22/07/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

The weather continues to cool off a little bit,

particularly across the south-east of the country,

where today we recorded 26 degrees Celsius

in East Anglia, in Suffolk.

The previous day was around 30 or so.

But it does look as though some of those temperatures will be

creeping up a little bit again as we head into the weekend.

The average for this time of the year across the south-east

is around 22-24 degrees.

For most other parts of the country in the west, it's back down

to what it should be this time of the year,

so mostly around the 20-degree mark.

This is the satellite picture from earlier on.

You can see how cloud started to develop across parts of the UK.

We had a few showers and we'll continue to get a few showers

over the next day or so,

so here's Friday's weather forecast.

In fact, one or two showers on Friday

could turn out to be particularly heavy,

especially across eastern areas of the UK.

It doesn't look like there'll be too many of them around

in Northern Ireland, maybe the odd light one,

but it's across eastern areas, from eastern Scotland

through, say, East Yorkshire down into Lincolnshire.

Particularly north of London here, around East Anglia,

there could be some very big downpours,

some of them very slow-moving, so they'll last a little while.

There could be quite a bit of lightning with that

and also some hail, but that is going to be the exception.

For the vast majority of the UK,

Friday is looking absolutely fine, so for most of us,

if you're planning to enjoy your Friday evening outdoors,

it's not looking bad at all and I think most of us will have

a pleasant end to the week

with pleasant sunsets out there,

as is the case most of the time.

Now, for Saturday,

we're expecting a couple of weather fronts to cross the country.

This particular one here is going to introduce some thicker cloud

to western areas of the UK,

so certainly Saturday looks pretty cloudy

and damp there in Northern Ireland, western parts of Scotland

and eventually some of that rain will reach north-western areas,

whereas further south and east,

it's going to be much brighter with a few showers,

but look at those temperatures once again on the rise.

I wouldn't be surprised if we're not far off 29,

28-29 degrees there in London.

The same pattern continues into Sunday - basically,

the further west and north you are,

the more likely you are to get some cloud and the possibility of

catching some rain, but that wind still coming in from the south

across south-eastern areas of the country,

so temperatures will remain on the hot side.

For most of us, quite a bit fresher.

Let's summarise the all-important weekend -

it is still going to remain fairly hot in the south-east,

if not warmer than it has been in the last day or so,

but some rain is likely across the fresher west.

Into Monday, we are expecting some weak weather fronts

to cross the country, so that means a few spots of rain on the cards

and in fact it does look as though, most of next week,

things aren't really going to be changing an awful lot.

Temperatures will be close to average, around 23-24 degrees

in the south-east, in the teens or around 20 further west.

The reason why not a lot is going to change is because the jet stream

is going to be very, very weak.

It really is going to be a very weak affair here.

Low pressure, yes, close to the north-west of the country,

but when we get a weak jet stream, any weather that does form,

that does happen in the Atlantic,

doesn't tend to be pushed in our direction,

certainly no vigorous weather systems developing,

so all we're going to see is weather fronts

pootling across the Atlantic

and just bringing us a little bit of cloud

and some spots of rain, particularly to north-western areas,

whereas further south and east, it does look as though

we're going to keep that dry and bright and relatively warm weather.

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