00:00Welcome to your week ahead of weather update from the Met Office.
00:03Not much rain around this week.
00:05It's been a very dry April so far and that will continue thanks to high pressure.
00:10This one is just toppling in from the north and certainly for the second half of the week,
00:15pretty much sitting slap bang over the UK.
00:19That means generally dry weather.
00:21And I suspect for many of us, it will be fairly sunny as well.
00:25But it is coming in from the north and so it is bringing with it cooler air.
00:30So don't expect it to be particularly warm with these winds drifting in and particularly chilly on some of these North Sea coasts.
00:37That's definitely going to be the case on Tuesday, where there will also be quite a lot of cloud across these eastern areas,
00:43with even one or two showers drifting in across southeast Scotland down into northeast England,
00:48perhaps into East Anglia and the East Midlands late in the day.
00:51Much of the south and the west dry.
00:53We'll see some cloud developing through the day, but mostly it'll be bright.
00:57And of course, the sun makes a big difference at this time of year where it stays glum.
01:02It is going to be chilly. 9, 10, 11, where we see some sunny spells feeling quite pleasant in the sunshine,
01:07with temperatures much closer to average into the mid teens.
01:11Quite quickly, though, everywhere on Tuesday night, temperatures will be tumbling as the high pressure edges ever closer.
01:17The isobars spread further apart.
01:20So the winds are going to be light.
01:21Many of us will have clear skies that will lead to a frost in places on Wednesday morning,
01:26most likely across northern Britain, a hint of blue there on the chart.
01:30So even in some urban areas close to freezing further south, well, some pockets of frost, likely certainly in the countryside.
01:36So gardeners take note that won't be just Wednesday morning either.
01:41Potential for frosts continues for much of this week.
01:45During the day on Wednesday, we will see some cloud again across these eastern areas.
01:48And again, that will have an impact, feeling pretty chilly with the breeze coming in from the sea and where it stays cloudy.
01:54But a sunnier day probably for central and eastern Scotland's brighter skies further west.
01:59And again, where it's sunny, temperatures mid-teens feeling quite pleasant, where it's cloudy, it does feel really rather chilly.
02:06And again, temperatures dropping on Wednesday night with the high sitting right over us, light winds, clear skies.
02:12So again, a touch of frost likely on Thursday.
02:15Now, the big question mark later this week is how much cloud this area of high pressure is going to bring with it.
02:21A lot of the computer models generating quite a lot of cloud across the UK.
02:25We tend to think there will be as much as the computer models are suggesting.
02:29We're hopeful for a bit more sunshine across the UK during Thursday.
02:33So don't be surprised if your app is a little bit pessimistic.
02:36But I think many places should see sunny spells on Thursday.
02:39Again, it'll be the east, which is most likely to stay cloudy and as a result, quite chilly where we see sunny spells,
02:46temperatures mid or even high teens by the afternoon.
02:49But again, it'll be cold on Thursday night and a touch of frost is likely on Friday morning with that high sitting right over us.
02:57Well, we've got those clear skies, temperatures tumbling well down into single figures.
03:01These are the values for Friday morning, but fairly typical of any morning this week.
03:06Towns and cities staying just a touch above freezing.
03:09But in rural spots, there is the threat of frost throughout this week.
03:14As we go into the weekend, high pressure will try and hold on.
03:17But there are signs of a change, weather fronts toppling in around the north.
03:21These will bring some cloud and outbreaks of rain, probably just to Scotland and Northern Ireland on Saturday.
03:27That's a few days off, though. So stay tuned to the forecast through this week if you've got plans for the weekend.
03:32And as for the day to day details, particularly on that cloud.
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