29/04/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead


29/04/2017

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Hello. As the month of April comes to a close,

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it certainly has been a dry affair.

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On a plus point, it has allowed us

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to get out and enjoy the spring beauty.

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We've seen some fantastic pictures of spring - cherry blossom,

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along with some blue sky and sunshine from time to time.

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Rapeseed in full bloom quite early in the season,

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and I'm sure farmers, gardeners and growers amongst you

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are starting to take a keen interest

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in when are we going to see

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significant rainfall.

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Although April hasn't officially

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come to a close

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and we haven't got all the statistics in,

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you can see the darker browns

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denoting that rainfall has been

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below average in many places.

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Now, the potential for change here

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is likely in the southwest

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as we could see heavier rain for the start of the bank holiday weekend,

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but for most of us, the weekend looks quite promising.

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A little warmer than recent days,

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chance of some rain, primarily into the southwest during Sunday.

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Saturday looks very nice indeed.

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A dry start,

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winds from a southerly direction,

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so feeling milder if you get the sunshine,

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and showers chiefly into Northern Ireland,

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southwest Scotland

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and maybe into the Lake District,

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with highs of 17 Celsius,

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63 Fahrenheit.

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Here's that area of low pressure

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pushing into the southwest.

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The winds will increase,

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a noticeably breezier day

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but the rain primarily

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through Cornwall, Devon, Dorset,

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eventually into Wales,

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not arriving in the Midlands till the end of the day,

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and with that south-easterly breeze,

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18 degrees in the southeast.

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We could see a 17

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in sheltered areas of Scotland as well.

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That front grinds to a halt

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as it pushes north and east.

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We're not going to see any significant rain

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in Scotland, so for bank holiday Monday,

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a weak affair, sunny spells

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and scattered showers

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across England and Wales.

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Still quite breezy,

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and that'll make it feel chillier,

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highs are likely of 10 to 15 degrees.

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As we move into Tuesday,

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we see a quieter pattern of weather,

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and the winds will fall light yet again,

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so the isobars open up

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and it looks as though we'll see

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a good deal of dry weather in the story,

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and temperatures up as high as 18 degrees.

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This will set a pattern

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for a warming trend

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for the early half of May.

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Little change on Wednesday,

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again the isobars widely opened up,

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the winds are light,

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however they are pushing in off the North Sea,

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so on exposed east coasts,

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it'll feel chillier.

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Elsewhere, again, a dry, sunny story for many of us.

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One reason is the jet stream.

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It returns back into this

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blocking high-pressure pattern.

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In fact, we could, potentially,

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for early May, see an Omega Block,

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where we've got high pressure centred across the UK

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surrounded by low pressure,

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so the high not really for moving very far very fast,

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and that is going to allow those temperatures to climb on the up

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for the first seven to ten days of May,

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maybe into the low 20s.

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So that is good news,

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but it does come with a caveat.

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With the winds coming in off the cold North Sea

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on exposed east coasts,

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it'll just feel that bit cooler.

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Get in some shelter.

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Further west, not looking too bad at all.

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That's it. Enjoy your bank holiday weekend

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whatever you're doing.

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