21/05/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Nature has certainly been doing its bit to try and readdress the

lack of rainfall we've seen so far this spring across parts of the UK.

It's been thoroughly wet for some over the past few days,

but over the days ahead, we'll probably see fewer scenes

like this one, that was captured on Saturday afternoon in Bearsden,

just north of Glasgow, and a few more like this one in Cornwall.

Sunny skies and slightly drier as well.

Now, a dry prospect for many, in fact, on Sunday.

We've got high pressure a little bit closer by on Sunday

to the south and east of the country.

Still low pressure out there in the Atlantic and that will

extend a bit of an influence across Northern Ireland first thing.

Cloud, a bit of patchy rain, and that will spread into western parts

of Scotland after a bright start through the afternoon.

But other than that and one or two showers

brewing up here and there across Northern Ireland,

eastern Scotland, northern England and North Wales,

these will be few in number, lighter than the showers

we've seen through Saturday and, really, for many,

it will be a dry Sunday and what you'll also notice

is it'll feel a bit warmer out there as well.

Temperatures for all of us up on what we saw,

maybe up to 20 or 21 Celsius towards the south-east corner.

So, that's how we finish Sunday,

low pressure staying to the west of us.

But we will see some more in the way of rain spreading to Ireland,

western parts of Scotland, as we go into Monday,

as these weather fronts scrape by,

so there will be some wetter prospects on the way.

But, to the south and east of that,

Monday is actually looking a pretty decent day,

with, again, some long spells of sunshine,

just a gentle breeze across eastern areas,

so, after morning mist and fog, it will feel pretty pleasant.

Temperatures will climb more. We could even see them hit the mid-20s

across some parts of the south-east.

Onshore flow in eastern Scotland will keep things cool here

and the cloud and maybe occasional rain west of Scotland

and Northern Ireland will knock down the temperature just a little bit.

But the low pressure is off into Iceland by the time

we get to Tuesday. A ridge of high pressure building in,

and the winds going in to more westerly directions.

So eastern areas will start to feel probably the warmest overall.

In the west, we will see a little bit of cloud at times

around the hills and the coast.

The odd spot of light rain and drizzle can't be ruled out.

For the vast majority, it's another dry day,

and temperatures above where they should be for the time of year.

This weather front will extend a bit more cloud as we go through

the night and into Wednesday,

just enhancing some of the drizzle over the hills,

but even with that, most will stay dry.

Probably the dampest conditions

will be the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland.

Most will have good sunny spells breaking through the morning cloud,

especially to the east of high ground.

A bit of shelter from that westerly breeze.

Temperatures, once again, well above 20 Celsius.

Then high pressure starts to balloon

as we go into the second stage of the week. And, with high pressure

in charge, more of you will be dry.

Difficult at this stage to judge exact amounts of cloud but

there should be some good sunny breaks, especially with the sun

as strong as it is at this time of year.

If we see a shower or two, it will be very isolated.

It'll be set off as we see temperatures climb

into the 20s once again.

And still reasonably warm across some of these eastern districts,

after a rather cool past few weeks.

So we finish with high pressure in charge across the UK.

Into next weekend and the start of the following week,

the high pressure nudges a little bit northwards and eastwards

and that does mean low pressure

could come close by towards the south-west,

so there is the chance of a few showers or storms,

very close to south-western areas but only a small chance.

With that sort of flow coming off of continental Europe,

we could be dragging ever warmer weather our way.

So, as we go into next weekend,

most places not only dry, but increasingly warm.

Widely, temperatures into the 20s, the mid-20s,

but as we finish the weekend, going to the start of the following week,

we may just see an onshore breeze, for those North Sea coasts,

turning things that little bit cooler. Take care.