28/09/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. Thanks for tuning in to our weather for the next week or so.

The weather will chop and change a little bit over the next few days.

One thing that many of us will notice

is the strength of the wind over the next 48 hours or so.

Those winds really will be building,

particularly Scotland, gale-force winds on the way.

But it won't be that cold.

In fact temperatures across most of the country

will be in the upper teens, closer to 20 degrees.

So one of the reasons

why it's relatively warm out there

is this south-westerly air

coming in from the southern climes.

But a lot of cloud out there.

This is the next area of low pressure

affecting us, come Thursday.

It's in a development stage.

And this area of low pressure

will become stronger and more powerful

as it moves across the Atlantic,

develops more and then eventually

we'll start to see those gale-force winds

approaching our shores.

With that, we'll see cloud and rain as well.

Not everybody will get the wind, cloud and rain,

but many of us will have an unsettled spell.

This is Wednesday.

Actually, not too bad first in the morning.

There'll be sunshine,

the afternoon's not looking bad

across many southern and eastern areas.

But notice the very outer edges

of that nasty area of low pressure

will be making their presence felt

across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

You can see thicker cloud here

around the Western coasts,

but not cold, around 18 to 20 degrees.

Let's focus on this area of low pressure.

Here it is. Lots of isobars.

This is our first, proper autumn blow.

Gales in the north-west of the country.

In fact quite stormy here for a time.

But those strong winds will be pretty nasty

across the lowlands as well.

Through the middle of Thursday,

we could see gusts of 50mph, 60mph

through these major cities.

In the far north-west, up to as much as 70mph.

And this could be problematic for travel.

There could be restrictions on bridges

across this part of the country.

You'll feel the strength of the wind

further south too, across northern England.

But lots of fine weather as well,

so it's not all bad.

And temperatures still around 20 degrees.

Once that gale blows through,

we'll lose the warmer air

and slightly fresher air will arrive

from the northern climes.

So, by Friday, those temperatures take a dip.

This is early on Friday.

Still just about holding up into the upper teens

across the south-east.

But notice, 13s and 14s,

so a much fresher feel to things,

with one or two showers.

In fact, the showers become

more extensive, come Saturday.

Some heavier ones too.

And for most of us it will be

around 13 to 15 degrees Celsius.

So a cooler day on Saturday.

Then, Saturday night into Sunday,

so the second half of the weekend,

the weather does actually improve.

We're fairly confident there'll be

lots of dry weather around.

Exactly how warm it will get,

I think for most of us around 15 or 16 at best.

The morning might be chilly,

but the good news is, for many of us,

there should be a fair bit of sunshine around.

Beyond that, the start of next week,

this is the pattern.

The jet stream we're expecting

when we see this dip here,

we quite often see that area

of low pressure to the north-west.

There's a high pressure just to the east of us.

So that implies the better of any weather

will be the further south-east and east you are.

There's a suggestion that perhaps we'll see

slightly warmer weather coming in from the south.

But there's always a reservoir of cooler air

waiting out in the Atlantic.

So on balance, the best way

to summarise it is pretty much

what we'd expect this time of year.

Cloudy and more unsettled in the north,

whereas in the south there's a better chance

of getting some drier weather.

Not necessarily warm,

remember, the mornings are getting cooler now

at this time of the year. Bye-bye