19/06/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there. Well, at last, Saturday brought much, much quieter

weather to the UK after what's been a very turbulent

and, in places, very stormy week we've seen.

Cumulonimbus thunder clouds piling high into the sky,

dropping huge amounts of rain and hail

and causing flooding for some of you.

At least we go into the new week on a much quieter note,

to a certain extent. Not a drier one

because we've got a weak weather front

in the west first thing Sunday and then

a more active one pushing in later in the day

with stronger winds wrapped around

that deep area of low pressure.

The day starts off fairly quiet.

Sunniest towards eastern areas,

brighter weather lasting longest in East Anglia,

the south-east and around the Moray Firth,

we could see temperatures around 20 degrees here

but further west, patchy rain in the morning

replaced by something heavier

into the afternoon and some gusty winds.

Winds however coming from the south and the south-west

so temperatures won't fall away too much.

Still looking at highs of around 16 to 18 degrees.

That rain then pushes its way across

all other parts of the UK

as we go through Sunday night.

It may linger across the south-east corner

as we go into Monday morning but extensive low cloud

through Sunday night into Monday

and a very humid, muggy one once again

but it's a fairly short-lived spell

of humid weather, at least to begin with.

The breeze will shepherd in some fresher air through Monday itself,

perhaps holding on to the more humid air

towards the south-east and East Anglia

for that bit longer before the rain clears.

A few heavy showers, maybe the odd rumble of thunder,

but not as intense as we saw through the week.

And then, as you can see, sunny spells

and only isolated showers by the end of the day.

Temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees.

We continue with that feed of winds off the Atlantic as we go

through the night and into Tuesday.

Another area of low pressure, a smaller one,

pushing in towards the north-west of the UK late in the day.

Winds lightest across the south

so we will start here with some mist, low cloud

and some patchy fog, brightening up

with some sunny spells later on.

We're going to see outbreaks of rain, mainly for parts of Scotland

and Northern Ireland but even here, some brighter weather too.

It'll be pleasant enough in the sunshine.

Into Wednesday, a band of showery rain

trying to push its way eastwards

but then getting caught up in a developing

south-to-south-westerly airflow and with that,

we start to see humidity levels creep up again

and a few heavy showers towards the south-west.

In fact, for later in the week,

we tap into the humid air across Europe once again.

The drift of that, it will only be

slowly northwards across the UK

so it'll be only southern areas

affected by and large.

As you can see, we can see some heavy showers,

maybe the odd rumble of thunder

as that weather system pushes away but it still

holds on to eastern areas

as we go through into Thursday.

Another low out to the west of Ireland,

all helping to maintain this drift of air northwards.

Nothing desperately strong,

never overly humid the further north we go

but it's across this part of England and Wales once again -

we're going to have to watch the forecast very closely.

It's going to be difficult to pinpoint the exact

details of these, certainly through Thursday and indeed for Friday

but with those low pressure systems around, humidity levels

creeping up, yes, we are likely to see some thunderstorms.

So a quieter start to the week.

The end of the week though, those thunderstorms will return.

As I said, southern and eastern areas most prone.

But while we finish the week with that,

it looks like the jet stream

will return once again next weekend.

That will push away the really humid air.

Low pressure systems

pushing close to the north and the west

and hopefully a zone of high exerting its influence

through southern areas at times into next weekend and beyond.

What does that mean is that close to areas of low pressure,

it's mainly north and west UK, we're likely to see some rain at times.

It will push its way southwards and eastwards once again

but southern areas always tending to be that bit drier.

Crucial, of course, because we've got Glastonbury next weekend

and the following week, the start of Wimbledon.