29/05/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. Many places saw some heavy showers

and severe thunderstorms on Saturday.

Sunday, though, was a better picture across much of the UK.

A little bit cooler and fresher but there

was a good deal of sunshine around,

hazy in places, but felt quite warm.

Across the south, we started to see

a change through the course of Sunday afternoon

with thickening cloud,

outbreaks of rain moving up from France, heavy in places.

Through the course of Sunday night,

that rain will continue to move

north with the odd heavier burst on it.

Potentially turning a bit heavier moving in towards

the south-east and east Midlands later on in the night.

Quite a murky but a mild, muggy night in the south

but fairly cool and fresh across the northern half of Scotland

where it will remain dry throughout the night.

Bank Holiday Monday,

this area of low pressure will be slowly moving its way northwards

taking its weather fronts with it, so quite a damp,

dreary day for many central and northern parts.

Outbreaks of rain for Northern Ireland, Scotland

in towards northern and eastern England.

A lot of heavier, thundery bursts there.

To the south, we could be looking at something

a bit drier and brighter developing into the afternoon.

Give it some sunshine with fairly humid air particularly across

the south and the south-east that could spark off

a heavy shower or thunderstorm,

as those temperatures climb to 23, maybe 24 degrees.

But it is going to be cooler across the north and the west

under that cloud and rain.

That area of low pressure slowly pushes off into the North Sea.

Then we look to the west, to this next system which will bring

another spell of rain,

fairly strong winds as well during the course of Tuesday.

Initially, though, Tuesday - central, southern and eastern parts

will start dry with some sunny spells.

Quite breezy, though.

Then this band of rain will push in from the west

eventually reaching the south-east later on in the day.

That system moves away off into the North Sea.

You can see quite a squeeze in the isobars so it could be quite windy

for a while across the northern half of UK.

To the south, this area of high pressure building in for Wednesday.

So, from Wednesday onwards,

it looks like we'll see quite a lot of settled weather

thanks to this area of high pressure.

Light winds, good spells of sunshine and quite warm in places too.

High pressure again with us on into Thursday.

This area of low pressure and its weather front

will try to make inroads.

Eventually, it will do on Friday,

but for Thursday,

a lot of places fine and dry with some sunshine.

Turning cloudy and breezy though across Northern Ireland,

into Western Scotland with outbreaks of rain arriving late in the day.

Quite a warm, pleasant day across central, southern and eastern parts.

On into Friday, that weather front continues to push eastwards

eventually bringing a line of heavy rain

to many western areas.

Ahead of it though, it will actually be a fine day for many

with some really warm sunshine and feeling fairly humid too.

I think if this rain arrives, there is the risk of showers

or thunder storms ahead of it.

We think as we head on in towards next weekend that

that area of low pressure

will clear away and we're looking again to the south and south-east.

The high pressure building and what that will do,

if it settles across the near continent, it means southern

and eastern parts of the country will remain fine and settled.

The low pressure systems moving in off the Atlantic to affect

more northern and western areas.

That means for northern and western parts it will be more unsettled

into next weekend with outbreaks of rain, maybe strong winds at times.

The further south and east you are,

the better chance of seeing the sunshine,

closer to that area of high pressure

where it will also be warm at times.