This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the week ahead 25/03/2024
The weather in the run up to Easter will be fairly unsettled with low pressure lingering to the west of the UK bringing some wet and blustery weather. There are some tentative signs for something a little drier and warmer for the weekend. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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The weather in the run up to Easter will be fairly unsettled with low pressure lingering to the west of the UK bringing some wet and blustery weather. There are some tentative signs for something a little drier and warmer for the weekend. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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– Podcasts exploring weather and climate https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGVVqeJodR_brL5mcfsqI4cu42ueHttv0
– Daily weather forecasts https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGVVqeJodR_Zew9xGAqYVtGjYHau-E2yL
– Deep dive in-depth forecasts https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGVVqeJodR_ZGnhyYdlEpdYrjZ-Pmj2rt
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00:00 Hello, very good day to you. It's fair to say that the weather during the run up to
00:04 Easter is going to be a bit messy, pretty changeable, there'll be some unsettled spells
00:08 around. To understand why, let's start off looking the other side of the Atlantic. And
00:13 here we have an active jet stream that is going to dip down to the south of us, bring
00:18 some unsettled weather to Iberia this week. But from the UK's point of view, it means
00:23 we end up stuck with low pressure just to the west of us, low pressure not going anywhere
00:27 particularly fast. And so for the UK, it's going to feel like we're stuck in a bit of
00:32 a washing machine with various spells of wet and at times blustery weather. But looking
00:37 back at the here and now, and as we go through Monday evening overnight into Tuesday, low
00:41 pressure dominating towards the southwest of us, bring a blustery theme at times and
00:46 various spells of wet weather around. First thing on Tuesday morning, outbreaks of showery
00:51 rain with some hills now across eastern northeastern parts of Scotland, and then a swathe of rain
00:55 pushing its way northwards across initially central southern England, edging a little
01:00 bit further northwards to bring some outbreaks of rain to Wales at times and some outbreaks
01:04 of rain across parts of Northern Ireland. Also across northern parts of England, eastern
01:09 parts and into East Anglia, there will be some decent dry bright weather through a good
01:12 chunk of the morning, but turning cloudier here as we go through the day. Meanwhile,
01:16 towards the southwest, we are going to see some bright or sunny spells and just a few
01:21 showers to watch out for here. Temperatures are around or a little bit below average for
01:26 the time of year for most of us, but across parts of Scotland in particular, a bit chillier
01:30 here and when you factor in the wind chill, it will feel a little bit cold at times too.
01:35 Later on as we go through Tuesday night into Wednesday, the more persistent rain across
01:40 England pushes its way northwards into Scotland. Could be some heavy persistent rain and some
01:44 hill snow across Scotland as we go through the early hours of Wednesday, but that will
01:48 gradually clear away towards the north as we go through the day. Some drier bright weather
01:52 for many places first thing on Wednesday, but turning cloudier as we go through the
01:56 day. We are going to have some hefty, perhaps even thundery, showery outbreaks across west
02:01 and southwestern parts initially, and that will all feed its way eastwards, northeastwards
02:06 across many parts as we go through the day. So most places at risk of seeing some potentially
02:11 heavy showers for a time, and there could be some hail and some thunder mixed in with
02:14 these as well. Yes, there will be some bright or perhaps even sunny spells in between any
02:19 showers, but I think the greatest chance of any dry, bright, sunny weather will be across
02:23 central and perhaps eastern parts during the morning. Temperatures similar or perhaps a
02:28 touch higher compared to Tuesday, particularly across Scotland here, there's a reasonable
02:32 chance that we'll just about get into double figures. As we go into Thursday and we stick
02:37 with low pressure to the west of us, like I said, it isn't going anywhere particularly
02:41 soon. And so we are still going to have some blustery weather around and also quite a bit
02:45 of showery rain too. The focus for the showery rain does look like it will stay across more
02:50 western parts here. That's where we have the greatest chance of some hail and some thunder
02:55 and perhaps the heaviest rain too. That being said, though, most places likely to see some
03:00 outbreaks of rain at times, and they could be potentially heavy and possibly disruptive
03:04 at times as well. There will be something a little bit drier in between and temperatures
03:08 perhaps starting to rise, although no major increase on Thursday compared to what we've
03:13 seen earlier on in the week. For many of us across parts of Scotland, still the potential
03:18 for something a little bit wintry over the highest ground. As we look towards Friday
03:23 and by now we will be starting to drag in some milder, perhaps even some warmer air
03:28 from the southwest. So temperatures will be rising, but we stick with low pressure still.
03:33 And so the blustery showery theme continues. That being said, the showers will be starting
03:37 to ease, so there will still be some heavy ones. There could still be some hail, could
03:41 still be some thunder mixed in at times, but perhaps the showers won't be quite as frequent,
03:46 not quite as intense as we'll have seen earlier on in the week. That being said, though, you
03:50 can see there will be plenty of showers around for many of us. Potential for some more persistent
03:55 rain to clip southeastern parts, though a bit of uncertainty about that. Like I said,
03:59 we're dragging in some warmer air by Friday, so temperatures starting to creep up, likely
04:04 to get towards the mid-teens. So feeling a little bit warmer for many of us as we go
04:08 through Good Friday. Looking ahead through the rest of Easter weekend, and there are
04:13 some tentative signs that it might start to turn a little bit drier for many of us. You
04:18 can see there will still be some outbreaks of showery rain around, so it's definitely
04:22 not going to be completely dry. And some of that rain could still be heavy, possibly even
04:26 thundery. But we're just suggesting that there's a greater chance that we could see some more
04:31 prolonged dry spells. So won't definitely be totally dry. In fact, I think there's a
04:36 good chance that it will stay generally quite changeable with some further rain at times,
04:41 but just a chance that it will be slightly less miserable than it has been during the
04:45 run up to the Easter weekend. And with that, then temperatures also going to rise a little
04:49 bit further. So at times it's actually going to feel a little bit warm, a bit more spring
04:53 like compared to what we've seen recently. The other thing to remember about this weekend
04:57 is on Saturday night, the clocks do spring forward. Yes, we lose an hour of sleep, but
05:02 it does mean our evenings are going to get lighter. That's it for me. I'll see you again
05:05 soon. Bye bye.
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