23/02/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Batten down the hatches -

before we talk about the weather for the next few days,

we must focus on Storm Doris approaching our shores -

powerful storm, and it could be a troublesome day on Thursday,

with disruption and, potentially, structural damage.

Now, the storm is still developing towards the west of us.

This was earlier on - a nasty area of low pressure

being driven by a jet stream, as well.

Very complicated meteorology happening here right now,

as I speak, but that storm will be developing,

heading towards our shores,

and just as it crosses the UK,

it will be at its most intense,

and that's why we are concerned

that some of those winds could cause problems.

But we've also got some snow on the way,

so, it's a double whammy with this weather system.

The snow, admittedly, will fall

across southern and perhaps some central parts of Scotland,

so that's the only area where we are expecting

the potential for disruptive snow -

but there is an amber warning in force

from the Met Office.

Now, it looks like the Southern Uplands,

the Lowlands of Scotland could get some of that snow -

particularly around the outskirts of Glasgow and Edinburgh

and some of us, yes, Scotland

may be waking up to scenes like this

first thing on Thursday morning. So, the snow is in the north.

The worst of the winds

will be a little bit towards the south of that.

North-western England, Wales, the north of England,

the Midlands and also into East Anglia.

Yet another warning -

this is an amber warning for the high winds.

Let's concentrate on these high winds,

because, unusually, we are going to see severe gales

and even storm force winds inland at times.

70 to 80mph gusts.

These sorts of winds we get

off the north-west coast of Scotland, rarely inland.

Towards the south 50, 60mph

will also potentially cause some problems.

So, we could have some trees down,

certainly potential for high sided vehicles being overturned

in those sorts of winds.

Some of us will have some fence panels down.

If you're very unlucky,

we could this see some pretty significant structural damage

in one or two locations - and then, later on Thursday,

the worst of the winds are across Lincolnshire,

parts of East Anglia,

a real sting in the tail of that storm,

and then, later on Thursday, towards midnight,

that storm pulls away.

The isobars, as you can see, open up here.

That means the winds will be lighter

and we're done with the storm.

Now, Friday, we have a different story

in the north-west of the country,

also increasing winds here, but also some outbreaks of rain.

A much, much calmer day across England and Wales.

A little on the cool side in the north -

temperatures only around 5 or 6 degrees Celsius -

and then, as far as the weekend goes,

we have weather fronts crossing the UK.

Again, quite a few isobars -

that means blustery conditions on the way,

but these are quite mild south-westerly winds,

so we're talking about temperatures up to 11 degrees,

even across the north-east of Scotland.

And notice that rain crossing weather front, there,

across the north-west of the UK.

That weather front pulls out towards the east on Sunday,

and then we have another weather front

coming our way off the Atlantic.

So, this is the second one, on Sunday.

Looks like eastern areas, probably the best of the weather,

driest of the weather -

but, for Northern Ireland and Scotland

eventually there will be some rain on Sunday.

So, quite a changeable weekend, I think, on the way.

And here's a look at Monday -

another big area of low pressure across the Atlantic.

In fact, that's the same one - it's just, it's a big one,

it just keeps churning weather fronts

and sending them in our direction -

and, to be honest, there's not an awful lot more

I can say as far as next week's concerned.

It's just going to stay unsettled,

more weather fronts coming our way, fairly mild.

It does look as though things might just settle

towards the end of the week. Bye-bye.