30/04/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. It's a bank holiday weekend

and we have very few bank holiday weekends

where we get no rain whatsoever.

This one is no exception.

It's not going to be a wash-out by any means,

but some central and southern areas

will see rain on Sunday and into Bank Holiday Monday.

One thing is for sure - it has been a little bit warmer,

certainly than what it has been for the past week,

where we've had some wintry showers.

It will turn quite windy,

particularly on Sunday, and, like I mentioned,

there will be some rain across southern parts.

Been a glorious day on Saturday

across the south coast,

like this picture shows in Hampshire,

but further north, we had a lot of cloud.

Now, Sunday's starting off on a dry note -

quite windy, though.

There will be spells of sunshine.

Best of it across northern, central

and eastern areas,

because across the south-west,

a weather front will be moving northwards and eastwards,

introducing some pretty heavy rain in places.

To the north, it stays dry,

where you have the sunshine feeling quite warm,

temperatures into the upper teens Celsius.

Now, this area of low pressure

will be affecting much of central southern Britain

through the course of Bank Holiday Monday.

It looks like some areas will be quite wet,

other areas seeing some showers,

and also some sunny spells in-between.

I think southern coastal areas will see

most of the rain, it'll feel quite cool,

with a strong wind.

Fairly windy across Scotland, but here,

you'll see the best of the sunshine,

especially Western Scotland in towards Northern Ireland.

With some shelter from that easterly wind,

we could be seeing temperatures

around 17 or 18 degrees

across the North-West Highlands.

Generally speaking,

around the low to mid teens Celsius in the sunshine.

Now, this area of low pressure

eventually begins to pull away

in towards the near continent.

Things turn a bit drier

as we head on in towards Tuesday,

and then you'll notice high pressure,

a ridge of high pressure,

starts to influence our weather.

So looks like we'll still have the remnants

of that area of low pressure

bringing some showers to the east coast,

in towards East Anglia.

The further west you are, the better the sunshine,

and the best of the temperatures.

And that's the set-up as we head through

the course of the week -

west will always fare best, because eastern areas

will have a bit of a nagging easterly breeze

and sea temperatures are quite cool

in the North Sea. Bit of a breeze

across the south-east, through the Channel,

that'll take the edge off the temperatures,

where we'll also have a fair amount of cloud.

Head further inland,

and when you get some sunshine,

it'll feel very pleasant,

especially across Scotland,

Western Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Now, high pressure is firmly in control

as we head on in towards Thursday,

looks like winds will be lighter

the further north you are, a bit more of a breeze

across the east and the south-east.

So feeling quite chilly

across eastern coastal areas.

Like I mentioned, further south than west,

with some sunshine and shelter

from that north-easterly wind,

then you'll see the best of the temperatures.

The reason why it is cool on the coast,

particularly in the east,

is because sea temperatures,

as you can see, are ranging between

7 and 9 Celsius,

so you'll have to head further inland

and towards the west, where you have the sunshine,

to feel the warmth.

Now, as we head beyond this period,

Thursday into Friday,

high pressure will continue

to dominate the picture,

but this area of low pressure

will be pushing up across southern areas,

so we could see thicker cloud

and also a few showers being

pushed in towards southern England.

So for the start of May,

this is the set-up -

high pressure dominates the scene

to the north of the UK,

low pressure to the south,

and what it will do

is bring average temperatures,

maybe even a little below average,

for the time of year,

as we will be pulling in air

off from the North Sea.

So it will be mainly settled

closer to that area of high pressure,

cooler, like I mentioned, particularly at night,

but in the sunshine, it'll still feel quite warm.

Further south, we are likely to see a few showers

and more cloud because of that area of low pressure

pushing up into Biscay,

and here, we should see more sunshine

where it'll feel a little bit warmer.