19/07/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

We started the week with some pretty hot weather,

30 degrees in London makes it the hottest day of the year so far.

But we are going to eclipse that through the day on Tuesday.

We start off on a very warm,

humid note with a lot of sunshine and light winds too.

And with all that sunshine we're going to see those

temperatures rocketing away into the afternoon.

It's going to be a very hot afternoon pretty much

across the board.

The eastern coast of Scotland might be just a little bit less hot -

17 or 18 degrees. But move inland, it is low 20s.

The south-west of Scotland will probably see temperatures

at 27 or 28 degrees.

28, 29, 30-odd degrees across parts of northern England.

31 there in Leeds. Similar temperatures in London.

So the heat is really quite widespread.

Some parts of the Midlands will see the highest temperatures -

34, maybe even 35 degrees.

So a sweltering afternoon for many.

The south coast and the south-west of England not quite so hot,

but the north coast not far from 30 Celsius and we'll probably

see 30 degrees in the south of Wales

even the west of Wales around about 30 Celsius mark.

As we head up towards Northern Ireland,

here it is more like the middle to upper 20s, but notice

a few showers just creeping in

towards the west through the afternoon.

Those will become quite noticeable through the evening,

some of those will turn heavy and thundery.

Could be some torrential downpours moving up into Scotland and

the north-west of England by dawn on Wednesday.

By which stage, again, it is a very warm start the day.

18 degrees in Glasgow to start the day,

22 also for Manchester and London.

So as we go through the day on Wednesday,

we've already started to see those thunderstorms developing.

They start to become quite widespread across many

northern and western parts of the UK.

There could be some torrential downpours for some.

Certainly not for all, I think East Anglia and south-east,

will probably stay dry.

Notice the winds are coming in from the west.

We are going to see those temperatures dropping back

down to something nearer the norm.

But in East Anglia and the south-east, where it stays dry with

some sunshine, still some heat to be had, 28 or 29 degrees.

But that is not going to last

because Wednesday night into Thursday,

we see this cold front sweep its way across the

south and the east and this temporary ridge of high pressure

builds and we start to see the winds now coming in from the Atlantic.

By Thursday, not a complete washout by any means.

There is a lot of dry weather to be had, variable cloud.

Some sunshine, but some showers gathering out towards the west.

Temperatures back down to something nearer the norm

pretty much across the board. It's the upper teens or low 20s.

So a cooler, fresher feel by Thursday and that fresher weather

continues to come in from the Atlantic for the end of the week,

with the weather front.

So that is going to bring some rain to the north and west of the UK.

Ahead of that - sunny spells and a scattering of showers.

At this stage, the temperatures are upper teens or low to mid 20s.

Then onto into the weekend,

we keep the weather coming in from the Atlantic.

The first weather system moves away.

A ridge temporarily builds in for Saturday just ahead of the

next weather system which will bring some wind and rain later

into Northern Ireland,

but many other places enjoying a pretty reasonable day on Saturday.

Sunny spells and not particularly windy and temperatures

peaking at around about 23 or 24 degrees.

So a much more changeable look to things into the start of next

weekend and that continues into the second part of the weekend

and on into the early part of next week.

With westerly winds, we are likely to see low-pressure coming into

the north of UK.

The closer you are to that, the more likely you are to see some rain.

But overall, it looks fairly changeable.

There will be some spells of settled weather with some sunshine. It is still quite warm.

Some showers are forecast and temperatures, generally

speaking, a degree or so either side of the average. Bye for now.

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