08/01/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. The weather in the UK this weekend

may have been desperately dull so far,

but it is far from that in Eastern Europe at the moment.

In fact, it's bone chillingly cold.

Icy cold extends from Siberia

all the way through

towards Turkey, Greece and Italy,

and on Saturday afternoon,

the high for the day in Krakow in Poland

was -16.

To go with the icy winds, strong, gusty,

was disruptive snowfall -

these scenes coming from Greece and Turkey

through the afternoon.

We'll have some snow in our forecast this week,

but not quite as much as that.

Certainly no snow on Sunday -

cloudy for most once again,

another grey day, misty and foggy over the hills.

Slightly lighter shade of grey into the afternoon,

more in the way of damp weather to western Scotland

and western parts of England and Wales.

Brightest in the east of Wales,

north-east England and eastern Scotland.

Temperatures still above

where they should be for January.

Let's take us through Sunday night and into Monday.

We stick with that rather grey scene,

but the breeze picking up,

fog becoming less of an issue,

Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

But we start to see rain by the end of the night

into western Scotland and Northern Ireland,

and with that, strong to gale-force winds.

It's a mild night, again.

A change in weather patterns from there on.

The jet stream kicks into gear in the north Atlantic,

creeping towards us.

That's going to bring us some more disturbed weather

for the rest of the week.

First is this area of low pressure

between us and Iceland, helping to throw down

this weather front across the UK,

behind which, there will be markedly colder air.

So, for Monday, strong to gale-force winds,

heavy rain start with, Scotland, Northern Ireland.

Wet and windy weather spreads southwards

across England and Wales,

turning a little bit light and patchy,

especially across eastern areas, into the afternoon.

South-westerly winds continue

towards East Anglia and the south-east,

double-figure temperatures, but further north,

these are the highs for the day.

I suspect, by the afternoon, only 4 or 5 Celsius,

frequent showers, but some sunny spells.

The winds get stronger still for a time on Monday night.

Gales and severe gales across the north,

rain, sleet and hill snow,

and we continue with that north-westerly wind

into Tuesday.

So, another cold-feeling day.

Best of the sunshine across eastern areas.

Sunny spells in the west,

but heavy showers with hail and thunder

at times as well,

temperatures starting to recover

a little bit across western areas,

at around 10 degrees, later.

That's because we finish the day

with more of a westerly run of winds again,

coming off the Atlantic this time,

and this developing system,

which starts to develop towards us -

a bit of uncertainty of timings -

will bring much more cloud on Wednesday

and outbreaks of rain.

Some heavy bursts for a time

and then, after a brief milder spell,

it turns colder, with north-westerly winds later on.

These are the highs, probably, during the morning.

In the afternoon, it turns substantially colder.

That's as this weather front works its way southwards,

to end Wednesday and take us into Thursday.

Follow the isobars back,

they come all the way from the Arctic

in some shape or form,

and Thursday is the day some of you could see snow.

It looks like we'll have a weather front

bringing mainly rain across the south,

but you get enough of a north-westerly wind

digging into that later on, there could be a bit of sleet

over higher ground, but frequent showers

further north, a raw and icy day,

and those showers even falling as snow

to lower levels.

One to watch, and keep tuned to the forecast.

It takes us into a cold spell, then,

to run into next weekend.

North-westerly winds, some wintry showers as well.

One thing we'll have to watch

is the chance of an area of low pressure

just running down the west.

That may bring a more substantial area of rain,

and potentially hill snow,

as that pushes its way southwards.

But as we finish the weekend,

going into the start of the following week,

it's going to turn less cold once again,

Atlantic winds push in.

Cloudier, but also wetter and windier.

We swap the chance of snow

for a little bit more in the way of rain.

We'll keep you updated over the next few nights.

Bye for now.

It's back... Let's get ready to grumble. ..with more belligerence...

Can you imagine anything more diabolical? ..moaning...

Walking and eating. Sniffing.