16/07/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello - so far, not so good for the weekend weather,

although some of us brightened up on Saturday afternoon.

24 Celsius at Hereford,

as the sun made an appearance.

Most of us stayed cloudy,

and of course, there was some

wet weather around.

Eased for some, but in Highland Scotland,

it continued for much of the day.

Now, the picture for Sunday

is a little bit clearer,

because we've just got one weather front,

this one, working its way

southwards across the UK.

To the north of that, it's going to be

a sunnier picture for Scotland,

for Northern Ireland, eventually northern England -

still a few showers, though,

in northern Scotland, merging to give

a spell of rain later in the day,

quite windy, here.

With our weather front working south

across the rest of England and Wales,

cloudier skies, a few spots

of light rain and drizzle,

and maybe a few late day showers from that.

Ahead of that, though, far south

and south-east seeing some sunny spells,

and into Kent and Sussex,

temperatures might reach into the upper 20s

and still quite humid.

Now, at Wimbledon, what does that mean?

I think there will be a few brighter breaks coming through.

There's cloud, it'll be a warm day,

and there is a chance for a late day shower.

Now, at Silverstone, for the Grand Prix,

well, final practice and qualifying on Saturday

was interesting cos of the wet weather,

and as that weather front works through Silverstone on Sunday,

there could be a bit of light rain around for the race,

so that could make things interesting.

The weather front continues to edge southwards

during Sunday evening.

Could be a few sharp showers with that

into parts of East Anglia

and again parts of south-east England

to end the day.

The weather front clipping northern Scotland

with some rain moves away, then for Monday,

it is high pressure building in.

Still quite breezy for a time in Scotland,

but for many of us, it'll be light winds

with high pressure.

It offers plenty of sunshine for Monday

and if this is your comfort zone for temperatures,

you're certainly in that, in the mid to low 20s.

But there is something warmer on the way

for a time midweek, starting to bring up

some heat from the south,

and this area of low pressure

starts to introduce the threat

of some storms eventually, too.

Now, most of us on Tuesday,

will stay dry, warm, sunny spells -

warmer, more humid, too.

But towards the end of the day

in the south and south-west,

cloud building could see some

of these thunderstorms breaking out.

It may well be they don't have

a lot of rain associated with them initially,

just a lightning show.

They'll continue to head north on Tuesday night

and then merge with the weather system

coming from the Atlantic to produce an area of rain

affecting some of us

across the northern half of the UK on Wednesday,

whereas to the south of that,

there could be some severe thunderstorms

breaking out in places,

that means there could be a lot of rain

in a short space of time - lightning, hail,

but by no means everybody will get those.

As we go into Thursday, that system pulls away

from the north-east of Scotland,

what we're left with on Thursday

is the return of an Atlantic flow,

so it'll feel fresher once again,

although the fresher air will take a while

to reach East Anglia and south-east England,

so still into the 20s, here.

Most of us, though, in the teens

with that breeze, sunny spells,

and one or two showers.

For Friday and into the weekend,

it looks like this -

high-pressure to the south,

occasionally ridging in,

especially across southern parts

of the UK, keeping low pressure

close to northern areas.

A bit breezy at times, especially

the further north you are.

In fact, the further north you are,

you are closer to low pressure,

so next weekend, you're more likely to be unsettled.

Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England,

windier compared with elsewhere.

Maybe some spells of wet weather

moving through at times.

To the south, you're closer to high pressure.

May still see some weather systems moving through,

but weaker in comparison

and you're likely to see the drier, warmer weather

compared with the rest of the UK,

with some of us into the low 20s,

and that's the latest weather for the week ahead.