11/08/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. Well, some of us have seen too much rain this summer.

Others haven't seen enough.

And we'll keep with the uneven distribution over the next few days,

so for holiday-makers, well, deckchair weather for some,

whereas for others, you might be tempted

to head to the amusement arcades. On a more serious note,

across the north-west of Scotland through Thursday and Friday,

relentless rain here. The totals adding up, 100mm or more -

a lot of water cascading down the mountainside.

Met Office warnings in force - it could be quite nasty

if you are heading to the north-west of Scotland.

Lot of wet weather here to start the day on Thursday,

and some dampness down the eastern side of England as well.

That'll tend to die out, but we'll keep a lot of cloud.

The best of the brightness by far will be further south-west,

so for the likes of South Wales, much of southern England,

it's going to be a fine afternoon. This is four o'clock -

temperatures in the low twenties, it should feel very pleasant.

More cloud further north - much of the rain will have died away,

and a few breaks to the east of the Pennines.

Some dampness still over the Cumbrian fells.

Northern Ireland drying out, mostly cloudy,

bit of brightness for eastern Scotland

but yet more rain for the west of Scotland,

particularly the far north-west with those strong and gusty winds.

And gusty winds will be a feature across many northern parts of the UK

through Thursday night and into Friday.

Further persistent and heavy rain across the north-west Highlands -

in contrast, further south, it's going to be a nice end to the week,

actually, temperatures up into the mid-twenties

with a lot of sunshine

across more southern and eastern parts of England in particular.

Looking ahead to the weekend, the weather front starts to head south,

but it loses its oomph - just a band of cloud which should clear through

and for most of us through the weekend,

with high pressure building in, the weather settling down.

I'm not ruling out the odd shower, particularly across northern areas,

but a lot of dry weather, hopefully some sunshine.

Some areas of cloud floating around.

So this weekend, if you are heading outdoors then I've got good news.

Some sunshine to be enjoyed, most of us dry.

It'll feel pleasantly warm, not excessively warm,

and Monday is going to be another fine day.

Temperatures on the rise in response to a lot of sunshine -

much better prospects across the north-west of Scotland, for example.

Up into the mid-twenties further south.

Here's the big picture.

The high pressure edging over to the eastern side of the UK

and we're going to start to draw up winds

from the south or the south-east.

And those will be increasingly warm, if not hot, winds

through the early part of next week.

Quite a gusty wind, in fact. You'll notice that,

and it's areas most sheltered from that wind

which will probably see the highest temperatures.

Now, the computer models have some consensus now that

we'll see those temperatures peaking round about Tuesday,

and we could be close to 30 degrees in some places,

where you've got some shelter from that breeze.

Certainly a lot of sunshine on offer.

How long does it last? Well, frankly, not all that long.

Because those computer models are indicating that by midweek,

we're going to start to see thundery low pressure

pushing in from the south-west with some heavy downpours possible

as we get towards the middle of the week, and after that,

those computer models indicate

that the weather's going to slide back down to normal again,

with some more unsettled and at times wet weather.

So to sum up the week ahead,

we are going to see those very warm winds

developing through the early part of next week,

then the thundery breakdown, the details of which

are a little bit uncertain, but after that,

those fresher conditions coming in from the west.

That's it, we'll update you again tomorrow.

THUNDERCLAP

THEY CHEER

THUNDERCLAP