13/04/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead


13/04/2017

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Well, if you're hoping for some glorious weather this Easter

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weekend, well, it's not going to happen, we're certainly not going

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to have the warmth we had not all that long ago.

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It's looking pretty cool and showery,

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in the run-up to Easter and throughout Easter itself.

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There will be differences from day-to-day, regionally,

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but overall, across the UK,

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the general weather pattern isn't going to change an awful lot.

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We have a very weak area of high pressure to the south of us

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and also an equally weak area of low pressure to the north.

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What does that mean?

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Well, actually, not an awful lot to most of us,

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because it just means there will be a fair amount of cloud around,

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with some sunshine and showers across the north-west of the UK.

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We need more powerful,

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bigger weather systems to push the whether through, to see bigger

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changes, and we're just not getting that out there in the Atlantic.

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And one such weather system comes through during the course of

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Thursday night into Good Friday.

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Quite a few weather fronts here, but actually, they're very slow-moving,

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very sluggish, not an awful lot of wind, but actually quite a bit

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of cloud.

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So, on Good Friday, it starts off pretty overcast across southern

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areas, especially where these weather fronts are crossing,

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and with that comes a chance of catching some rain.

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Whereas, to the north, away from these weather fronts,

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particularly northern England, Scotland,

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it looks like the weather will be just that little bit brighter,

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but here, too, because there is an area of high pressure to the

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north, here too there will be some showers on and off,

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throughout the course of the day.

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And it's going to be pretty cool as well.

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Now, this is Saturday,

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so again it's a really messy picture on the weather map.

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And high pressure is just about to the west of our neighbourhood,

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low pressure is here,

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between we get this north-westerly flow of air,

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so it remains cool and actually, Saturday may end up being

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a reasonably good day, there could be some lengthier sunny spells,

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particularly across southern areas.

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And this high pressure kind of hangs on to the south during the

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course of Easter Day.

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Whereas, in the north we've got a weather front and with

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the weather front sitting across northern parts of the UK

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during Easter,

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it does look as though it will be pretty cloudy with some rain.

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But in the south, it looks like it'll be

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a little bit drier and brighter.

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So, we're not really forecasting any substantial heavy outbreaks

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of rain, nor particularly overcast conditions,

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they are just sort of nuances from day-to-day.

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Having said that, on Easter Day, and into Easter... Into Tuesday,

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we are going to see weather fronts moving off the Atlantic in a

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more substantial way,

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so a bigger weather front arrives on Easter Monday and will be

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crossing us over the next 24 hours from that,

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and that means thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain,

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perhaps more of a breeze coming in from the south-west as well.

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But eastern areas, as you can see here,

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a little bit drier and brighter.

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And then that low barrels across the UK, over a period of

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around 24 to 48 hours, sitting right on top of us on Tuesday.

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So, I think quite a blustery day, with some showers.

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So, you get the message that from early next week the weather does

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turn a little bit more unsettled, a little bit more changeable.

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And then beyond that,

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that low that parks itself across the UK or barrels

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through slowly, drifts down towards Benelux during the

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course of early to middle of next week,

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and with high pressure to the west,

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you can see how the winds blow round the high pressure here,

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around the low pressure here, in between

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you get a flow of cooler northerly air. So, overall,

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after all of that,

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it doesn't look like there's any major change to our weather.

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That's it.

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