17/01/2018 Weather for the Week Ahead


17/01/2018

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Hello there. Christmas may well have come and gone,

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but the carol In The Bleak Midwinter still holds fast and true.

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Tuesday was a miserable January day for the far

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north of the country, through Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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It was windy, with frequent snow showers.

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I think I'D have been grumpy,

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trying to get anywhere in these kind of conditions.

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Some lying snow across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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It made for some pretty pictures,

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but I'm sure at times it was a little tedious.

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Now, the cold air really descends right across the country,

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and it stays with us for most of the week.

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In fact, today, though, the showers will start to ease a little.

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We'll still have some wintry showers into the far north-west this

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afternoon, but as you can see,

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there will be some decent sunny spells.

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It'll still be quite windy, and still a cold source,

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so despite those thermometers saying five to seven degrees

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across England and Wales, it will feel colder than that,

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and on exposed west-facing coasts it really will still feel quite bitter.

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As we move into Thursday morning,

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in the early hours we've got this deepening area of low pressure,

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and on the southern flank of that

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we could see gales or severe gales for a time,

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and on the leading edge we're going to see a spell of snow,

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particularly across central and southern areas of Scotland.

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It rattles away quite quickly

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and then leaves a trail of showers behind, but still pretty

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windy with it, and that's still going to make it feel quite chilly.

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So a rash of showers as we go through the day on Thursday

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but sunny spells and scattered showers,

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the worst of the weather easing away by then.

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But two or three degrees is not going to feel great into the north.

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We should see higher values further south of six to nine.

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Now, as we move out of Thursday into Friday, we've still got low pressure

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centred to the north, and that could still produce some windy

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conditions across the far north-west and a scattering of showers,

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but things will quieten down as we head towards the weekend.

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Friday will see a scattering of showers to the north and west

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and still with a wintry flavour in there, as well,

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and still quite windy and cold.

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Further south, we keep some decent spells of sunshine

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and, in comparison to last week, when it was cloudy, grey,

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dull and miserable, many of us will be happy with this kind of weather.

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Now, as we move out of Friday into Saturday,

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we see this brief little ridge of high pressure building.

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That'll quieten things down for the start of the weekend, but

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potentially it could lead to lighter winds and a cold and frosty start.

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So, first thing on Saturday morning, it could certainly

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be notably cold and frosty, but it should be dry and sunny

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and, with lighter winds, not too bad a day.

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As you can see, quite quiet.

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So temperatures will probably peak by the middle of the afternoon

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at around two or three degrees again to the north, four to seven,

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but with lighter winds and some sunshine, not too bad.

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Now, as we move out of Saturday into Sunday,

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we could see a chilly start, but there is a slight question mark

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with this weather front trying to push in.

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So, cold and frosty with some decent spells of sunshine.

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A level of uncertainty as to the timings of this weather front.

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You'll need to keep watching the forecast for Sunday.

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And again on the leading edge as it bumps into that cold air

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we might see some snow for a time.

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But once we move out of Sunday, once that weather front moves through,

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things will start to become quite unsettled.

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The jet stream will continue to drive in low

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pressures for the longer six-to-ten-day period.

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So it does look as though the weather story is set to change.

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And as we move into next week, it'll be quite unsettled,

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windy with gales at times

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but temperatures perhaps where they should be for this time of year.

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So we lose that cold, wintry flavour at least into next week.

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