This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the week ahead 16/09/2024. High pressure will bring a fine week of weather with plenty of September sunshine and it’ll turn a little warmer too. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin
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00:00Welcome to a week dominated by high pressure.
00:03It's going to bring most of us a dry week,
00:06and also temperatures will be ticking up a little bit
00:08as well, certainly after what has been a pretty chilly start
00:11to September.
00:12Here's the high pressure sitting pretty much right across us
00:16to start the working week.
00:17It is going to wibble and wobble away a little bit.
00:20Low pressure systems lurking out in the Atlantic,
00:23but the jet stream is pushing those up to the north.
00:27That means the high pressure will continue
00:29to control our weather.
00:30High pressure means the air is sinking.
00:32It does just trickle away to the east
00:35as we go through the middle and latter part of the week,
00:38and particularly by the end of the week
00:40as it continues to drift away.
00:42It may well allow a little area of low pressure
00:44to push up from the south, introducing
00:46some showers across the southern half of the country for Friday
00:49and especially into the weekend.
00:52More on that in a moment.
00:53Let's rewind the clock and go through the week day by day.
00:56We start with high pressure and a lot
00:58of fine and sunny weather on Tuesday.
00:59There is a weak weather front bringing a bit more cloud
01:02across the far north.
01:03A little bit of light rain and drizzle
01:05at times over the Northern Isles and the Western Isles.
01:07May start a little grey in parts of the east.
01:11Some early morning mist and fog getting
01:12to that time of year as well, where
01:14it does linger a little longer.
01:16But it should clear and then look at that.
01:18Most places enjoying a fine day on Tuesday.
01:20Plenty of September sunshine.
01:22The breeze picking up a touch maybe across Kent
01:24and generally along the south coast.
01:26But for most light winds, going to feel pretty pleasant.
01:29Certainly warmer than last week.
01:31High teens, low 20s in a few spots.
01:35Now, by the time we get to Wednesday,
01:37high pressure still definitely the main feature.
01:40But it's just edging a little further out into the North Sea.
01:43The isobars squidging just a little closer
01:46together across the south.
01:47So a bit more of a breeze that will introduce a bit more
01:50mist and low clouds overnight.
01:52A few fog patches, but it could be a bit of a grey start
01:55over the East Midlands, Lincolnshire in particular.
01:58But as we go through the day, that cloud should break up
02:01and we'll see some sunny spells.
02:03But just increasing chance of a little bit
02:05of mist and low cloud on those eastern coasts.
02:08That breeze also picking up a little across the south.
02:11We should see temperatures a little bit higher here, 23, 24.
02:15And we also like to see some high temperatures
02:18across to the north of the hills and mountains in Scotland.
02:2223, 24, maybe even 25 Celsius here possible.
02:26And this map is showing temperatures
02:29compared to average.
02:30And most places will be around perhaps a little bit above,
02:34but noticeably warmer than average
02:37across that northwestern corner and across pockets
02:39of the southeast.
02:41For Thursday, it's a very similar story.
02:44The high is just edging its way up towards parts of Norway.
02:48But we're going to keep that same weather
02:50situation with the high pressure,
02:52meaning the air is generally sinking.
02:53So yes, we'll see some morning mist and fog
02:56and perhaps a bit more of that low cloud
02:58to start the day, particularly over central and eastern parts.
03:01But it should disappear as we go through the middle part
03:05of the morning to reveal some good spells of sunshine.
03:07Again, with more of an easterly breeze,
03:10these eastern coasts will be cooler.
03:12And perhaps it could stay quite grey all day.
03:15If it does, that will really impact the temperatures,
03:17maybe sticking in the mid-teens.
03:19But where we see some sunshine in the south,
03:2123, 24 degrees Celsius, the winds
03:24will be lighter across Scotland, which
03:26means we won't have such a significant effect
03:28with the temperatures.
03:29But we could still get to 21, 22 perhaps in a few places here.
03:33So yeah, quite a big variation with those temperatures.
03:36You've got the breeze coming in from the sea.
03:37That is going to make it feel cool.
03:39But in the sunshine, out of the breeze,
03:40feeling pretty pleasant for Wednesday and Thursday.
03:44By Friday, we are likely to start to see a change.
03:46High pressure is still nearby, but it's weakening
03:48all the while.
03:49As we saw earlier, just the threat
03:51of that lowering pressure coming up from the south.
03:53More of an easterly breeze generally,
03:55so it's likely to be quite a grey start.
03:58West Wales, northwest Scotland doing OK for sunshine,
04:01I suspect.
04:02But then look at this.
04:03Showers bubbling up as we go through the day,
04:05as we get that lower pressure getting a bit closer.
04:08So for the Midlands, southern England,
04:10parts of south and east Wales in particular,
04:12could be a few showers moving through on that easterly breeze.
04:15Again, that easterly breeze will bring a chillier day
04:18to the east coast, western areas,
04:21favour of the sunshine and seeing
04:22the highest temperatures.
04:24And I think we'll see that low pressure just pushing
04:26a little further north as we go into the weekend.
04:29Increases the chance of just some heavy showers,
04:31but even a few thunderstorms.
04:34As always, as we get closer to the weekend,
04:36do stay up to date with the latest forecast.
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