00:00Those of us after some more prolonged dry weather, well I've got some good news for you because from this
00:05weekend high pressure is set to dominate for a few days at least.
00:09At the moment we've got pretty mild air with us but also low pressure across the UK that's resulted in
00:15spells of wet weather and showers and there's more of that to come through the rest of this week.
00:19Low pressure arrives through Friday into Saturday but then through the weekend we start to see high pressure building up
00:26from the south and west becoming more dominant across the UK by Sunday and it will last into next week
00:34as well.
00:34More on that in a moment as I said for the time being through the rest of this week we've
00:38still got low pressure to come further spells of wet weather.
00:42Now through Thursday the wet weather will be dominant across more north-western areas.
00:46There is a risk of showers further south but I think it should be a much drier day compared to
00:51Wednesday.
00:52In any sunshine feeling relatively warm, highs of around 16 degrees in the best of that sunshine but for most
00:59of us temperatures will be pretty close to average.
01:01As I said more in the way of showers across more north-western areas, here they could be relatively heavy
01:06too.
01:07And then through Thursday evening we start to see some more persistent rain move in.
01:11That's ahead of this area of low pressure that brings wet and windy weather to many areas through Friday.
01:17So quite a damp evening, we've got the warm front with us so under that warm sector will be quite
01:22a cloudy and damp night Thursday night.
01:25So another mild start to the day to come on Friday.
01:29And then it's Friday where this area of low pressure pushes up to the north and west of the UK.
01:33It doesn't push across the country so we should escape the strongest winds but it's still going to be a
01:38pretty windy day particularly across the north and west.
01:41And this cold front is where we'll see the heaviest rain.
01:44Pretty similar to Wednesday's weather actually.
01:46A spell of wet weather pushing across the country through the middle of the day.
01:51Now either side of that band of rain there will be some sunshine.
01:53It's not going to feel too bad in that sunshine at all.
01:55Either highs around the high teens for some of us.
01:59A little bit cooler where we're closer to that area of low pressure.
02:02Because we'll have slightly fresh air behind this cold front.
02:05But also because the winds will be stronger here.
02:09Here's a look at the gusts through Friday.
02:11As I said we escaped the strongest gusts across much of the country.
02:14But parts of Northern Ireland and the far west of Scotland could see winds and gusts up to 50 possibly
02:2160 miles per hour.
02:22So it's one to keep an eye on if you're in these areas.
02:24It's going to be certainly an unsettled day.
02:26But then things become more settled through Saturday.
02:31So high pressure is starting to build in from the south and west.
02:34It's a slow process at first.
02:37But then it does last into the start of next week.
02:40So Saturday looks like a showery day for northern areas.
02:44Across the south though it's going to be a pretty dry day.
02:47Plenty of sunshine as well.
02:50Particularly across more eastern areas of England.
02:53And in that sunshine temperatures once again climbing towards the high teens.
02:58Further north temperatures much closer to 10 or 11 degrees.
03:01So a little bit disappointing.
03:02Still quite a brisk westerly wind.
03:06So still some unsettled weather to start the weekend across more northern areas.
03:10The sunshine starting to become more dominant across the south through Saturday.
03:15It's from Sunday though that high pressure starts to dominate from the south.
03:20Pushing northwards to extend across the whole country by the end of Sunday.
03:25It's slightly cooler air.
03:26So it's not going to be particularly warm out of the sunshine.
03:29But it does look like it will last well into next week as well.
03:34It does bring with it a risk of some northerly winds for a time.
03:37So perhaps some showers across north eastern coasts.
03:40But for most of us plenty of dry weather to come.
03:44How long is this high pressure going to stick with us?
03:46Well it's likely to stay with us until at least the middle part of next week.
03:51And there is a good chance that it could last into next weekend as well.
03:55However from around Thursday onwards there's pretty much equal waiting between more settled and more unsettled weather.
04:03But until Wednesday what does that mean for the weather across the UK?
04:07Well there is a lot of dry weather to come.
04:11Easterly winds however not a particularly warm direction.
04:15So out of the sunshine it's not going to be particularly warm.
04:19The best of the sunshine likely to be across western areas.
04:22Parts of Wales, south west England, western Scotland and northern Ireland.
04:26Seeing the best of that sunshine.
04:28Across the east coast we could start to see some sea fog.
04:31And haar across the hearts of the east coast of Scotland as well.
04:35Bringing particularly cold mornings.
04:38So without that sunshine it's going to feel a little bit cool for the time of year.
04:42But in the sunshine, pretty warm to be honest.
04:44The strength of the sun is equal to late August at this time of year.
04:49But that does mean we could also have some colder nights.
04:52Particularly across northern areas we haven't quite escaped any risk of frost.
04:57But plenty of dry weather wherever you are to come next week.
05:01So by Wednesday these are the most likely weather patterns across the UK.
05:06And you can see all of them have an easterly component to them.
05:11There are some slight differences between them.
05:13The highest probability is for that high pressure to be situated slightly further north.
05:18Bringing in quite straight easterly winds.
05:20We've also got a likelihood of seeing that high pressure up to more eastern areas of the UK.
05:27Bringing in either a south easterly or if it's to the west a north easterly.
05:32So slight shifts of how much of a southerly or a northerly wind could affect quite how warm or cold
05:38it is.
05:39But I think with either of these directions, with the sunshine it's going to feel pretty pleasant.
05:45But in the cloud I think you will be missing the sunshine.
05:49And we do continue to hold on to that risk of cloudier skies across eastern areas throughout the week.
05:56What happens beyond that?
05:57Of course this is the 10 day trend.
05:59We go out further than just a week ahead.
06:01Well that's where we start to lose confidence because this area of high pressure starts to move.
06:07And the direction it starts to move, well that really does impact the possible outcomes.
06:12Now these are the most likely outcomes for Saturday the 25th of April.
06:16Notice all of them about 10 to 15% chance.
06:20All pretty low and all pretty different as well.
06:23But these are the sorts of things we could expect by that point.
06:27Or we could have that high pressure well up to the north and west of the UK and that could
06:33allow more north northerly winds to push in.
06:36Which could mean it could turn quite unsettled but also quite cold.
06:40There's also this option where we could see that high pressure push to the north and west of the UK.
06:47But allow more directly northerly winds which could bring even colder air.
06:52Or we could hold on to those easterly winds through next week and with high pressure pretty close to the
06:58UK too.
06:59So I think it's really all to play for depending on how that high and low start to move around.
07:05Depending on where that high pushes away to.
07:08And it's worth noting this because it's still pretty cold air not too far away from the UK.
07:13So if it does allow a more direct northerly wind well we could still get some quite cold weather.
07:17But if we stick with high pressure and more southerly winds perhaps well we could get warmer weather.
07:23So there is a lot of variety in the options for the temperature from the end of next week into
07:29next weekend.
07:29And you can see that with the meteograms here.
07:33This is the maximum temperature and here is the minimum temperature.
07:36This one's for Edinburgh.
07:37I'll show you London in just a second.
07:40So you can see here for the weekend from the weekend onwards the maximum temperatures do take a bit of
07:45a downfall from the weekend.
07:47I think with any sunshine though it's going to feel a little bit warmer than these temperatures might suggest.
07:52We'll be average or just above average.
07:54And then from Wednesday onwards there's a huge spread in options to below average to quite high above quite far
08:02above average.
08:03It's worth noting as well the risk of colder nights as well and continues all the way through until next
08:10weekend.
08:11So those of us concerned with frost I think we still need to keep an eye on things particularly if
08:15you're out in the garden.
08:16And here's London's picture.
08:18It's relatively similar but we don't develop quite as much of a spread into next week.
08:24The latter part of next week into next weekend.
08:27We haven't got as many of those colder options.
08:30That's because we'll be further away from that cold air up to the north of the UK close to the
08:35Arctic.
08:36And similar picture for the minimums as well.
08:39That bottom line there of the minimum still reaching the low single figures.
08:43So I think any frost risk is pretty minimal for southern areas into next week.
08:47It's more northern areas where we need to keep an eye on it.
08:50So some good news for good weather, dry weather, some reliable dry weather at least for four or five days
08:58from this weekend into next week.
09:00Hopefully you can make the most of that.
09:01How long it's going to last?
09:03Well you'll have to stay up to date.
09:04We'll be keeping an eye on it and keeping you up to date.
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09:09Thanks for joining me.
09:10Bye bye.
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