00:00Meteorological spring is here and the weather this week, well, it's going to feel pretty spring-like.
00:06There's going to be lots of dry, lots of sunny and relatively warm weather around for most of us.
00:10But let's look at the big picture that we have across the, well, the country and nearby.
00:15At the moment we have high pressure to the east of us.
00:18There is a front, a weakening front, pushing its way southeastwards across the UK.
00:21But it's the high pressure to the southwest, which I'm most interested in,
00:26because it's going to build, it's going to push its way across the UK as we go through the rest
00:31of Monday and into Tuesday.
00:32And that's going to help keep our weather on the quiet side.
00:36With that then, many of us will wake up on Tuesday morning with a lot of clear skies.
00:40Those clear skies overnight will have allowed temperatures to take a bit of a drop.
00:45So a bit of frost, quite likely first thing on Tuesday morning across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
00:50A chilly start here.
00:51More cloud, though, across much of England and Wales because of that weakening front I mentioned.
00:56Mostly dry, but there will be a bit of rain, a bit of light rain mixed in with it as
01:00well.
01:01Now, some of this cloud across England and Wales is going to last through much of the day.
01:06It's definitely across central, southern parts of England and Wales where it's going to be cloudiest really through Tuesday.
01:11But there won't be a huge amount of rain, just some drizzly outbreaks at times.
01:15And there will be some bright blue skies developing even here.
01:18The best of the sunshine, though, will be across much of Northern Ireland, Northern England and a large chunk of
01:24Scotland.
01:24The far north of Scotland, however, more cloud bubbling up at times and a few showers, particularly for Orkney and
01:30Shetland.
01:31Temperatures are around average in the north, just about scraping into double figures in a few places.
01:37But further south, a little bit milder than this.
01:39We're looking at highs around 14, 15 Celsius.
01:42So starting to feel pretty mild indeed, especially if you get any of that sunshine.
01:48As we go through Tuesday night into Wednesday, we still have high pressure across us.
01:52It's starting to drift away towards the east.
01:55And if you remember the direction that our winds go around an area of high pressure, as it pushes away
01:59towards the east,
02:00we are going to get a bit of a southerly flow as we go into Wednesday.
02:05That southerly flow is then likely to drag in some Saharan dust.
02:09And so don't be surprised if the sky has a bit of an orangey tint to it, particularly at sunrise
02:14and sunset,
02:15as we go through from the middle of the week onwards.
02:18But as that high pressure drifts away towards the east, it will allow for a front to come into the
02:23northwest.
02:24So on Wednesday, there will be some outbreaks of rain across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
02:30Showery outbreaks initially, but there is a band of more persistent rain waiting out towards the west.
02:35However, across much of England and Wales, we're staying ahead of that front.
02:38And so it's going to be another largely fine day.
02:41Yes, there will be some cloud around.
02:43And even where the thicker cloud breaks, there could be some high level cloud,
02:46meaning the sunshine's a bit hazy at times, but much of England and Wales staying generally dry.
02:52And with that southerly wind, yes, it's going to be bringing in some Saharan dust perhaps,
02:56but it's also going to be bringing in some milder air, some warmer air.
03:00And so temperatures are going to be even higher than on Tuesday, looking at highs around 15, 16 Celsius,
03:05perhaps even a little bit milder than that, though towards the north with the cloud and the rain coming in,
03:10while those temperatures here are going to be a little bit suppressed.
03:14As we go through into Thursday, that high pressure's drifted a bit further away towards the east.
03:19And then we have a front towards the west of us gradually shuffling its way south and eastwards,
03:25but it's going to make pretty slow progress.
03:28And so whilst on Thursday, it's looking quite wet across, well, western Scotland initially,
03:33and then that rain feeding its way across much of Scotland and also a wet start across Northern Ireland,
03:38that rain's really only just about going to push into some western parts of England and perhaps Wales.
03:43It could be quite heavy, quite persistent at times, but the values at the moment don't look especially high.
03:49It shouldn't cause any major problems, especially because there's a lot of dry weather all around it.
03:54Towards the east of this front, lots of sunshine still, and it is going to be even warmer than on
04:02Wednesday.
04:03We're dragging in even warmer air, and so temperatures likely to peak around 17, 18, 19 Celsius,
04:10possibly a little bit warmer than that.
04:11Definitely can't rule it out, so it's going to feel very mild indeed.
04:15Pretty warm, to be honest, in that sunshine.
04:16Worth noting, however, if we look at these temperatures compared to average for March,
04:22remember it's early March at the moment, and so that's ever so slightly usually chillier than the average for the
04:28month as a whole,
04:29but temperatures for most of us are going to be several degrees above average for the month.
04:35The exception being really across parts of Northern Ireland, Western Scotland,
04:38where that front's come through, we have fresher air coming in, so it's going to be a bit chillier here,
04:44but for many of us, yeah, a pretty mild day indeed for early March.
04:49That band of rain then, worth highlighting, with the Saharan dust, that band of rain could actually help wash some
04:55of that out,
04:56so don't be surprised if you see some dusty reddish residue on cars or surfaces
05:01as that rain pushes through overnight Thursday and into Friday.
05:05It's fizzling out as it makes its way eastward, so not really expecting much heavy rain across some eastern parts,
05:11many places, particularly towards the southeast, not really seeing a huge amount of rain at all,
05:14but it is eventually going to clear away as we go through Friday.
05:18And then we have drier, brighter weather falling in behind.
05:22It may take a wee while for that cloud in the east to clear away, could linger through much of
05:26the day,
05:26but most places, having a lot of dry, bright, sunny weather again,
05:30but notice those temperatures.
05:32With that colder air coming through, that colder air is already across Northern Ireland on Thursday.
05:37It's going to become more widespread as we go into Friday.
05:41Yes, it is going to feel a fair bit fresher, but lots of sunshine to be had,
05:46so I think many of us will take that.
05:48Worth noting, also some showery rain again pushing into the far northwest of the UK,
05:52and this is kind of the story that we'll take as we go into the weekend.
05:55High pressure building again, and so many places sticking with that quieter,
05:59often settled theme, albeit not as warm as earlier on in the week,
06:04but generally dry, decent amount of sunshine,
06:06but the further away from that high pressure you are towards the northwest,
06:10always a reasonable chance of seeing more cloud and some wetter,
06:13perhaps even windy weather as well.
06:15And that's what we're going to see into Sunday as well.
06:18But obviously you need to stay tuned for more details as we get nearer time through this week
06:23and into the weekend, especially if you have plans,
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06:29Bye-bye.
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