28/01/2018 Weather for the Week Ahead

Hello, there. This weekend has already

brought us some very mild weather.

There's more to come during Sunday but, as so often at this

time of year, the price we pay for mild weather is cloudy weather.

We have had grey skies overhead in many places during Saturday,

outbreaks of rain as well, and we'll keep the cloud,

pushing in from the west on Sunday, these mild,

moist south-westerly winds coming in off the Atlantic.

And, stuck in that westerly airflow, we will have this weather front,

rather stranded, unable to move very far north or very far south.

So rain just continues through the day on Sunday,

through central and southern parts of Scotland.

To the north of that, something a little bit brighter but colder.

To the south, where we have all the cloud, well,

that's where the mildest of the weather will be.

And if you get lucky

and that cloud does break up for any length of time and you get

some sunshine, well, here, you could get to 14 or 15 Celsius.

Now, as we move out of Sunday into Monday,

that weather front which will have been stuck across northern areas

finally gets its act together and pushes south as a cold front.

So as the name suggests, behind it,

we will see colder weather working its way in.

During Monday, along the frontal band, we'll see

outbreaks of heavy rain sliding southwards across England and Wales.

Behind that rain band, that's where we get into that colder air

but that is also where we get to see some brightness,

some spells of sunshine developing.

Some showers, which could be wintry over high ground in the north-west.

Those temperatures dropping away, as the day goes on,

behind that weather front.

Now, as we move into Tuesday, this area

of high pressure tries to take a bit more control of the weather,

so Tuesday actually not a bad day in many places.

Could be a touch of frost,

particularly down towards the south on Tuesday morning.

Then we'll see some spells of sunshine,

but a two-pronged attack from weather systems,

one pushing in towards the south-west,

so there could be some here later in the day

and another weather system moving in towards the north-west.

That'll bring some heavy rain, we suspect,

across the north-west of Scotland.

And these two weather systems will essentially join

together during Tuesday night.

They will then slide southwards and eastwards and we get back into some

colder air, north-westerly winds bringing a drop in the temperatures.

But, once again,

with that cold air we should get to see some spells of sunshine.

But you will notice, at this stage on Wednesday,

quite a few showers as well, these showers wintry over high ground

towards the north-west, but perhaps even to fairly low levels

as the day goes on, especially the further north you are.

Quite a blustery day and single-digit temperatures for many.

And, as we move into Thursday, this area of low pressure,

which could actually bring some very strong winds indeed

in north-eastern areas, slides its way southwards and eastwards.

It leaves us with a north or north-westerly wind.

It's pretty cold weather across the country

but the showers should tend to fade at this stage.

We'll see more dry weather, more spells of sunshine,

highs of 6 to 8 Celsius.

Now, as we move towards the end of the week,

we'll continue to lose that cluster of showers as the area of low

pressure moves away

and then we bring a frontal system in from the west.

More cloud with that, outbreaks of rain, temporarily,

with the extra cloud, remember, some milder air.

So perhaps something a little bit milder for a time

into the start of next weekend.

Not as mild as it has been this weekend,

but hot on the heels of that brief incursion of milder air,

there is more cold air that will eventually head our way,

so generally speaking through next weekend,

we will see spells of rain at times.

With that, some milder air but some brighter periods too,

cold enough in those brighter spells for some wintry showers

and temperatures pretty variable over the next few days.