Week Ahead – Colder but brighter 01/11/21
Following impacts from wind and rain in places during recent days, the weather turns colder this week but it will also be brighter. Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern has the forecast for the week ahead.
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00:00Hello, and welcome to the Met Office forecast for the week ahead. During the past week,
00:05some parts of the UK have seen impacts from wind and rain. Fortunately, this week isn't
00:10looking so impactful. There'll still be some showers in places, particularly northern and
00:14western coasts. But in between the showers, sunny spells and under clear skies at night,
00:19it will be fairly chilly in places because this low, which brought us some very unsettled
00:23weather at the weekend, is moving away. Behind it, we've got this much colder northwesterly
00:28airflow. It's been bringing showers to many parts of the UK on Monday. But as the low
00:33moves away, the winds tend to ease a bit more overnight, particularly in the south. And
00:38as a result, we start off Tuesday with a few missed patches in the south. They'll lift
00:42and then decent sunny spells actually. And after a fairly chilly start to the day, pleasant
00:48enough in any sunny spells. But showers will get going just about anywhere. However, they'll
00:52be most frequent in the north and the west around coasts. And that brisk breeze continues
00:59in the north and west with the wind feeling on the cool side. Temperatures at nine to
01:04eleven Celsius across Scotland and Northern Ireland, Northern England, twelve to thirteen
01:09further south. Out of the wind, in any sunny spells, pleasant enough. But temperatures
01:14fall away again overnight. Touch of frost in places, I think. As we start off Wednesday,
01:18we'll get a bit of shelter from the wind. But there will still be some showers coming
01:22through on Wednesday, particularly around coasts. And this time, I think the east coast
01:27is likely to see a few showers coming in at times from the North Sea and perhaps pushing
01:32inland as well. So just about anywhere catching a shower on Wednesday. But they'll be most
01:37frequent around coastal areas in between. Plenty of sunshine. And again, that cold feel
01:42compared to what we've experienced during the past few days and weeks. That cold feel
01:48because the wind is coming from the north. You can see the blues there arriving from
01:52the north of the UK. And as a result, another frosty one in places on Thursday morning,
01:58certainly in rural spots, we'll see temperatures dipping just below freezing. There'll be a
02:03few showers as well, first thing. Areas of cloud drifting south across the UK. But actually,
02:08by Thursday afternoon, I think many places drying up. There'll be fewer showers, a better
02:13chance of some sunny spells coming through, particularly inland. However, it is another
02:18cold one, 7 to 11 Celsius, typically. Probably a few places a degree or two colder compared
02:24to Tuesday and Wednesday. Now, a change on the way towards the far north and northwest.
02:30These weather fronts toppling in on Thursday night, bringing some mainly light outbreaks
02:35of rain initially. The wind also picking up here. But further south, a ridge of high pressure
02:40builds in. So for many, a dry, fine start to Friday. Again, a chilly start in southern
02:45areas. But on the whole, cloud topples its way southeastwards across the UK. And after
02:51a damp start in the northwest, the rain turns heavy and persistent by the afternoon across
02:56northwestern and western Scotland in particular. One or two spots of rain possible further
03:01south, mainly in the west, but otherwise plenty of dry weather. The further south you are,
03:06the more unsettled weather holding on there to the northwest. Into the weekend, some uncertainty
03:11about this little waving weather front. It may well oscillate back and forth across northern
03:17parts of the UK, but it looks likely that this weekend will turn very unsettled across
03:22northern areas with strong winds and heavy rain, particularly in the northwest of Scotland.
03:27And further south, it will stay largely dry and it will also turn a little milder. Follow
03:33us on social media and we'll keep you updated with all the latest. Bye-bye.