Week ahead - Wet and windy followed by warmer
Another spell of wet and windy weather will hit the UK before it turns drier and warmer to end the week, thanks in part to a ex-hurricane Sam. Alex Deakin as the day to day details.
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00:00Hello. Plenty to talk about again this week for your Met Office weather for the week ahead.
00:05We're going to have a wet and windy spell in the next day or so, but then something
00:11of a change from midweek onwards. Certainly not everywhere will turn dry, but overall
00:16turning drier and quite a bit warmer as well. But of course, at this time of year, with
00:21lighter winds, that also brings the likelihood of mist and fog. Here's the bigger picture,
00:26this area of low pressure that's clearing away to the north, still bringing a few showers
00:30on Monday. And behind me, this is Hurricane Sam. It's changing through Monday night, will
00:37no longer be a hurricane, but as it drifts into parts of the North Atlantic, it will
00:42still influence our weather, as we'll see later on. But in the short term, there's another
00:47area of low pressure we need to talk about, but it hasn't yet developed. It's forming
00:52down to the southwest through Monday evening, and then this area of low pressure will dominate
00:57our weather during Tuesday. A set of weather fronts, tightly packed isobars, a wet and
01:02windy spell, particularly for England and Wales. It arrives overnight as a Met Office
01:07yellow warning in place for Wales and southwest England. And then the main focus will be across
01:13parts of the east. That low is kind of grinding to a halt and where we have the persistent
01:18rain through parts of northern and eastern England during Tuesday. Well, that rain will
01:22really build up through the day, so the potential for some disruption. It's also going to be
01:27very windy, but it should brighten up across Wales and southwest England. And not much
01:31rain for Scotland, Northern Ireland. Just a few showers here and generally a good amount
01:36of sunny spells. It won't be warm. The wind's coming down from the north, and particularly
01:40if you're stuck under that rain band over parts of eastern England, a pretty grim day
01:44here with temperatures only 12 or 13 at best. We might squeak up to the mid-teens along
01:50the south coast. But that low pressure system will slowly pull away during Tuesday night
01:55and into Wednesday. There is more weather fronts waiting out in the wings, but there's
02:00also this bump, this ridge of high pressure that will bring most places a fine day on
02:06Wednesday. It means the winds will be easing off as well. It also means it'll be quite
02:10a chilly start to Wednesday through parts of western Scotland, Northern Ireland. A touch
02:15of frost is possible. The windy and wet conditions still close to the east coast for a time,
02:21but should be heading away. And then, as I say for many, it's dry and bright on Wednesday
02:24with some sunshine until that next weather system brings cloud and outbreaks of rain
02:29into northern Ireland, western parts of Scotland, and possibly later on parts of Wales and southwest
02:34England. But generally, a fine day for many, feeling a bit warmer as well and temperatures
02:40getting up maybe to 17 or 18 across the southeast. Still a brisk breeze on those North Sea coast,
02:45but a drier and a brighter day on Wednesday for sure. Not dry and brighter, though, in
02:49the northwest. The next weather system is moving in, bringing rain and strong winds.
02:54That is, as I say, tied in to what has been Hurricane Sam. No longer a hurricane by this
03:00stage, but still a pretty sizable area of low pressure heading its way slowly up towards
03:05Iceland. It's weather fronts approaching the northwest, but because it is a tropical
03:10system, it does have tropical air entrained in it. So that is going to bring some warmth
03:14by day and by night. So after a cold start to Wednesday, Thursday promises a very mild
03:22start, but also will be quite wet across western Scotland, northern Ireland. In fact, there
03:27could be quite a lot of heavy rain across parts of western Scotland during Thursday
03:31and continuing into Friday. So that's something we need to keep a close eye on. Otherwise,
03:35quite a bit of cloud, but some brightness, particularly in eastern areas. And look at
03:39those temperatures getting up to 18, 19, 20 Celsius as possible across the southeast.
03:45That low is still dominating its weather fronts dangling across parts of Scotland, northern
03:49Ireland during Friday, and they may pep up again. So again, that rain building up during
03:55the second half of the week for parts of western Scotland, northern Ireland. We do need to
03:59keep an eye on that. But otherwise, it's higher pressure for England and Wales. So that could
04:04allow things to be a bit misty and murky. Certainly a chance of a few fog patches, but
04:09generally a dry and a bright day on Friday. But it will be wet and windy at times for
04:13Scotland and northern Ireland, depending on exactly where that weather front sits. We
04:18could see some brighter skies across eastern Scotland for sure. And where we do see brightness
04:23on Friday, that warm air means temperatures could easily get up to the high teens or maybe
04:28low 20s with some sunshine over eastern England. Even where it's wet all day, temperatures
04:33will still be above average for the time of year. Into the weekends, that weather fronts
04:38will slowly track across the country, but high pressure is building across it. So that
04:43suggests that the rain will be fizzling out. It'll probably just be a zone of cloud as
04:48it sinks across the country during Saturday, maybe the odd spot of rain. But for most,
04:53high pressure moving in for the weekend, bringing a lot of dry weather, still the likelihood
04:57of mist and fog patches, but also some sunny spells coming through. As I said at the start,
05:02plenty going on. There are Met Office warnings in place. Keep up to date with those. Best
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