17/04/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there.

High pressure will never be far away from our shores as

we go through the week ahead.

What does that mean?

Well, it means a fair amount of dry weather in the

forecast and some of us have had some dry weather on Easter Sunday,

with some sunny spells.

But it wasn't the case everywhere.

There was thicker cloud and some outbreaks of rain

as well further north.

This from one of our Weather Watchers in Cumbria.

But the weather system responsible is moving off into the

near continent, leaving high pressure to take control from

the west.

However, with this area of low pressure to the east, we start

Easter Monday with a northerly wind, and particularly behind this

front here, which will be diving south, we are going to have some

cold air working its way and that air coming all the way from

the Arctic.

So certainly quite a chilly feel to the day and some wintry

showers sliding across northern and eastern areas.

Most of snow over high ground, particularly as this front gets down

as far south as northern England.

Elsewhere, we will see some spells of sunshine

developing, one or two scattered showers, temperatures though just

eight degrees in Aberdeen with a fairly brisk breeze as well.

Now our little weather front continues to

journey its way south through the night.

As the skies clear, behind it is going to turn chilly,

particularly out in the countryside.

A really frosty night to come in places.

That could be a bit of a shock to the system if you're

heading back to work early on Tuesday morning.

But as well as frosty nights in the week ahead,

there is going to be a lot of dry weather and some spells

of sunshine.

High pressure, it's still with us on Tuesday.

If anything it drifts back south-westwards across the UK.

Notice though fairly tightly squeezed isobars across this

south eastern corner.

So a keen north-easterly breeze making it feel chilly.

Also bringing one or two showers here.

For most areas though it is a dry day, but

temperatures particularly across the northern half of the UK,

pegged back into single digits.

Tuesday night into Wednesday, high pressure firmly in charge.

It's going to be a very cold night.

Some spots might get down as low as minus six or minus

seven degrees, believe it or not.

Into Wednesday, still one or two showers across the south-east, but

we will lose the strength of that north-easterly wind.

Some sunshine in the south.

More cloud further north and for Thursday that cloudier

weather will drift further south and east.

Having said that, sunshine in the south-east could lift

temperatures to 16 or 17 degrees.

Some rain across the far north-west of Scotland.

Now that wet weather is tied in with this weather front,

quite a weak affair, but as it slides its

way across Scotland on

Friday, it will bring the return of some colder air from the north.

Just nine or ten degrees here on Friday afternoon.

Whereas towards the south-east, we could well get up

into the high teens.

So a bit of a contrast in our temperatures by this stage.

By next weekend, high pressure is still not that far away,

but it does drift a little bit further west allowing the winds to

switch around to more of a northerly.

Now, of course, it's the jet stream that drives all our

weather systems and by next weekend the jet stream looks likely to be

driving down the eastern side of the UK and that is going to spin up

areas of low pressure, it is closest to these areas of low

pressure across the north and east that we

have some potential for some windy and at times wet weather and maybe

even some wintry showers.

Because notice that cold air is returning

from the north.

So through next weekend and beyond it is going to

turn colder, frosty nights, it will be windy at times, particularly

towards the north-east, where there will also be some rain

and maybe even some wintry showers.

That's all from me for now.