This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the week ahead 22/04/2024
It’s going to be rather cool this week, especially for the middle of spring, and with that some frost is likely overnight as well as a bit of hill snow for Scotland too. Showers are most likely in the east until Friday when they will be more widespread ahead of a potentially unsettled weekend. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
It’s going to be rather cool this week, especially for the middle of spring, and with that some frost is likely overnight as well as a bit of hill snow for Scotland too. Showers are most likely in the east until Friday when they will be more widespread ahead of a potentially unsettled weekend. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00 Hello, very good day to you. It is the middle of spring but it's not always going to feel
00:04 like it this week with temperatures often several degrees below average. At the moment
00:09 we have high pressure towards the west of us and the jet stream is pushing over the
00:13 north of this but then plunging southwards across the country and with that we have some
00:18 cold air. Cold air towards the east of us is gradually going to push its way further
00:22 westwards across the UK as we go through this week and it's this that means our temperatures
00:27 are going to turn a little bit lower than they have been recently and add to that cool
00:32 feel so feeling not particularly like spring as I mentioned at the start. But if we go
00:37 back to the here and now and if we go through Tuesday morning a warm front bringing some
00:41 cloud and some drizzly rain across parts of eastern, south eastern England first thing.
00:46 Also a few outbreaks of rain across parts of Wales and south west England perhaps. Otherwise
00:50 quite a bit of dry weather around and where we have some clear skies it will turn a little
00:54 bit chilly, perhaps a touch of frost in the sheltered glens of Scotland but it is going
00:59 to turn colder as we go through the next few days. However through Tuesday itself then
01:04 quite a bit of cloud and still some drizzly rain across parts of eastern, south eastern
01:08 England a lot of that pushing its way southwards as we go through the day so turning a bit
01:12 drier brighter later on. A few showery outbreaks possible across parts of Wales and the south
01:16 west and maybe one or two showers towards the north east of England too but on the whole
01:20 many places staying largely fine. Across many parts of England and Wales there will be some
01:25 sunny spells breaking out quite a few of these towards the north and west. Across Scotland
01:29 and Northern Ireland it's largely sunny skies here plenty of blue skies. Bit of a west east
01:34 split in our temperatures on Tuesday. Towards the east temperatures suppressed high single
01:40 figures or low double digits generally here. Further west though several degrees higher
01:44 than this some places getting to the mid to high teens so not feeling too bad pleasantly
01:48 warm here but markedly colder further east. As we go through Tuesday night and into Wednesday
01:54 and we have high pressure towards the west of us but low pressure towards the east. This
01:58 is gradually going to feed its way in as we go through the middle part of the week so
02:01 a bit more unsettled bit blustery and a bit showery towards eastern parts as we go through
02:06 Wednesday. Starting off though a bit chillier than Tuesday morning a greater chance of seeing
02:11 a touch of frost across parts of Scotland, Northern England and generally some prone
02:15 spots across central southern England and Wales as well. Temperatures widely low single
02:20 figures so a cool start to the day for sure. As we go through the day itself though plenty
02:25 of fine weather towards the west lots of sunshine here yes there'll be some cloud at times but
02:30 generally fine and sunny. Bit more cloud towards the east and a greater chance of seeing some
02:35 showers here. They could be quite frequent across the eastern parts in particular as
02:39 we go through the afternoon and they could be the odd heavy one mixed in too. Still a
02:43 westy split in our temperatures in the east. Temperatures will be a little bit lower than
02:47 on Tuesday and more places struggling into high single figures at best. Further west
02:53 also a little bit lower than on Tuesday more widely getting into the low to mid teens so
02:58 a slightly cooler feel for many of us. Sticking with the high pressure towards the west generally
03:04 and low pressure towards the east as we go through Wednesday and into Thursday and so
03:08 it's still going to be across eastern parts where we have the greatest chance of some
03:12 blustery and showery weather as we go through Thursday itself. Colder air becoming more
03:17 widespread for a time and so that means Thursday morning does look particularly chilly. A fairly
03:21 widespread frost across rural spots of Scotland, England, Wales and also Northern Ireland especially
03:27 towards the west. Many places falling to low single figures if not a few degrees below
03:33 away from the towns and cities. In the east perhaps where we have a bit more cloud and
03:36 a bit more of a wind here it's not going to be quite as chilly as further west. As we
03:41 go through the day on Thursday then still some showers likely for eastern parts and
03:45 the odd heavy one is possible around parts of East Anglia and maybe Kent as we go through
03:50 the afternoon too. Elsewhere a fair deal of fine sunny weather towards the north and west.
03:55 Watch out for some showery rain pushing into the far north of Scotland later on but generally
04:00 dry for many of us though you can't rule out the odd shower. For many temperatures are
04:05 going to be similar to Wednesday perhaps picking up a little bit across some eastern parts
04:10 or a greater chance of getting into double figures here but still a rather cool feel
04:15 considering is going to be mid to late April by this point. Now as we go through into Friday
04:20 and there is going to be an area of low pressure developing towards the west south west of
04:25 the UK more on that in a second. Otherwise through Friday itself and it's a fine start
04:30 for many of us perhaps not quite as chilly a start as on Thursday morning but nonetheless
04:34 a touch of frost is still possible in a few areas and then through Friday itself then
04:39 showery rain across parts of Scotland pushes its way southwards and becomes more widespread
04:44 as we go through the day. So a greater chance of catching some showery bursts for many of
04:49 us as we go through Friday though towards the southeast here it is likely to remain
04:54 dry so a bit of a reversal in fortunes compared to earlier on in the week. Temperatures starting
04:59 to pick up a little bit but they are still going to be a bit below average for the time
05:03 of year so not as cool as earlier on in the week. Now I mentioned an area of low pressure
05:08 and this is likely to deepen somewhere towards the southwest of the UK as we go through later
05:12 Friday. Now there is a reasonable chance that this low will clear away towards the south
05:16 but some models want it to come back up towards the UK as we go into the weekend and now if
05:22 this happens then that would bring some heavy rain spreading up from the south and also
05:26 some strong winds so a pretty unsettled weekend to come. But like I said there is some uncertainty
05:32 because the models all want to do slightly different things. Nonetheless I think it is
05:35 going to be a slightly more unsettled weekend compared to what we will see through much
05:40 of this week. We will of course keep you up to date with the forecast as we get nearer
05:44 the time particularly if that unsettled spell does arrive this weekend. Make sure to subscribe
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