29/06/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. I know it's a weather cliche, but last week it was Glastonbury,

so we all know the kind of weather we expect for Glastonbury.

This week, Wimbledon, so of course it's got to rain.

But no, it didn't, certainly not on the first day anyway.

It was beautiful, with blue sky and sunshine.

But by day two, yes, the covers were out on the outer courts

at around four o'clock,

the skies became leaden and the rain arrived.

It will start bright and sunny,

but not for long, as more cloud and rain

is expected during Wednesday.

The heaviest will be across

Wales, northern England and southern Scotland.

It will be somewhat light and patchy

from time to time through Wimbledon,

with the rain on and off through the day.

But temperatures struggling -

14 to 18 degrees.

As we move out of Wednesday,

that rain clears away,

but low pressure still in the driving seat,

it's still going to be a breezy story

and there'll still be outbreaks of rain to come.

So again we start off on a dry note,

even sunshine in central and eastern areas.

Clouding over from the west

and somewhat light and patchy rain

will push in to the west

during Thursday afternoon.

Eventually moving towards Wimbledon.

But with a bit more sunshine,

perhaps a degree or so warmer.

So that showery rain

has to drift its way eastwards

through Thursday night into Friday.

Friday - may not have escaped your attention -

is 1 July. Where is summer?

Cast your mind back to 12 months ago.

1 July 2015 was the hottest July day

ever recorded at Heathrow Airport, with 37 degrees.

This July, we'll be lucky

if we see a daytime maximum of just 20 Celsius.

Again, it will be pretty breezy as well.

The best of the sunshine is likely to be

in the south-east corner,

the best of the warmth here.

But the further north and west you go,

we keep these showers going

and it will be rather breezy,

so feeling cool and disappointing for 1 July.

A similar story into Saturday.

Low pressure sitting to the north,

plenty of showers piling into the north and west.

Not too bad elsewhere. We'll see sunshine.

Again, with the sunshine, hopefully we'll see

some warmth - 18 to 20 degrees,

perhaps mid-teens further north.

12 to 15, if we're lucky,

through Scotland and Northern Ireland.

As we move out of Saturday towards Sunday,

there's the potential for most significant rain

across central and southern parts of England.

We need to keep a close eye on that.

That could dampen the spirits

to the second half of the weekend here.

Showers continue further north and west.

In terms of the feel of things on Sunday,

generally we're looking at around the mid-teens,

but we might just see 20 in the south-east corner.

As we move out of Sunday into next week, we want this Azores high.

This is the Azores high. It looks likely to drift towards the UK.

It's the Azores high that brings us our summer weather.

That will help push the jet stream a bit further north and west.

It's the jet stream that drives the low pressures across the UK.

But the Azores high is not potentially

going to stay with us very long

and it's not going to bring really settled summer sunshine and warmth.

It was drag in some warm air for a time,

but always that cooler north-westerly direction

across the bulk of the country.

Here we keep it breezy and showery from time to time.

Further south, it will be breezy,

but quite humid for a time,

with some sunshine.

Unfortunately, with that humidity,

we could potentially see some thundery downpours to come.

Take care.