19/02/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Over the past few days, the weather has been

starting to feel a bit less like winter

and rather more like spring.

Certainly during the course of Saturday, we had a mild day,

the warmest day of the year so far,

15 degrees in North Wales.

Here's the sunshine captured by a weather watcher

in Kingston, Greater London,

during the course of Saturday.

Now, through the week ahead, things will stay mild,

particularly for the first part of the week.

There will be wind and rain at times,

mainly towards the north-west,

but equally, some sunshine around in the south and east,

and where we do get that sunshine coming through on Monday,

we could well see those thermometers rise

to around about 17 Celsius or so

in a few sheltered spots towards the east -

not everyone seeing

those very mild temperatures.

Through Sunday, what have we got?

We've got a lot of cloud moving in from the west,

some of that low cloud

bringing some mist, hill fog and drizzle

for the likes of the west of Scotland,

Northern Ireland, Wales

and western parts of England, too.

Central and eastern parts of England

and eastern Scotland should see the best

of the sunshine, and here,

we're likely to see temperatures

of 12 or 13 degrees.

Further west, it looks like

around 10 or 11 Celsius

with the outbreaks of patchy rain

and the low cloud and hill fog.

We'll continue to see that rain

across the west of Scotland,

quite a breeze blowing here

through Sunday night.

Some of that rain sinking south

across parts of northern England and Wales.

But we have got this very mild air

sitting out towards the south-west

and our winds are going to be coming

from that direction,

so blowing that very mild air

across our shores.

Not everyone is seeing it.

It'll be fresher for Northern Ireland

and Scotland, quite a breeze blowing here

and outbreaks of rain,

whereas further south and east

across England and Wales,

that's where you've got the mild air.

Most places dry. Where the cloud breaks,

we're likely to see temperatures

as high as perhaps 15, even 17 degrees or so,

just in a few spots.

Not quite as warm further north, though.

So, we've still got that mild air with us

as we head through the last part of Monday

and on into Tuesday, too.

You'll notice the wind arrows

coming in from a west or north-westerly direction

towards northern parts of the country,

so some cooler conditions for a time

as we look through Tuesday

towards the north-west and, again,

it's western parts of the country that will

tend to see more cloud and outbreaks of rain,

whereas eastern areas will stay predominantly dry

through the day on Tuesday,

with some sunshine for the likes of Aberdeenshire,

down towards East Anglia and Kent, too.

Temperatures, by the time we get to Tuesday,

probably not quite as warm as Monday,

but still between about 10 to 13 degrees

for most of us.

Now, here's the pressure,

looking into the middle part of the week.

We've got low pressure

moving to the north of the UK,

some quite tight isobars, I think,

heading into Wednesday,

as the frontal system moves its way

west to east across the country,

so a blustery feel to the weather

by the time we get to Wednesday.

Some rain towards the west,

slowly making its way southwards and eastwards,

but that should peter out, I think,

later on in the day.

A return to fresher conditions

with sunshine and showers -

still, temperatures up

at around 13 or 14 degrees.

Heading towards Thursday,

a slightly colder night, I think,

Wednesday night into Thursday.

Then we see this next frontal system

approaching from the Atlantic,

could be some hill snow

on the northern edge of that,

then looking towards the end

of next week into next weekend,

it does look like we'll have

this kind of set-up -

low-pressure moving into the north-west,

higher pressure sitting out

across the near continent, dragging in the air

from predominately a west

or south-westerly direction,

bringing some fairly unsettled weather,

mainly towards the north-west of the country,

with wind and rain at times, too,

perhaps even a little hill snow,

and after that very mild start to the week,

things will start to turn a little bit colder

once again by next weekend.

That's it for now.

Helen Willetts will update you tomorrow.

Bye-bye.