20/01/2018 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello. After such a cold and at

times snowy week get ready for

something very different next week.

We have seen disruptive snow this

week and it will be thawing very

quickly at the start of next week.

Friday brought heavy snow showers

particularly to the west and

south-west of Scotland. It added to

snow in Northern Ireland and

northern England. There was cold air

but gradually through the weekend

more especially in the start of next

week there was much milder air

taking over the UK for a time. Quite

a few of us will see temperatures

bouncing back into double figures.

As the weekend begins it is cold and

frosty and icy. We have a weather

system just pushing in from the

south-west. Some uncertainty about

how far north it will get. Through

much of Wales, the Midlands and into

the south-east underneath it it will

be really quite cold and more.

Outbreaks of rain and perhaps sleet

or wet snow at times on higher

ground. Brightening up a bit on

Saturday afternoon in Cornwall and

Devon and milder air coming in here.

A sign of things to come at 12

degrees in Plymouth. Just two in

Aberdeen but far fewer snow showers

in Scotland than over recent days.

Just a few in the far west and

north. Cold and in places icy and

frosty night on Saturday night and

another weather system comes in this

is the leading edge of the milder

air. It will make for a wet Sunday.

Outbreaks of rain spread north and

east.

The cold air we will see further

sleet and snow for a time,

particularly in Scotland and

northern England. Bear it in mind if

you are travelling on Sunday. Keep

up-to-date with the latest forecast

because this is where the cold air

will hold on for as long as it

possibly can. Elsewhere things are

turning milder. Once the system

clears the way I'm going into Monday

then the milder air will reach

across most parts. Still trailing

weather front giving outbreaks of

rain across southern areas for a

time on Monday. Elsewhere showers

but quite dry and bright in places

and those temperatures getting

closer to average and by Tuesday

look at these winds, above average.

Central and eastern parts stay

mainly dry but closer to the west

there will be outbreaks of rain in

places. As we go into Wednesday we

will bring a cold front south across

the UK. It will lower temperatures

again for Wednesday and Thursday

with a band of rain moving through

an quite windy with that as well.

Showers following towards the

north-west. Although it is going to

lower temperatures, not to where

they are this week. Just about

average. A cooler feel to things by

the end of Wednesday and into

Thursday and as Friday begins

another weather system from the

Atlantic will bring another wodge of

milder air for us by the end of

Friday and into the following

weekend. This is how next week

shapes up. It will be much milder

for a time with temperatures above

average. Quite a quick thought of

lying snow in places. Smells of rain

and windy weather moving across the

UK but writer gaps in between. Most

of it falls as rain rather than snow

and only the high hills in northern

Britain seeing further snow out of a

few showers. By the end of next week

we have to watch this area of high

pressure to the south. Going into

next weekend, not this