20/11/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. There are many faces to autumn and,

recently, we've been seeing the quieter side of the season.

There's been light winds through much of this week so mist and fog

has been a problem through the morning.

Slow to clear in places.

And with clear skies and temperatures

below zero, many of us have been

waking up to a frost. Also, plenty of sunshine

by day. So, where's the wet and windy

weather that we normally associate with autumn?

Well, it's on its way this week.

The Atlantic is going to be the influence

for our weather through much of the week,

pushing up multiple frontal systems across.

So, that means there's going to be

some outbreaks of rain on most days,

some of it is likely to be heavy.

It will also be quite windy, especially through the middle

and latter half of the week.

But it will be turning much milder for many of us.

We start Monday on a fairly wet note.

There will be some snow over

the Scottish mountains for a time.

That rain slowly clearing for Northern Ireland,

Scotland may take its time to clear

from the eastern side of England.

Behind it, some brighter skies

and not so much rain the further

south and west that you are.

Certainly, a milder day here.

12-13 Celsius but still holding on

to something cooler

for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Now, we've been having a bit of

a battle in recent days between

the cold air to the east

and something milder to the west.

And as we go through next week,

it looks like that mild air will

win through for most,

although eventually something colder

returns to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

It's quite a messy picture as we go into Tuesday.

There's another frontal system

approaching and that will bring

some heavy outbreaks of rain,

mainly to Scotland, Northern Ireland,

northern England and eventually later

in the day into Wales and south-west England.

Looks like at this stage

the further south and east you are

holding on to something drier,

maybe brighter, but notice the strength of the wind,

particularly across western coasts,

likely to touch gale force here.

But mild, 12-14 Celsius

for much of England and Wales.

Still struggling to get

to double figures for Scotland.

Another unsettled day on Wednesday.

The wettest weather for Northern Ireland.

Southern parts of Scotland,

down through Wales and south-west England,

strong winds here, touching gale force in places.

Dry and brighter potentially

again the further east you are, and mild,

maybe 15 Celsius

across the south-east on Wednesday.

But look at the amount

of isobars as we go into Thursday.

Tightly packed together.

That means some strong winds.

Low pressure nearby

pushing another frontal system across.

So, there will be more rain.

Once again, probably the further west you are

is where the wettest weather will be.

As you had further east,

it's drier and still mild, 13-14 Celsius.

There's more wet weather

pushing into Scotland and Northern Ireland.

There's not much change as we go into Friday.

We keep those strong winds,

we keep further outbreaks of rain.

The thing to pick up on

for the end of the week

is that rain is likely to become much heavier

across central and southern England.

Maybe with a rumble of thunder

and still some strong, if not gale force, winds.

Mild here, starting to see

something colder and quieter returning

to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

If you were watching yesterday, Tom talked about

the potential for this colder air

to plunge across the country through the weekend.

There's still a chance that could happen.

We hold on to the cold air across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

But now there is some thought

that England and Wales will keep

this Atlantic influence

not just through the weekend

but into next week as well.

So, still windy,

and still some outbreaks of rain.

Now, there's a lot to play for

this far ahead but it looks like

it's going to the following week,

we'll hang onto that Atlantic influence,

particularly across England and Wales.

Wettest weather in the west,

the coldest conditions in the north

with still the chance of some snow

for Scotland and Northern Ireland.