05/01/2018 Weather for the Week Ahead

It's been a very unsettled start to 2018,

a lot of wet and windy weather with Storm Dylan followed by Eleanor.

Things will turn quieter,

but it's quite a complicated weather set-up.

The pressure chart looks like Spaghetti Junction -

lots of low pressure centres

and weak frontal systems

which will bring further spells of rain

over the next 24 hours or so.

During Friday, we've got an area of rain and hill snow

lingering across eastern Scotland

and north-east England.

Very slowly, that should ease away.

Further south, showers moving from west to east

across England and Wales,

but many areas should see

the reappearance of sunshine on Friday,

particularly for Northern Ireland,

north-west and south-east England too.

4 to 9 degrees,

and much less windy than recent days.

Overnight into Saturday,

we've got clear spells.

There'll be mist and fog developing widely,

particularly through central parts of England and Wales.

Colder, clearer air starting to move in from the north,

the coldest night we've seen for a while.

During the weekend, we'll continue that theme -

colder air moving in from the north and north-east,

as high pressure builds

and brings brighter and drier weather

in from the north.

For Saturday, it's the northern half of the country

that will see the reappearance of lots of sunny, dry weather,

a cold north-easterly wind developing.

Further south, still more cloud,

slightly milder with outbreaks of rain too.

So around 5 to 7 degrees

across southern parts of England and Wales.

For Scotland, temperatures just 2 or 3 Celsius.

As we move into the second half of the weekend,

it's this area of high pressure that builds across all of the country,

so that'll quieten the weather down,

but it'll also mean some fairly chilly weather too.

A colder, frosty start to Sunday,

but plenty of sunshine.

Much lighter winds than we've seen recently,

but some parts of Scotland struggling to get above freezing

through the day. Still temperatures 4 to 7 further south.

Scenes like this to start your new working week.

So first thing Monday, a really sharp frost

across all of the country.

Could be mist, fog and the odd icy stretch too,

but Monday looks like another decent day -

sunny spells, temperatures around 2 to 6 degrees,

certainly colder but less windy

than they have been recently.

As we move into Tuesday,

it'll be a similar start to the day.

Again, lots of places dry, sunny and rather cold,

with temperatures around 3 to 6 degrees.

You'll certainly notice this weather front.

Later in the day, that'll try to nudge in,

bringing wetter and windier weather

across western parts,

but some uncertainty about how far east and how quickly

any of those weather systems

are going to arrive.

So, from midweek onwards, we're

looking at high pressure dominating,

sitting to the north of the UK,

drawing in cold air from Scandinavia,

and as the jet stream strengthens

in the Atlantic,

low pressure will try to move in

from the west or the south-west.

We could see an east-west split

to the weather from midweek onwards,

rain, sleet and hill snow

arriving in the west

with some strengthening winds.

Towards the east, less windy,

and we're likely to hold onto

the clearer skies and frosty conditions for longer.

So, things will slowly turn

milder from the west,

it's likely to remain pretty bright

and cold across eastern parts

but as those weather fronts

arrive from the west,

we could well see some snow.

A fairly wintry outlook.

I'll update you tomorrow. Bye-bye.