27/12/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead


27/12/2017

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Well, some parts of northern Britain managed to get a white Christmas.

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We had a little bit of snow in southern and south-eastern Scotland,

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also the far north-east of England, and for the next 48 hours

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it is going to stay quite cold across most of the UK.

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And in fact, during the early hours of the morning we'll

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start to see some snow, potentially, falling across parts of Wales

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and other areas of southern England as cold air from the north

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tucks in, mixes in with this milder air that's been sitting just

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about across the far south of the country.

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So, through the early hours, anywhere from the Welsh hills,

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around the Cotswolds, possibly the Peak District

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and some of the towns and cities across the Midlands

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could get a little bit of rain mixing in with snow

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and then by the morning quite possibly around the

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hills of south-eastern England,

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and it looks like East Anglia will hang on to the cloud

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and some of that sleetiness and rain through much of Wednesday.

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So a cold picture for Norwich, but for most of us

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it looks like Wednesday is going to be cold and sunny,

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so a very chilly but pleasant day on the way.

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Now, this is the following night,

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so Wednesday night into Thursday it's going to be a cold night

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with some wintry showers there in Scotland and iciness developing,

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as well, so take it steady first thing in the morning on Thursday.

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And you can see the cold air has dug right down into parts of France,

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Benelux and Germany, as well, so we're in this colder air stream.

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During the course of Thursday, in-between weather systems,

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one out there blowing itself out across Scandinavia,

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another one moving just about into south-western areas,

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but for most of us on Thursday it's a sunny and another cold day.

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Now, things change from Thursday.

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Weather systems start to rapidly sweep in off the Atlantic.

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The winds will start freshening, as well.

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With that comes another spell of milder air. So, you can see

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that cold air that's been sitting over us during the week.

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That pushes away towards the east,

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and then we're back into this mild south-westerly air stream.

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There could be a bit of snow across the hills there, the Pennines,

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southern Scotland, but temperatures are creeping

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back up to double figures there as those weather fronts sweep in.

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Then on Saturday, the New Year weekend,

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one low pressure moves out into the Continent.

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We're in-between low pressures.

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There's another one here. They're never too far away.

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But it looks as though we're just about going to

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be in the middle of these two weather systems,

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so that means some sunshine but not for very long.

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Mild - look at that, 13 degrees.

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And then, New Year's Eve, so this is Sunday we're talking about,

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a fairly deep low, centred somewhere across northern

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parts of the country. Could be a little bit further east,

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a little bit further west,

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difficult to say exactly when it'll sweep through,

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but the indication is we're in for quite a blowy end to 2017.

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Mild, as well. Sunshine around, too.

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And the best approximation I can give you for midnight is that

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we'll probably be somewhere in-between two areas of low

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pressure with weather fronts very close by.

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That means that there is a risk that at midnight into 2018

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it could be raining in some parts of the country.

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But there could be some clear skies, as well, so sitting on the fence

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here a little bit, but that's the best I can give you at this stage.

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Into 2018, low pressure very close by, driven by a powerful jet

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stream, and that's going to continue for the first few days of 2018.

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It's likely to be very windy, blustery throughout the country,

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with spells of rain, even a potential for gale-force winds.

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So we'll be roaring in, potentially at least, into 2018.

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