25/03/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Let's see what the weather is up to over the next few days.

We've been promising fine weather this weekend and, indeed, that

is the case. Lots of sunshine on the way.

It will be a little chilly in the morning

so there are clear skies developing now.

Temperatures will be dipping like a stone overnight.

Once the skies turn clear everywhere.

We are still saying goodbye to the last of the cloudier weather we

have seen across the UK.

By the early hours of Saturday morning,

right across the country, lots of clear weather around.

Mist and fog will be forming, for example, around the

Vale of York where the winds are light in the middle of that high.

Temperatures, from about the north Midlands northwards,

out of town will be below freezing.

To the south of that, just above freezing.

A nippy morning first thing but it will dawn on a sunny note.

Here it is, skipping to lunchtime.

Temperatures in some spots could get up to around 16, 17 degrees.

But these eastern coasts, with the breeze coming out of the east,

north-east, it will be chilly from Norwich to the coast of Kent.

Could be only around nine or 10 degrees on the coast.

I want to just remind you that Saturday night into Sunday,

the clocks go forward. 1am becomes to 2am, just like that.

Sunday itself, again high pressure is dominant across the UK.

Very little changes. You'll notice there are some lows here.

We'll talk about those in a second.

The high pressure still very much in charge of the scene on Sunday.

The winds will turn lighter, even across the south and south-east.

So everywhere a very decent day.

For most of us it will be around 13 or 14 degrees but I wouldn't

be surprised if it was up to 15 or 16 in some spots.

Let's skip to Monday because that is when we start to see changes.

The high pressure still in charge of the weather but look at this big

low across the Atlantic, it really is a large beast.

Rain and cloud associated with it but at this stage on Monday,

it is still way out in the Atlantic.

It is not really influencing our weather too much.

In fact, that low pressure could be our friend to an extent

because by the time we get to Tuesday,

it approaches the British Isles, still dry across most of the UK,

but I want to point out what it does with the wind.

With the wind spiralling around like this in an area of low pressure,

what it is doing is scooping up all of the warmth that is to the south

of us, so across France and maybe Spain, and moving in our direction.

So while western areas by Wednesday turn cloudy with spots of rain,

the winner in this scenario will probably be eastern parts of

the country because here we will get that air wafting up from the south.

Remember, the low pressure scooping up the warmth and sending it to

the UK so temperatures possibly in the high teens.

Beyond that, perhaps not quite so optimistic.

That low currently is expected to roll over the UK.

Even eastern areas will end up getting

a little bit more cloud and rain.

The thinking is that by next weekend, that low should be

just about out of the way and the high pressure will return.

Let's summarise all of this.

Sunny this weekend,

eventually unsettled but with the caveat it could be warm next week,

at least in the east. Next weekend should be drier once again. Bye-bye.