11/06/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello, there. Low pressure was the driving force behind our weather for the start of the weekend.

A fair bit of cloud, rain for many, but not the south east,

it was fine, sunny, and quite warm.

But that weather front, overnight, will drift its way towards

the south east, bringing cloud and maybe a spot or two of rain.

But low pressure really is the driving force of our weather

for the second part of the weekend as well.

Quite a few isobars on the chart.

That means it is going to be quite a breezy day, strongest winds

always across the north and the west of the UK.

And that is where you will find most of the showers.

Scattered showers, really, for the western side of England and Wales.

The showers will be a bit more frequent in Scotland

and in Northern Ireland, too.

A slice of sunshine down through the Midlands,

but some parts of East Anglia, the far south east, it will be

fairly cloudy with a little bit of light rain and drizzle on and off.

Not quite as warm as today but still into the low 20s in the

south-eastern corner, and 16, 17, or 18 for Glasgow and Belfast.

Into the evening,

we've still got showers across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

One or two in the western side of England and Wales.

The further east you go, it's essentially a fine and dry story,

and by dawn on Monday,

temperatures will be down to roundabout 12 or 13 degrees,

maybe just a little bit lower than that as you head up towards

the northern isles but even here, we are staying with double figures.

Now, Monday itself, I think we've still got some showers forecast,

mainly in the north-western quadrant of the UK.

One or two cropping up further south, but generally,

I think it's largely dry here.

Not particularly windy the further south you happen to be but

there will be some strong winds for a time in southern Scotland,

down in the central lowlands in particular,

and temperatures down by a notch or two again, roundabout 19 or 20

degrees in the south-eastern corner, 14, 15, or 16 for Glasgow,

and in Belfast.

Now, to get on into Tuesday,

we see pressure trying to build from the south,

but equally we've got these weak weather fronts

just grazing their way by the north west of the UK

so we will see some thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain.

Moving away from Northern Ireland and pushing into central Scotland,

the bulk of England and Wales looks like it will have

a pretty decent day, light winds, patchy cloud, some sunshine,

and temperatures in the upper teens or the low 20s quite widely.

Maybe down to about 15 or so in the north of Scotland.

Then, as you head on into Wednesday, pressure still building from

the south, but equally we've still got these weak weather fronts

just going around the top of that high,

bringing again a bit of a breeze towards the north west of the UK

and some cloud and outbreaks of rain as well.

But again on Wednesday, England and Wales,

it looks like it will be another pretty decent day.

Patchy clouds, sunny spells, light winds as well,

and that bit warmer, 25 degrees or so in the south east.

In the low 20s quite widely.

Even in Scotland, Northern Ireland, it's the upper teens.

Now, as we look further afield, we have to think about the upper

atmosphere and what is happening with the jet stream.

Potential developments in the United States have implications

further downstream for us, but at the moment

it looks like the jet stream, as it makes it way across

the Atlantic, will be flattening out to some degree.

It will still be picking up some areas of low pressure and

pushing them towards us but at the moment, as we look towards the

latter part of next week, this is what the overall setup looks like.

High pressure to the south of the UK should keep things fairly quiet

but we've got low pressure not too far from the north and west,

so that means a higher chance of seeing cloud and outbreaks of rain.

It looks like that low will get nearer as we head towards

next weekend, but equally that high builds in across the southern

half of the UK, and that will bring fine and settled weather with it.

Winds goes clockwise around that high,

that will be bringing some pretty warm air up from the south,

but next weekend, yes, we are looking at rain at times,

in the north and west of the UK, it will be quite breezy as well.

Elsewhere, it should become mostly dry, and as I said,

we've got those southerly winds coming around that high

and that's going to warm things up quite nicely.