26/10/2016 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. Like it or loathe it, one of the main facts

about the British weather is its variability.

It doesn't stay the same for very long and evidence

of the next three and a half minutes of this forecast

going into next week covers nearly

all four compass points

in terms of our wind direction and where our weather is coming from.

For a lot of October so far,

it's been an easterly, a cool feel down the eastern side of the UK

and there have been plenty of showers around, but a change for

the rest of the week, we're going from easterly to a westerly.

It's a milder direction for us and there's another change next week.

Will it be northerly

or southerly? All will be revealed.

But this is the effect of the westerly

for Wednesday around

this area of high pressure -

not just milder,

but it does bring back

some Atlantic weather front our way.

The first of those will bring

some outbreaks of rain on Wednesday

for parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland.

England and Wales looking mainly dry

but closer to high pressure

in southern England

where the winds are light,

some patchy, dense fog around

to start the day gradually clearing

and then some sunny spells into the afternoon

and brightening up too.

The other side of the weather front

eventually for Scotland and Northern Ireland

as the day goes on.

And it will be feeling mild,

particularly if we get some sunshine.

That's where temperatures will stay

for the rest of the week by day and night mild,

only limited possibilities for frost.

Now by Thursday, it looks like

there's another weather front

coming our way on that westerly flow.

And that will be threatening Northern Ireland

but particularly north-western Scotland

with some outbreaks of rain and notice

a fairly brisk wind as well.

Elsewhere, the winds are lighter,

could well be a lot of cloud around

and again the risk of some mist and fog

to start the day in southern England

on Thursday and those are your temperatures,

easily into the teens.

And little change by Friday,

although it looks like this area

of high pressure is just beginning

to nudge its way to little bit further north,

expand across the UK,

it looks like this weather front

will push back northwards as it does so.

Not a huge amount of rain left on it.

Some of us may well see some patchy rain

in parts of Northern Ireland,

western Scotland and north-west England.

Lot of cloud around again

and again, there could be some mist and fog

to start the day in southern England on Friday.

Now by the start of the weekend,

that high pressure really has expanded

to cover much of the UK,

so most places, if rather cloudy,

are looking dry to start the weekend.

Again, there could be some fog

around to begin the day.

Bit of a change for part two

of the weekend on Sunday,

high pressure beginning to retreat

a little bit, allowing an Atlantic weather front

to come in and it looks like

Northern Ireland parts of Scotland,

freshening wind once again

and some of us on Sunday could be

dealing with some rain

so I'll keep you updated on that

if you've got outdoor plans

and that takes us into next week.

And I teased another weather change

on the point on the compass,

another different direction

for our weather to come from

and this is the big picture

at the start of next week.

You can ignore this, looks like

it'll pull away southwards.

In fact we need to look north, the high pressure close to Greenland

to low pressure in Scandinavia and the flow of air

around these weather systems, well, that brings a northerly our way

and colder air poised

to spread south as the week goes on.

Now there's still a lot to play for

in terms of timing,

how far south that colder air will get,

how long it will stick around,

but we can expect during next week

for many of us a change to more seasonal weather as it turns colder.

Sunshine and showers

and further north you are in Britain

you may see some snow

out of those showers,

particularly of course

on higher ground.

So we've gone from easterly

to westerly to northerly.

Well, if you're hoping for a change

to warm southerly winds,

oh, come on, it's autumn.

You might have to wait a while.

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