03/04/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there. It was mixed fortunes this weekend.

We had low pressure in charge of the weather on Saturday.

That brought some sunshine, yes, but also a good scattering of showers.

This was the view taken by one of our Weather Watchers in the

Highlands of Scotland.

But high pressure took over on Sunday,

and that brought a very pleasant day to most parts of the UK -

a good deal of sunshine,

a bit of patchy cloud here and there but a lovely view across the water

captured again by one of our Weather Watchers in St Ives in Cornwall.

The week ahead's looking pretty good. Very little rain to speak of.

There will be some, as you'll see in a minute,

but overall it's looking fine and settled for the most part,

daytime highs typically 12 to 14 degrees.

There are some chilly nights

in the forecast, as well, though. We start Monday on a chilly note.

There'll be a few patches of mist and fog for some southern and

eastern coastal counties. Shouldn't last too long.

Overall, England and Wales are looking at a pleasant day.

A good deal of sunshine, a breeze coming in from the south.

It'll feel quite warm for some, but different in the north and west.

We've got clouds, a bit of a breeze and some outbreaks of rain

into Northern Ireland and Western Scotland.

Eastern Scotland should do quite well

well on into the afternoon, staying dry and bright.

Further west, it's quite cloudy and breezy,

and there'll be some rain just fringing into western

Wales, and it's not too far away from Cornwall by the

middle of the afternoon.

So clouding over ahead of the rain, but I think in the Midlands and much

of eastern England we're going to hang on to some pretty decent

spells of sunshine well on into the afternoon,

and top temperatures in the south-east at 15 or 16 degrees.

That rain does move eastwards Monday night into Tuesday.

It fizzles out, though, very little left by Tuesday morning in

the south-eastern corner, and behind it it's bright and breezy.

Maybe a few showers coming in on the

breeze to the north and the west of the UK.

Top temperatures around 14 or 15 degrees, and that'll be in

the south-eastern corner, 10 to 12 or 13 for Glasgow and for Belfast.

Now, as we go through Tuesday night into Wednesday, this big area

of high pressure becomes quite well established across the UK.

A fair number of isobars across the north of the UK,

which means it'll be a bit breezy here through the middle of the week.

But apart from that we've got a lot of dry and bright weather,

with lighter winds the further south and west you go.

Variable amounts of cloud, some sunshine, just about everywhere

in double figures, peaking at around about 14, maybe 15 degrees.

A lot of dry weather, just a shower or two coming in on that

breeze towards the north of the UK.

And then, through Wednesday night into Thursday,

we've still got high pressure in charge.

Still a fair number of isobars across the north of the UK,

so still quite breezy here, but most of the rain is well to

the north of the UK and most places will have a decent day on Thursday.

Again a bit of a chilly start,

and by the afternoon it's 11 degrees in Glasgow,

13 or 14 in the London area with a lot of bright weather to be had.

And we end the week on a fairly similar note.

A bit chilly first thing, but a lot of dry,

bright weather with the lightest winds the further south you are.

And again, it's 12 to 14 degrees for Cardiff and for London,

maybe 11 or so for Glasgow and for Belfast.

Now, as we head on into the following weekend,

high pressure is still just about in charge.

It's slipping away towards the south,

and lower pressure is getting closer to the north of the UK,

which means we might see a little bit of cloud and rain towards

the north, but further south we've still got that high just

about lingering on. Particularly in the southern half of the UK

it should still be quite settled and also relatively warm.

However, changes are afoot as we look towards the following week,

because it looks as if a change in type is on the way.

Low pressure will be taking over, and as it does so,

it's going to introduce this much colder north-westerly wind.

Temperatures might start off around about average,

but I think early into the following week we are going to see

things turning colder across the board and it's going to

turn more unsettled, lots of showers. And those showers are

not just a bit of rain, there's some wintry weather in the north.