0:00:04 > 0:00:06Hello there. Of course, British summertime began this weekend.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08That doesn't normally mean that we leap into summerlike
0:00:08 > 0:00:12temperatures but it was quite a remarkable weekend for some of us.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15No more so than across the Highlands of Scotland,
0:00:15 > 0:00:18where all that sunshine sent temperatures soaring.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22In a place called Inverbroom we reached around 20 degrees,
0:00:22 > 0:00:25melting some of that snowfall you can see in the distance.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27The warmest day of the year so far.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31High pressure is responsible, keeping things high and dry,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33keeping the rain bearing weather fronts well at bay,
0:00:33 > 0:00:35and the high-pressure in turn
0:00:35 > 0:00:38is courtesy of a huge block in the Jet Stream.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Think of this block a s a boulder in the stream, if you like,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44keeping the wet weather well at bay.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46But if we fast forward to the end of the week,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49that boulder gets swept away as the Jet Stream starts
0:00:49 > 0:00:52to plough its way right the way across the country.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54That'll bring a marked change in the weather.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57It'll introduce rain bearing weather systems in off the Atlantic
0:00:57 > 0:00:59so we're going to see some wet weather, I think,
0:00:59 > 0:01:01by the end of the week.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03So let's sum up the next few days.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04We start off on that dry note
0:01:04 > 0:01:07but then rain starts to push in from the west.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Having said all that, in any brighter spells,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13it will still feel pleasantly warm at times.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Not exactly warm out there first thing in the morning.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Distinctly chilly, in actual fact.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Single figures and in some places yet again we will wake up to a frost
0:01:20 > 0:01:23across these more rural parts of north-west Britain in particular.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Some areas of low cloud and fog around, too.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29That'll be a change in the weather across some central and eastern
0:01:29 > 0:01:31parts of England, particularly east of the Pennines,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34creeping up towards the coast of south-east Scotland as well.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Most of us, though, actually will have another fine day
0:01:36 > 0:01:38and it'll feel quite pleasant again
0:01:38 > 0:01:40up into the mid, possibly high teens in one or two places.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45Where it stays grey, it will be a lot chillier, just 8 or 9 degrees.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47But in the sunshine, across the south for example,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50getting as high as 16 or 17 degrees.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52And the breeze won't be as strong as it has been
0:01:52 > 0:01:56across these more southern areas through this weekend.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58So a fine start to the week for most of us.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Not going to last for much longer, though.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03That low pressure starts to wind itself up
0:02:03 > 0:02:05and send weather fronts in our direction,
0:02:05 > 0:02:09the first of which will introduce thicker cloud and some showery rain,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11initially to the more southern and western areas.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Quite hit and miss, these showers. Some places avoiding them
0:02:13 > 0:02:15but there'll be some heavy downpours around, I think.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18More northern and eastern parts holding on to the dry weather.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Quite chilly near some North Sea coasts.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23But in the brightness inland, again, temperatures doing pretty well.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26That weather system will be followed by another one
0:02:26 > 0:02:27which has got a bit more oomph in it
0:02:27 > 0:02:29and that does mean some heavier rain,
0:02:29 > 0:02:32again, initially across the more western parts of the country.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Quite a gusty wind, too.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35It'll take some time, though,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38for the rain to move its way further eastwards.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Still some dry and fine weather around.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43By Thursday, that frontal system looks as if it might get
0:02:43 > 0:02:46hooked up across these more southern and eastern areas.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Don't take the position of that too literally but it does introduce
0:02:49 > 0:02:52the chance of some wet weather across the more southeastern
0:02:52 > 0:02:55parts of the UK, which will be a change in the weather here.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Further north and west, a mixture of sunshine and showers,
0:02:58 > 0:03:02and, again, with southerly winds temperatures still doing pretty well
0:03:02 > 0:03:03if you see some brighter spells.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Up into the mid to high teens once more.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08By Friday it's a bit of a mess, frankly.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Don't take the position of these blobs of blue too literally
0:03:10 > 0:03:13but you get the gist, don't you? Much more unsettled.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16There'll be some wet weather around and some of these downpours
0:03:16 > 0:03:17could be quite prolonged as well.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20So some big changes taking place over the next few days.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Into early April, next week we start off on that showery, cool theme
0:03:24 > 0:03:26but there are indications that things might start to turn
0:03:26 > 0:03:29drier again later on in the week from the south.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30I'll update you again tomorrow.