00:00Hello. Welcome to the weather for the
00:02week ahead from the Met Office.
00:03Rain, heavy rain is
00:05the key factor in the forecast for the
00:07next few days.
00:07There are warnings in force.
00:09The rain may well cause some
00:11problems in places now for a
00:13whole week across the whole of the UK.
00:14It's not going to rain everywhere.
00:16There will be some places that
00:17enjoy a bit of sunshine, some more
00:19than others.
00:20But the main message is that, as I
00:22say, most places are going to see a
00:24fair bit of rain over the next five
00:26to seven days.
00:27Why so? Well, because low
00:29pressure is in control.
00:30This area of low pressure dominating
00:32through the first part of the week.
00:33This weather front in particular,
00:35just kind of straddling central
00:36areas, bringing persistent rain.
00:39The low does tend to edge northward,
00:41shifting the rain around a little
00:42bit come the end of the week
00:44and more out to the west by the time
00:46we get to Friday.
00:47But with low pressure this close,
00:49showers are never going
00:51to be too far away.
00:52Let's put a little bit of detail on
00:54then. As I say, there are warnings
00:55in force, particularly under this
00:57zone of wet weather through
00:59Tuesday.
01:00It's that weather front we saw
01:01earlier. It's not shifting too far.
01:03And if you're stuck under that all
01:04day, well, the rain could really be
01:05building up.
01:06There's a brisk wind coming in from
01:08the North Sea.
01:09So parts of eastern England in
01:10particular having a very soggy
01:12and cold day.
01:13It's a brighter day across the
01:14southeast compared to Monday.
01:16Some sunshine, but that could spark
01:17one or two showers.
01:18And heavy showers are also likely
01:20across southwest England.
01:22Again, dropping a lot of rain in a
01:24short space of time.
01:25Southern Scotland, Northern Ireland
01:27largely dry and bright on Tuesday.
01:29And it's here where we could see
01:30some of the highest temperatures,
01:3115, 16 degrees.
01:32Also in the southeast, it should
01:34be a lot warmer than Monday with a
01:36bit more sunshine, but stuck under
01:37that zone.
01:39Thick cloud and outbreaks of rain,
01:4011 or 12 Celsius at best.
01:42That's going to feel fairly bleak.
01:45Into Wednesday.
01:46That low pressure still in control
01:47and that weather front hasn't
01:48shifted. The isobar still pretty
01:50close together.
01:51The winds coming in from the
01:53northeast, bringing a cool
01:55feel, even if you've got some sunny
01:56spells.
01:57Western Scotland, again, looking
01:59largely dry and bright and a good
02:01part of Northern Ireland, too.
02:02But there's that zone of wet weather
02:04again. The rainfall totals
02:06really building up through the
02:08middle part of the week.
02:09So there is the potential for some
02:10flooding issues.
02:12In the south, again, we're back to
02:13some sunshine, but that will
02:15spark some heavy showers come
02:17the afternoon. They'll be hit and
02:18miss. Not everywhere we'll catch
02:19one, but they could be, let's say,
02:21potentially giving some problems
02:23because the ground has seen so
02:25much rain over recent days.
02:27Fast forward to Thursday and by
02:29then, at least the low is starting
02:30to shift north and that weather
02:31front changing orientation.
02:34Some uncertainty about the position
02:36of it, but it does look as if we'll
02:37see more persistent rain moving
02:38across Scotland towards the end of
02:40the week. Again, parts of Northern
02:41Ireland may well stay dry and
02:43bright. But that zone of wetter
02:45weather pushing northwards, it
02:46means it may turn a bit drier
02:48across parts of the Midlands and
02:49eventually across parts of Wales
02:51and northwest England, too.
02:53Stay tuned for updates on that
02:55because that weather front, I say,
02:56could be in a slightly different
02:57position. Wherever it's lying,
02:59it's not going to allow much
03:00warmth around temperatures where
03:02it stays dull and damp all day.
03:04Eleven or twelve, bit of sunshine
03:05in the south. We could get into
03:07the mid to high teens.
03:08But again, that may spark
03:10some heavy showers.
03:11By the time we get to Friday, that
03:13low's toppled out into the
03:15Atlantic, into a more
03:17classical position, I guess you
03:18could say, for low pressure
03:20sitting close to the UK.
03:21But that will then still be
03:23bringing a mixture of sunshine
03:25and showers. It does look as if by
03:26Friday, at least these eastern
03:27parts of England should be a
03:29little bit drier and a little bit
03:30brighter. With the low further
03:32west, that's where we'll see more
03:34of the showers by the time we get
03:35to Friday. And again,
03:37temperatures, well, mid-teens
03:38at best when the sun pops out
03:40between the showers, maybe
03:4219 or 20 across the
03:43southeast. The wind's shifting
03:45direction now coming from the
03:46southwest rather than
03:48the northeast. And that low
03:49pressure, well, doesn't really
03:51shift even into the weekend.
03:53It'll be losing some of its
03:54potency, the isobars perhaps
03:55spreading out a little bit.
03:56But nevertheless,
03:58with low pressure that close,
03:59again, showers are likely to
04:01continue on and off into the
04:03weekend. There are weather
04:04warnings in force for that
04:06heavy rain.
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