09/11/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. Thanks for joining me.

We'll take a look in some detail at the next few days or so,

and on this occasion we'll be trying to look at

some of the trends in the latter part of the forthcoming week

to see what's going to affect us by that stage.

In the shorter term, there are a lot of isobars on that chart,

especially across the northern half of Scotland

where I think there's going to be gale-force wind on Thursday

and a copious supply of showers.

Further south, a dull start for the greater part of England and Wales,

but eventually, the frontal systems that will have brought that cloud

will slump their way towards the near Continent,

brighter skies behind them.

The wind just south of west, perhaps,

so double figure temperatures even as far north as Central Scotland.

Not a bad end to the day. And then overnight

we're just going to bring a new set of weather fronts in

and again, pretty much a rerun, where we bring those fronts down

towards the southern half of the British Isles,

somewhat clearer skies following on behind,

still some showers turning wintry

across the higher ground of Scotland.

And Friday is all about just trying to push that weather front

down towards the southern shores.

Quite a few isobars again, so another windy day,

especially across Scotland.

But this time the wind is just north of west,

so a fresher feel, certainly,

despite the presence of some sunshine.

A scattering of showers as well. I'm not sure whether that cloud

is actually going to get away from that south-western quarter,

because it's wanting to sort of wave its way back

towards the western side of the British Isles

and that will bring some rain from Friday into Saturday.

The weekend will be a bright affair,

be cold, and there will be a supply of showers,

especially around about the coasts.

So that little wave on the weather front

just the last perhaps of the relatively mild airs,

because as we get on through the weekend you'll notice

it is pretty much a sea of blue

with the air streaming down towards us from the north -

never a warm direction.

So there's that wave - cloud and rain from that a real feature

on Friday into Saturday,

and once that's pulled away,

so eventually, we'll see the start of the incursion of the colder air

of these north-westerlies.

Still some relative warmth here across the far south,

but elsewhere, the top two thirds of the British Isles,

temperatures, as a daytime high, just in single figures.

From Saturday into Sunday, look at this.

It doesn't really matter where you are, we have got this pretty much

full-on north-north-westerly wind right across the British Isles.

A chilly start, and a cold day throughout,

with a prospect of some showers around about the coast,

especially in the east, away from the centre of that high pressure.

Which will give us a pretty chilly start on Monday

but it's just giving ground,

just wanting to slump away towards the south-west,

as these weather fronts wander over its northern flank,

so that means cloud and wind and rain

eventually pushing in towards Scotland, to Northern Ireland too.

Further south, chilly start, decent sort of day.

Primarily a dry day thanks to the influence of the high pressure.

And then as we move towards the middle part of the forthcoming week

we really sort of lay out what is going to become the pattern

of the rest of the week,

with the high pressure tantalisingly close to the south, but it's not

doing enough to keep those low pressures away from the north.

In between, the flow will be essentially from the west,

so relatively speaking, compared to the weekend,

a milder flow from midweek onwards.

There will be some rain because of those low pressures in the north.

Further south, thanks to that area of high pressure, things will look

just that wee bit more settled.