29/08/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there, some very mixed weather on the way

over the next ten days - we're unlikely to break

any records, whether it be for rainfall or temperatures

but we had an unusual start to the week -

not the 18 degrees in Scotland on Monday, but the 28 in Lincolnshire,

which was a record temperature for the late-August bank holiday Monday.

The warm air ahead of this weather front - cooler, fresher air

behind it to the north -

on the weather front we have seen not just thicker cloud

but also a bit of rain and drizzle but most of that

is fading away. But we will have cloudier skies

running across Yorkshire into Lincolnshire,

across the Midlands towards the south-west of England,

so a much cooler day here than it was on Monday.

Brightening up in Wales and northern England,

sunshine and showers and more of a breeze for Scotland

and Northern Ireland. The last of the warmth is across East Anglia

and the south-east, though it won't be as hot as it was

on Monday, there will be a bit more cloud around

that will still be there into the evening.

And then overnight into the early hours of Wednesday morning,

there's a chance of catching some showers from the near Continent

and at the same time we see a line of rain developing

in northern England and Wales. So you get the sense that

the weather is starting to change around the middle part of

the week. And we have two areas of low pressure

and their attendant weather systems converging on England and

Wales on Wednesday. Scotland and Northern Ireland - still seeing

a mixture of sunshine and showers and some blustery winds

in the north-west too.

Light winds for England and Wales, this slow-moving rain

across Wales, the Midlands, and the south-west of England.

An increasing risk of catching some heavier rain, perhaps thundery,

coming in from the near Continent in the south-east.

That will put a lid on the temperatures and it will

be a cooler day than it's been over the past couple of days.

The really warm air is just across the other side of the Atlantic,

in the near Continent and this is where we may see

the heaviest of the rainfall. Those weather systems slipping away

for Thursday, maybe starting the day with one or two showers

to the east of London - those should push through.

And there will be some decent spells of sunshine.

We focus the showers more out to the west, across Northern Ireland,

across western Scotland and perhaps later in the day for western fringes

of Wales and the far south-west of England.

Temperatures still very disappointing, though,

for this time of the year.

A flabby area of low pressure in that weather front responsible for

the showers on Thursday and everything very slowly drifting

into England and Wales. As you can see, not many isobars

on the chart, light winds again. Everything slow-moving.

So these showers and more cloud drifting into England and Wales

on Friday, the showers a bit hit and miss.

Probably turning a bit drier for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Those showers continue to drift towards the south-east,

where there still could be one or two into Saturday

but otherwise many places probably having a dry day

with some sunshine and light winds and in the sunshine

it will feel quite pleasant.

We start with high pressure close to the UK on Saturday -

the centre of it, though, is drifting up towards

Scandinavia. That will allow stronger winds

to come in from the Atlantic and these weather fronts too.

But it's a very slow process. So, into next week,

the higher pressure tends to push away,

we start to see weather fronts coming in together

with lower pressure from the Atlantic

but it's going to take some time for these weather fronts

to move in across the UK and perhaps the south-east

will hang on to some warmer air but with the risk

of some thunderstorms, here we are getting air more from

the near Continent, whereas the rest of the UK

turning that bit more unsettled over the coming few days

with bands of rain coming in together with some stronger winds

as well. That's it from me, more details online.