22/01/2018 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello there. Now, we've got a very

different feel to the weather

as we head into the new working

week, compared to what we've been

used to so far and certainly what

we were used to over the weekend.

In fact, it was bitterly

cold with snow and ice

causing some issues,

particularly on Sunday.

We have so many Weather Watcher

pictures of snowy scenes like these,

from Scotland through parts

of northern, central

and eastern England.

Now, the snow and the ice,

though, is set to thaw

and thaw quite

rapidly because

for this week things

are set to turn much milder

from the south-west,

but with it things gradually

turning a little bit

more unsettled too.

A big area of low pressure

out in the Atlantic

will be

spinning around,

dragging up this milder

air from the south

and it will start to

influence our weather

from the middle part

of the week onwards.

We start Monday off on

generally a fine note,

one weather system

to the south,

one to the north, bringing

outbreaks of rain.

This will clear away

through the morning,

same, too, as well across

northern Scotland.

Then with a ridge of high

pressure just building in

it should settle

things down nicely.

We should see some good

spells of sunshine.

Much quieter,

much milder weather

to what we had during

the course of the weekend.

So there'll be a few

showers around,

mostly across

northern Scotland

and across

the west, too,

but eastern areas should

see some sunshine.

A fine afternoon I think,

apart from Northern Ireland as well.

Showers running into

north-west England,

northern and western Wales

and the south-west

but the Midlands

eastwards

should stay dry

with sunny spells.

A fair breeze blowing in

from the west

but on the mild side.

Temperatures

8 to 10 Celsius.

To head-on towards Tuesday

we pick up our winds

from a more south,

south-westerly direction,

so always a warm direction

whatever time of the year,

but it will come with

a lot of cloud.

Outbreaks of rain across southern

and western hills in particular.

What you really

will notice

is how mild

it will be,

with temperatures in double figures

Celsius for most of us.

As we head-on into Wednesday,

like I mentioned,

things turning a bit

more unsettled.

It looks like this

secondary low,

a feature spinning

around the parent low,

will run in towards our shores

and bring us, I think,

a spell of wet and very windy

weather for a time on Wednesday.

We could see

some gales, in fact,

across the north

and the west.

This band of rain, expected

to be heavy at times,

will spread

its way eastwards.

Another mild day

for England and Wales,

but for Scotland and Northern

Ireland something a bit

cooler pushing down

from the north west,

perhaps turning some of that rain

wintry over the Scottish mountains.

High pressure tries to

nudge in from the west

but it does allow

a run of north,

north-westerly winds for a time,

so Thursday is looking

a little bit fresher,

than what we'll

start the week on.

Temperatures back into

single figures for most.

Showers across the

north and the west

but we should see some sunshine

across southern and eastern areas.

It does look like that

area of low pressure

is expected to move off

this near continent

and this big area of high

pressure begins to build up

from the south west.

But this feature could run in

towards Northern Ireland

and Scotland

through Friday,

but I think most

of us on Friday,

thanks to that area

of high pressure,

will see a lot of fine and settled

conditions with some sunshine.

On the cool side,

but things are set to

turn milder once again

as we head on in

towards the weekend

as we pick up those west

or south-westerly winds.

Now, we did think originally that

big area of high pressure

would dominate the weather

as we head in towards

the following weekend and the

start of the following week

but it does look like things are

going to be a bit more unsettled.

Low pressure systems running into

the north and the west of the UK.

It means it will be mild,

often windy with rain at times,

particularly in the

north-west of the UK,

whereas further south

and east we should see

the influence of the high-pressure,

with some sunshine at times.