09/03/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. On Wednesday, northern England and Northern Ireland

enjoyed some pleasant spring sunshine,

lifting the temperature to 13 Celsius.

That's the temperature New York City is expected to reach on Thursday.

We'll hold on to temperatures in double figures.

In New York City - far from it.

There's a plunge of cold air

coming out of Canada over the next few days,

and by Saturday, New York City,

it is below freezing, there is snow around,

the wind transporting that cold air,

but as we spin the globe across the Atlantic,

it's a very different story

for the next few days.

We'll bring the air in from a mild direction,

the south or southwest,

so we'll continue to have those temperatures,

for many of us in double figures,

with spring-like scenes like this.

This spring-flavoured weather

will be more widely appreciated

and experienced across the UK

during Thursday, cos there's a ridge of high pressure

heading our way,

so more places dry and sunny.

There is a weather front here

with some thicker cloud

and outbreaks of mostly light rain.

There are still showers

in northern Scotland and the Northern Isles,

and a brisk wind. Elsewhere, the wind

is lighter in comparison.

You can see the extent of the dry weather,

and we're going to beat 13 Celsius,

somewhere in southeast England may get to 16.

That said, Thursday night,

down the eastern side - quite chilly

with a touch of frost,

whereas the west is mild, some outbreaks of rain

and that spreads further north during Friday.

And it's such a different look to things,

with all of this cloud around,

but for most of us, it's still mild.

Then the weekend.

It's a changeable picture.

Low pressure pushes weather fronts

across the UK from the Atlantic.

You'll get cloud and rain,

but there are gaps between these systems,

and in a gap it'll be dry and the sun comes out.

We start the weekend with that flow of air

from that mild direction.

By the end of the weekend it's more from the west,

so temperatures may come down a little bit.

This is how Saturday is looking at the moment.

An early area of wet weather clearing eastwards,

and then we're in a gap,

so it's dry and sunny,

double-figure temperatures.

On Sunday, another spell of wet weather,

time for daylight hours for England and Wales,

at the moment. It is behind that

we introduce cooler air with sunshine and showers.

On the last Weather For The Week Ahead,

all the discussion is about high pressure.

What is it going to do? How long is it going to last?

As we go into Monday, here is that high pressure

building in across the UK,

but as we go deeper into next week,

this will be squeezed to the south,

whereas the further north you are,

there will be some weather systems coming in

along the jet stream,

just to the northwest of the UK,

so the northern half of the UK

will see wet and windy weather,

whereas the further south you are,

you're closer to high pressure.

So what does that mean?

High pressure nearby the UK

but exerting its influence

on southern areas, so drier this week compared with last.

The further north you are, you may get some wet and windy weather.

Temperatures look to be close to average

so within the scope of this forecast,

no sign of that New York City cold weather arriving.

But if you like the cold weather,

at least you now know where to go.

That's your weather for the week ahead.