland, western Scotland,

Wales and the south-west of England

at times on Sunday.

Eastern areas have another decent day,

with sunny spells lasting through the day

and temperatures up to 21 Celsius.

But a second band of heavier rain

heads in across western areas,

particularly for Northern Ireland,

Western Scotland later in the day.

There's the front that brought the rain

on Sunday to western areas.

By the time we get to Monday,

it will have moved across the country

heading eastwards.

Still some rain lingering for a time

during the day on Monday,

quite a blustery day too.

There could be some spells of rain

initially for some eastern

and southern parts of the country.

That's followed from the west

with fresher conditions

and a return to sunshine and scattered showers.

In the east, temperatures up to 19 degrees or so.

Not a bad day.

Tuesday looks like the quietest day of the week.

Once that front has gone,

we're left with a south-westerly airflow,

a bit windy towards the far north-west.

Elsewhere, relatively light winds,

21 degrees or so.

Looking into the middle of the week,

we've got a big area of high pressure

holding on towards the south-east,

so situated across

central parts of continental Europe.

Meanwhile, a front is trying

to head in from the Atlantic.

So, for Wednesday, we're set to see

some spells of rain

for northern and western areas for a time.

Further south and east,

you should see drier and brighter weather

and temperatures on the rise.

Up to around 23 degrees towards the London region.

So that warming trend continues through Wednesday

and on into Thursday

as we start to draw in

air from a southerly direction

around that area of high pressure,

at least to the southern half of the country.

So, further ahead,

later next week we'll see

a bit of a kink in the jet stream.

Ahead of that jet stream, this is looking into Thursday now,

we'll draw in that fairly warm, humid air

towards southern parts of the country,

whereas low pressure will affect the far North.

So there could be spells of rain for Scotland, Northern Ireland too.

Further south and east, warm and humid,

but the chance of some thundery downpours at times.

Into next weekend it looks like the jet stream flattens out a bit.

We have high pressure keeping things dry and settled in southern areas.

Low pressure moves in from the Atlantic further north.

Again a bit of a split as we head into next weekend.

Some unsettled weather

in northern and north-western parts of the country with some rain.

Further south, we're likely to see drier,

warmer and brighter conditions developing.

Things looking fairly unsettled,

but we'll keep you up-to-date right here. Bye-bye.