04/11/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

It's going to be turning colder this weekend.

There are some frosty nights on the way, just for a while.

But before then we've got rain developing

and it's a two-pronged attack.

One weather front moving down

from the north-west

and these weather systems pushing rain up

from France across the Channel

into England and Wales.

Colder air comes round behind that rain

on that north-westerly wind,

which will freshen through the day.

But some welcome rain on Saturday perhaps,

given how dry it's been across eastern England.

That rain eventually clearing away

through the afternoon.

Elsewhere, sunshine breaking out

across England and Wales.

Showers near some of these western coasts.

The bulk of the showers

for Northern Ireland and western Scotland.

There could be snow over the Highlands

as the air gets colder through the day.

And as we head into the evening,

for those bonfires, we've got showers

out towards the western side of the UK.

Further east, it's likely to remain dry

and clear pretty much through the night.

It will turn cold as well.

These are the numbers in towns and cities.

So you can knock a few degrees

off those numbers for rural areas.

Chilly start to the second half of the weekend.

Remember, things are getting a bit colder,

the north-westerly airflow coming around

the top of that high pressure.

So we'll keep the showers going

particularly early on

across many western parts of the UK.

Some will feed across Wales, to the Midlands,

to the south-east around the middle part of the day.

Then the showers become fewer later on.

So more sunshine around, fewer showers.

North-westerly winds though,

it's going to be chilly out there,

Temperatures of 8 to 10 degrees.

Now, for Bonfire Night itself,

it looks like it should be generally dry.

Those showers continuing to fade away, but it will be cold.

By the time we get to the end of the night,

early on Monday it could be frosty out there

widely, I think, in rural areas.

But we've got some changes coming in

during the day on Monday.

The cold air is underneath

that ridge of high pressure.

But coming into the north-west

rather slowly on Monday,

we've got those weather systems.

They'll bring rain

and the rain will more likely develop

through the day across western Scotland

and into Northern Ireland.

Ahead of it, the winds really picking up

through these Irish Sea coasts,

and further south and east across the UK,

it may well be dry.

There'll be some sunshine too.

Winds continue to strengthen

during the evening and overnight.

That weather front, a low pressure on it,

delays the progress of this rain.

It's something we've been talking about

over the past few days.

How quickly is this rain

going to move eastwards?

Still some uncertainty.

Eastern England dry for most of Tuesday.

The rain initially heavy out to the west,

as it pushes eastwards,

should become a little bit lighter.

And then it should clear away on Tuesday.

But coming in across

northern parts of the Atlantic,

winds coming in from the west

and some more weather systems

grazing the north-west of the UK.

So, the remaining cloud

and a few spots of rain

across eastern England clearing away.

Sunny spells developing widely.

The wind picking up in the far north-west

and another band of rain.

This rain not quite as heavy on Wednesday,

nor indeed on Wednesday night.

That band of rain should push

across the whole of the country.

Put the jet stream on there.

It's quite a strong jet

that will be picking up later on next week.

And whilst it's pretty much

right over the UK on Thursday

and it may steer some rain our way

on Thursday, perhaps into Friday,

as the jet stream moves northwards next weekend,

we should see wetter, windier weather

more towards the north-west of the UK,

whereas further south-east,

with pressure higher,

the winds lighter, it'll be drier.

There'll be some sunshine, but once again, the nights will be chilly.

Goodbye.