10/09/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there. September started off on a relatively warm and dry note,

but things are starting to feel a bit more autumnal out there.

Looking unsettled over the next couple of days,

before some of us see a return to summery warmth through next week.

On Saturday, a weather front is affecting

central and southeastern parts of England.

Cloudy here, on and off outbreaks of drizzly rain, anywhere from around

Dorset up towards Lincolnshire and to the southeast of that.

Quite breezy here too, and mild underneath the cloud and rain,

20 degrees or so.

Elsewhere, across the country, lots of dry weather, lighter winds,

temperatures around 18 degrees, just a few showers in the northwest.

Not a bad day, on reflection, across many parts of the country,

but we'll keep the cloud and rain in the southeast

right on into the evening hours.

Most places looking dry overnight,

away from the far northwest with some blustery showers.

Under those clear skies,

it will be a much fresher night than we've seen recently.

In rural areas, temperatures down to single figures.

So quite a fresh start to the day on Sunday,

mist patches on the cards first thing too.

They should clear away,

and we're more confident about Sunday's forecast now.

If you're watching over the past few days,

there was some uncertainty about a developing area of low pressure.

It looks like it will arrive towards the northwest later in the day,

bringing some wet and windy weather

for Northern Ireland, Western Scotland.

Elsewhere, high pressure holds on with some warm sunshine around.

Moving through Sunday night, this area of low pressure and its

windy conditions will move in across northern parts of the country.

That means some wet and windy weather in the northwest.

But elsewhere, we're going to see air coming in from

a southerly direction, that means we're importing our air from

North Africa, southern France too, up towards the UK.

That means temperatures on the rise,

for many of us, not everywhere, into the early part of next week.

Particularly across England and Wales,

we've got that southerly airflow.

Lots of warm and dry weather here, temperatures in the mid-20s.

Further northwest, reasonably mild still, but there will be some

rain for Northern Ireland and the west of Scotland.

Onto Tuesday, we're set to see ripples running up this front

and this area of low pressure will become a bit more of a player

for some northern and western areas during the day on Tuesday.

Again, mixed fortunes,

northern and western areas will see some blustery showers.

But central and eastern parts of the UK,

certainly warm weather spreading in from the south.

We could see 29, possibly 30 degrees during the day on Tuesday.

We keep that warmth as we head through into Wednesday.

Low pressure does remain pretty close to our shores.

Again, the threat of unsettled weather with wind and rain at

times in the far north and far west.

Also the chance of some thundery showers moving in from the south.

So a bit of a breakdown in conditions,

still summery warmth around for many of us though, on Wednesday,

and temperatures up there in the mid-20s.

Let's take a look further ahead now into the latter part of next week.

It does look like we'll remain under the influence of this area of

low pressure, trying to move in from the west.

It does bump into higher pressure across the near continent,

but what we're set to see later next week is an oscillation in

the jet stream, delivering areas of low pressure at times across the UK.

Most likely to affect northern and western areas,

whereas they will be interspersed with drier spells of weather,

high-pressure moving in,

particularly taking hold across the south and southeast.

So it's bit of a mixed outlook for you.

Things looking pretty warm for a time,

but it'll turn more unsettled with the

driest weather for southern and eastern areas.

More in the way of showers and breezy conditions

towards the north and west.

But we'll keep you up-to-date right here. Bye-bye.