01/06/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there. It is the last day of meteorological spring,

and we haven't got all the statistics in yet

from the Met Office, but the provisional statistics

suggest that spring was a good deal drier than average.

The white colours indicate average amounts of rainfall,

but as you can see most of the map is brown,

indicating less than the average amount of rain.

Nothing exceptional -

most places have seen 75% to 90% of their normal amount of rainfall.

And there is some rain on the way

for the first day of meteorological summer

thanks to this area of low pressure to the north-west of the UK

throwing these weather fronts at us.

It's going to be a very slow-moving weather feature and it will

start off in Northern Ireland,

bringing some rain and a bit of a breeze as well.

That will slowly creep its way across

into the western side of Scotland.

Ahead of that, it's a bit of a grey start in some parts of

England and Wales, particularly in the south, but that will burn away

and we'll see a good deal of sunshine coming through.

And it's going to be quite a warm afternoon,

25, 26 degrees in the south-eastern corner,

the low 20s quite widely, but something a little bit fresher

is coming in behind our weather front,

which as I say is a fairly slow-moving feature.

It will slowly work its way across Scotland,

then we start to see these little ripples on this weather front

and that's just going to slow its progress,

but eventually it will make its way towards the south-eastern corner.

But as we head towards Friday,

still got some warm air across the southern half of the UK.

In fact, it's going to be a very warm day,

but all the while it's turning a little bit fresher

from the north and west.

So, there is our weather front draped across some parts of

northern England, Wales and the south-west.

Some of that rain could be quite heavy

but ahead of that it will turn very warm indeed,

could get 27 degrees,

and that might spark off one or two thunderstorms.

Then, as we head on into the weekend,

it will be a mixture of sunny spells

and a good scattering of showers as well.

But as those westerly winds start to get in across the UK,

it will drop those temperatures and bring a fresher feel to most places.

So, through Friday evening, still a chance of some thunderstorms,

then our weather front pushes all of that

across towards the near continent.

Then we're into those westerly winds,

so it's a fresher day on Saturday.

Still into low 20s in the south-eastern corner,

but most places will be in the upper teens -

16 or 17 will be a bit more typical.

And then Saturday night into Sunday,

still got these westerly winds coming in from the Atlantic,

areas of low pressure not too far away from the UK.

It will be a breezy day on Sunday, nothing too untoward in terms

of the strength of the wind but a noticeable breeze,

and there will be a fair bit of cloud around and some showers.

Most of the showers will be in the west,

a little bit drier for the east.

And again, most places will be in the upper teens,

a few might just get into the low 20s.

As we head into the early part of the coming week,

we've still got low-pressure in charge of our weather

and further areas of low pressure

lurking out in the Atlantic heading our way.

So it looks fairly unsettled and Monday I think

will be a fairly breezy day.

We'll see some showers coming in from the west on that breeze

and again, temperatures will be in the middle to upper teens -

17 or 18 will be the peak temperatures on Monday.

And then into the early parts of the week, yes, through Tuesday

we start to see this next area of low pressure coming our way.

That's going to bring some wind and some rain with it.

So an unsettled look to things,

but high pressure is still lingering across the near continent,

so that will just about exert its influence

across the south-eastern corner

as you head towards the latter part of next week.

But all the while, low-pressure systems will be pushing their way

across the north and west of the UK. Those low-pressure systems

are driven along by the jet stream,

which is arching its way to the north of the UK.

So, later next week it's a north-west, south-east split.

Cooler, wetter conditions in the north-west,

gales will be possible here.

In the south-east it will be drier and it will be warmer,

but that warmth may well spark off some thunderstorms.

Bye for now.