06/07/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. As we saw yesterday,

the stats for June didn't look particularly great

as far as summer-like weather is concerned,

but why have things been a little bit short of what you'd want

this time of year? Well, let's take us back to June.

Absence of a strong jet stream,

low pressure got stuck to the south-east of the country,

bringing in some warmth at times, but also acted as a breeding ground

for the big storms and, of course, some of that flooding we saw.

By the end of June and into the start of July,

we have to turn our attention to the west coast of the United States.

North Pacific - area of high pressure in charge here and that

has sent the jet stream a little bit further north across North America.

It's lacking ripples too

and as it's pushed off the east coast of the United States,

warm air to the south of it,

cold air to the north has sped it up and forces this strong

and fairly flat jet stream across the Atlantic to our shores,

bringing low pressure system after low pressure system

and, of course, with it,

the rain and at times gusty winds.

One such low pressure system

on Wednesday hits the north-west of the UK,

bringing some drizzle, nothing more than that,

to parts of Northern Ireland

and something damper to western Scotland to the end of the day.

One or two showers in western England and Wales, but elsewhere,

after a chilly start for the early risers, quite a pleasant day.

Best of the sunshine in the morning

turning hazy through the afternoon and feeling a bit milder,

starting to drag in slightly more humid air on south-westerly winds.

Those winds with us through Wednesday night into Thursday,

a wet night across Scotland

and Northern Ireland to begin with,

some of that damp weather into northern England and Wales later on,

but compared with what we'll have seen on Tuesday night,

temperatures much, much higher,

some parts not falling below the teens.

So into Thursday and the end of the week -

we've got a run of south-westerly winds

coming all the way up from the mid-Atlantic.

Lots of cloud tangled in that and a straggling weather front

for Thursday across this central portion of the UK.

Northern England, the Midlands,

Wales most likely to see predominantly cloudy conditions,

some occasional rain or drizzle in western hills.

North of that, some sunshine.

Maybe above 20 degrees in eastern Scotland,

22 or 23 in the south-east corner,

where again it stays dry with some hazy sunshine.

Wetter conditions through the night across the northern half of the UK.

Still some weather fronts to take us into Friday.

Friday's sort of an in-between day.

We may start with cloud

and outbreaks of rain just about anywhere.

A few heavy showers later, but there will be some drier

and brighter weather later with some sunshine at times too.

Then into the weekend -

let's return to the east coast,

this time of the United States.

The storms that were there on July 4th across the likes

of Kentucky now into this mass of cloud off the eastern seaboard.

It's a developing area of low pressure picked up by that

flat jet stream and developed quite rapidly

for the end of the week,

so by Saturday, the start of the weekend,

it's quite a nasty area of low pressure

to the north-west of the UK.

What that means is we're likely to see strong winds,

parts of Ireland, north-western UK.

Gales in places, rain through the day,

a scattering of showers across other western areas,

but the winds coming in from the south-west to south means

that across eastern areas, a bit of sunshine.

We could actually see temperatures hit 26 degrees for some.

Fairly humid air tied up with this low pressure system.

That, though, is swept off into the near continent as we go into Sunday.

Low pressure still in charge.

Expect showers just about anywhere,

pushing through on what will be quite a blustery day.

Still the winds coming in from a west or south-westerly direction,

so it won't be an especially cold day,

but feeling a little less humid than Saturday will have done.

Pleasant enough in the sunshine, out the breeze,

but always cooler as those showers go through,

and with that jet stream still in place into next week,

just remember we're going to continue to see those

ever-changing skies we've been used to over the past week or so.

Warm in the sunshine where you get it, but every so often,

a little bit cooler when the showers roll in

and the breeze picks up.

More tomorrow, see you then.

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