06/05/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there. It's been lovely in Western Scotland for several days

now, plenty of sunshine and some warmth. And we did it again on

Friday. We saw a good deal of sunshine and temperatures got to

20 Celsius in the north-west Highlands. Further east, you got

that breeze coming in across a cool North Sea, so whether you were in

the sunshine or underneath the cloud, temperatures were only

11 degrees and we'll see similar contrasts over the coming few days.

Certainly a lot more cloud in the sky to start the weekend,

for England and Wales but any rain

really confined to the far south-west.

Looks like it will be another lovely day further north in Scotland,

although the north coasts may well be a bit on the cloudy side

but the western side again doing very well, some sunshine

and some warmth, 16 or so in Glasgow, we'll go higher

than that in the north-west Highlands.

14 or 15 in Northern Ireland through the afternoon, some

spells of sunshine. But for northern England, some brighter interludes

but again cool down that North Sea coast. A lot of cloud through the

Midlands and across Wales too but generally it's a dry day -

15 degrees in Cardiff, similar in Exeter, but some rain

not too far away from Exeter. And that rain, well, it doesn't last

too long, it will eventually ease away towards the south

through the evening. And then we're dry pretty much everywhere,

although through the small hours of the morning we might just see

a little bit of rain creeping its way into the far north of Scotland.

And by dawn on Sunday, most of the major towns and cities will be

around about seven or eight degrees, probably hanging onto

double figures in the far south-west.

Second part of the weekend - we've got high pressure in charge

but there is a bit of a breeze down the eastern coast in particular.

Further west, the winds will be a good deal lighter.

And that breeze will bring some low cloud with it and that in

turn will bring some light rain, a few pockets of drizzle.

But away from there,

I think most places will be fine and dry with variable amounts of cloud.

Some sunshine to be had. And in the sunshine, 15 or 16 degrees,

not so bad. Could go a few degrees higher than that in

Northern Ireland but again along that North Sea coast

it's 10, 11 or 12 degrees. Now as we get on to the start of the

new week, those isobars get a bit of a squeeze on them into the

eastern side of the UK.

So quite a breeze blowing down from the north and north-east on Monday.

Again bringing some low cloud,

maybe some pockets of light rain and drizzle.

But again, away from the east coast, it's dry and bright,

variable amounts of cloud and a good deal warmer the further south

and west you go, 16 degrees in Plymouth,

but again only 10 or 11 along that North Sea coast.

As we head on into Tuesday, we've still got high pressure

in charge of our weather, the isobars easing apart,

so the winds are not quite so strong but there's a noticeable

breeze for Lincolnshire, East Anglia and the South East.

A lot of dry weather to be had on Tuesday. Fairly cloudy.

And again, 11 degrees along that North Sea coast,

probably getting up to 14s and 15s at the very best.

Through the middle of the week, high pressure still in charge

but to the north-west, low pressure is gathering and

low pressure is gathering to the south-west as well.

But actually, midweek for most parts it's a decent day,

maybe a few showers in the far north of Scotland

but most places will be fine and dry with a top temperature around about

17 or 18 degrees. And then as we head on to the latter part

of next week, those areas of low pressure look like

they'll begin to bring their influence towards us.

So we are going to see the cloud building, we'll see some rain

at times and the winds will be picking up as well.

And there will be some showers to the north-west of the UK as well.

Now if you're underneath the clouds and you get some rain,

it will feel on the cool side towards the end of next week.

We'll be in the low to middle teens, whereas where you get some

sunshine and there's dry and bright intervals, I think

we'll be in the upper teens, so it should feel pleasant enough.

But those temperatures will be up and down as those bands of

rain move through. So, yes, it is turning a bit more

unsettled later next week, the winds will be picking up.

There will be some showers or longer spells of rain,

but it's certainly not all doom and gloom -

there should be some drier, brighter and warmer interludes.