25/07/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. For quite a few of you,

the week gone has been humid by day and by night.

Southerly winds dominated,

bringing all that warmth of the continent, lifting temperatures

in mainland UK to

around 34 degrees on Tuesday,

35 on the Channel Islands.

The week ahead though,

get rid of those southerly winds,

we bring air in off

the Atlantic, from the West,

and temperatures accordingly will drop.

Many of you much closer to around 19 Celsius,

around average for the time of year,

if not a little bit lower.

Bringing about the change,

this weather front,

which swept through the last stages of Sunday.

That puts us into those westerly winds,

bringing a mixture of some brighter,

sunny spells through Monday -

best of which are towards eastern parts -

and a few showers, most likely in the West.

The showers though, well scattered

on Monday, which means most

will spend the bulk of the day dry,

if not the entire day. More likely to see

showers in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

And here, temperatures

a little bit lower for the time of year,

around 15 to 17 degrees.

But the humid air we've seen

across East Anglia and the south-east

has certainly cleared. You might just catch

one or two showers across eastern England

to finish Monday, but through

the night, most become dry.

Showers continue in northern Scotland,

with a very blustery wind, and by night,

temperatures dropping away a little bit.

A fresher feel, but by no means cold,

temperatures staying in double figures,

if not into the teens.

So this is the set-up for Tuesday,

the Azores High just to the south-west of us,

low pressure to the north of us,

so we continue with that flow of westerly winds.

If anything, a bit more cloud on Tuesday,

particularly England and Wales,

more likely to see wetter weather for a time.

South-west England and South Wales.

Nothing hugely substantial, the odd shower elsewhere,

some sunny spells -

best of which down these eastern parts,

where again, temperatures

could lift into the low 20s.

And don't forget, we are still in July,

the warmth of that sunshine overhead

certainly will make itself known.

Through Tuesday night into Wednesday

we are likely to see a bit more cloud

coming from this system working its way across,

so generally, a few more showers

across England and Wales.

Further north, a little bit brighter,

always breezy though across

the far north of Scotland.

That area of low pressure

never moving too far away.

Through Wednesday night into Thursday though,

could see a more significant

spell of rain.

We're not talking huge amounts,

but it will bring what

looks like some wetter weather

into Northern Ireland, Scotland

and western parts of England and Wales.

At this range, that could be a bit further north,

could be a little bit further south.

The further south and east

you are you are more likely to stay

largely dry, and temperatures

very familiar throughout the week,

the mid-teens to the low 20s. Into Friday night,

that system just pushes its way

slowly towards the North Sea.

We will continue to see some showers from it,

not huge amounts of rain admittedly,

but things will gradually turn

a bit brighter in the west.

But the wind is going in

a north-westerly direction later,

introduces even cooler air to parts of Scotland

and Northern Ireland. You'll have noticed,

through the week I've been mentioning the word "showers",

an indication that rainfall amounts

will vary hugely. Some will stay dry,

and that could be crucial, because,

after a very wet start to summer,

things have got much drier across the south and east.

Some, including on the Isle of Wight,

we have barely seen a millimetre

of rainfall so far this July.

And I can't guarantee we will

see much more than that,

because as that low pressure system

pushes off into the continent

next weekend, we open the door

to north-westerly winds,

keeping things a little on the cool side,

but it does mean what pushes down

in that flow will tend to be showers.

Showers tend to be hit and miss,

and the further south and east

you are, you're more likely to be dry.

It doesn mean though, north-westerly winds,

quite cool for the time of year

across northern and western areas,

and it's likely to be

a bit breezier next weekend

before things turn a touch warmer

for the start of the following week.

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