12/01/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. A lot going on with the weather over the next few days,

and there are numerous Met Office weather warnings in force,

so do bear that in mind,

particularly if you have some travel plans.

And that's certainly the case for the day on Thursday.

Strong winds and some snow in the forecast

may well hamper your travel plans,

so stay tuned by keeping up-to-date on BBC local radio.

Here's the big picture.

Low pressure to the south of the UK, low pressure to the north of the UK.

In between, quite a squeeze on those isobars.

Another blustery day, particularly so in Scotland.

Blowing a gale here, frequent wintry showers.

Some wintry weather, too, Northern Ireland, northern England.

Further south, a lot of rain, but as it bumps up into the cold air,

may well turn to snow in parts of south-west England, South Wales

and through the Midlands by the afternoon.

Going to feel really cold, particularly in more northern parts,

feeling like it's a good few degrees below freezing.

Then, through the evening, a real ugly mix of rain, sleet and snow

works its way through East Anglia and the south-east.

Could see a few centimetres of snow lying on the ground

by the end of the day.

Then it clears away, turns really cold and really frosty

with further wintry showers.

By dawn on Friday, major towns and cities

a degree or so either side of freezing.

Rural spots will go several degrees below,

so it'll be a cold, frosty, potentially icy start

to the day on Friday.

Friday itself, another windy day.

Strong wind coming down from the north.

It's going to bring some wintry showers to the western coast,

northern coast and to the eastern coast as well.

And a really strong wind down the North Sea coast,

going to generate some very large waves.

Could well be some overtopping of some of the coastal defences,

so bear that in mind.

Move inland and it looks like a pretty decent day -

cold and windy.

Five of six degrees on the face of it, but even

in Cardiff and London, it'll feel it's around about freezing.

Further north, it'll feel like it's well below once again.

Now, Friday night into Saturday,

the winds are still coming in from the north-west,

but the air is now coming in from the mid Atlantic,

so turning things a little bit less cold from the west

for the first part of the weekend,

but with some cloud and some rain.

But six to eight degrees here, brighter further east,

but still really quite chilly -

only twos and threes for that North Sea coast.

The milder air is trying to come in.

I think it will do for many for the second part of the weekend,

but comes with a fair bit of cloud and rain.

Looks like it'll be quite wet, actually, to start the day

in the south-east of England, East Anglia too.

But that rain becomes lighter with time.

Turning milder from the west, though.

Ten degrees for Belfast and Cardiff,

sixes and sevens along the east coast.

So, the milder air is trying to come in,

but through Monday, again, there's going to be

a fair bit of cloud and rain with that relatively mild air.

The rain could be heavy for a time, and it'll be slow to get its way

towards East Anglia and the far south-east,

but I think it will do eventually.

Again, we've got ten degrees for Plymouth and for Belfast,

sixes and sevens for Newcastle and for Norwich.

Now, as we head towards Monday night and on Tuesday,

patchy rain fizzles out across the south-eastern corner of the UK,

high pressure is building in,

but there is a big low towards the north and west of the UK.

That low may well bring some wind and some rain

into the early part of next week across the north and west of the UK,

but for many of us, high pressure will dominate.

Underneath that, it could well be quite cold

with some patchy frost and some fog.

Later next week, looks like the high will drift a little bit

towards the near continent,

but its influence will still be felt on our shores,

a cold, easterly wind for many.

That could bring a few snow showers to the eastern coast.

But towards the north and west later next week,

it looks like it'll be relatively mild

with cloud, wind and rain,

quite cold and frosty further south and east.

So, later next week, yes, unsettled in the north-west,

a few wintry showers on the eastern side of England in particular

and still some overnight fog,

and it looks like it will be quite cold for most of us.