19/11/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello, thanks for joining me.

Time to have a look at the weather for the next few days,

and, in the short term,

I think Jack Frost is going to pay us a visit.

The skies will be clearing

through the course of Saturday night into Sunday,

and Sunday morning is going to start off pretty nippy

right across the UK.

So, through the early hours,

the skies are going to be clearing

across most of the country,

and, in the south,

where we had all the cloud and drizzle and mist and murk,

well, things will turn a lot clearer.

So, even in the south,

temperatures will be close to freezing

first thing on Sunday morning.

The far south-west, here, a bit milder.

For example, in Plymouth,

no lower than around 4 degrees -

but, as I say, most of us will be waking up to chilly conditions.

So, this is what it looks like

first thing in the morning,

around nine o'clock.

Beautiful weather, there, in the Lowlands,

but it will be cold,

around one degree above freezing.

Five degrees, there, for Belfast,

and, throughout much of England and Wales,

a beautiful but crisp start to the day,

and a touch of frost, as well, in some areas -

but not the south-west of the country, here.

In fact, this is where the weather

starts to turn, at this stage.

we'll see a shift in the wind direction,

the south-westerlies will start approaching

and pushing in thicker cloud off the Atlantic

and also little bits and pieces of rain,

but I think most of daylight hours, at least,

across the UK, will be dry

and, certainly, eastern areas

will hang on to the clear weather

right through the course of the day

until sunset.

So, I think Sunday evening

is looking clear and chilly across the east,

but, in the west,

yet another weather front moves in,

and it will turn damp in places like Belfast -

and that's a hint of things to come for Monday.

A low pressure right across the UK,

with the heaviest of the rain

in the north of the country.

In the south,

we have those south-westerly winds,

and look at those temperatures,

possibly getting up to around about 14 degrees -

and I think the rain will come and go

through the course of Monday,

and then it will return again,

Monday into Tuesday,

with yet another low-pressure moving in,

and this time, that low

is moving right into the heart of the UK,

right into the middle part of the British Isles,

so, this is where the heaviest of the rain could be,

say, around the Lake District

straight into the Pennines.

To the south,

the south-westerlies drag in the milder air,

but look at the north -

we've got northerly winds here,

so, just that little bit colder,

and a very similar pattern on Wednesday, as well.

So, the UK is very much split in half.

In the south, which is often the case,

it's going to be a lot milder,

with south-westerly winds.

Central parts of the UK

will have that weather front sliding through,

so, this is where we're likely to see

the heavier rain, and then, in the north,

we see the air's coming from a different direction,

so it's colder.

Temperatures in Scotland, there, 7 degrees,

and it's just about cold enough

for some mountain snow.

So, that's Wednesday.

Pretty messy across the UK

both Tuesday and Wednesday.

Come Thursday and Friday,

there is a shift in the weather,

a more substantial shift.

This big area of low pressure

brings unsettled weather,

and, then, as it pulls away -

remember, winds blow around

the low-pressure like so,

it drags in colder air from the north,

so, there will be a surge of colder weather

approaching the British Isles

by the time we get to Friday,

and then, quite possibly,

through the weekend,

that colder air

even marches into the continent.

Just how cold it's going to get,

too early to say,

but cold enough for thick coats and gloves -

especially if you live

across northern parts of the UK.

Could be quite a strong wind blowing

out of the north, as well.

So, quite a lot happening on the weather front.

Let's summarise that.

A mild week ahead

with some rain at times

and then, towards the end of the week,

into the weekend, looks like we'll see

a surge of colder weather coming in

all the way from the Arctic.