06/02/2018 Weather for the Week Ahead

Well, there's a lot of talk about cold weather at the moment -

let's see how long it's going to last.

In the short-term, first, let's talk about the snow,

because that's what we're focusing on,

and there could be some disruptive snow

across northern and western parts of the country

first thing on Tuesday morning.

As we go through the night,

the snow will pass Northern Ireland,

Scotland, eventually nudge into northern England

during the early hours

and reach north-western parts of England

towards the end of the night,

eventually Wales, too,

and the snow will be settling -

it's certainly cold enough for it to settle.

1 to 3cm in some areas,

possibly even 10cm, 5 to 10,

across the hills, the Pennines.

To the south and east, however,

no snow during the night.

So, this is a look at the weather

around eight o'clock in the morning on Tuesday.

The weather front will have gone

through Scotland at this stage.

Behind it, cold winds and wintry showers.

You can see the splodges of white,

those are the wintry showers that come and go.

Here's our weather front,

with the snow falling from the north-east

of England, from Newcastle, there,

through parts of Yorkshire,

the north-west of England,

so, yes, some snow for Manchester, Wrexham,

just about nudging into Birmingham, there,

through Wales,

but maybe down in the extreme south-west,

in Cornwall, probably snow.

This snow is not going to last very long.

It will be settling again during the morning

in a number of areas.

Some will miss the snow -

not everybody in the North will get the snow,

but, eventually,

you can see that weather front falls apart,

so, by the time we get to these areas here,

it's mostly cloudy.

Having said that,

later in the day on Tuesday,

so, Tuesday evening,

the snow could pep up just a little bit

around Lincolnshire,

possibly parts of East Anglia, as well.

Elsewhere, Wednesday,

early on Wednesday, some snow flurries -

but the temperature

really will be the story

first thing on Wednesday morning.

Look at that, 5am,

negative double digits in Scotland

and even in rural areas

in the extreme south of the country

it could be as low as -5 or -6 degrees.

So, a very frosty start to Wednesday.

Cold and bright.

There is another weather front heading our way,

but ahead of it, initially,

you can see the blue lit land, there,

that's the frost.

The temperatures will struggle,

they'll probably be no higher

than a couple of degrees during the daytime -

but look what happens across western areas.

This is another weather front coming in,

cloud and some rain,

possibly turning into a bit of snow, there,

across northern areas, at least temporarily,

and this is basically almost like a wedge

of slightly milder air.

That's what weather fronts often do,

they bring a pulse of milder air

from the southern climes,

and then, behind the weather front,

you get that dig in the jet stream,

and the winds tuck in,

bringing that colder air.

So, this is what it looks like on Thursday.

If you imagine that wedge of milder air

across the UK,

temperatures back up to 10 in the extreme,

and then, in the north,

you get that dig, that colder air,

coming back in again across Scotland,

Northern Ireland and the north of England,

so, it does look as though,

after a slightly milder Thursday,

by the time we get to Friday,

things are going to cool off once again.

So, let's have a look at the forecast for Friday.

The possibility of wintry showers,

initially across some more northern areas,

some sunshine around, as well,

but this could potentially, at some point, at least,

that weather front, bring a bit of snow

in the south-east -

and then, next weekend,

the thinking is,

low pressures will be rattling through,

but we are always going to be

in relatively cold air,

which is originating

from these northern climes.

You can see the snow showers, there,

even across the North Atlantic.

There could be another low

coming our way,

which could bring some snow

during the weekend

and into next week, as well.

So, here's the summary.

It's going to be cold,

widespread frosts,

briefly milder

towards the end of the week,

particularly Thursday,

and then colder again Friday. Bye-bye.