Issued every
Thursday. See our weekly forecast here for the more comprehensive week ahead forecast issued every Saturday.
Weekend outlook
High pressure slowly building in from the southwest through the weekend
as a showery westerly airflow retreats northwards. Rain and cloud persisting across the Highlands into next week but
turning warm and dry with light winds in the south.
Overnight, a frontal system will bring further rain and low cloud
in from the northwest down across Scotland, N Ireland and N England but rain tending to then quickly die out as it moves away
southeastwards on Saturday 20th – so probably little more than some thicker cloud for Wales on
Saturday morning whilst the SW should remain reasonably fine and dry but a lot of cloud around overall today so quite cool
in places. Brightening up for a time across northern parts before the next area of rain moves into the Western Isles
overnight.
Sunday 21st – the Summer Solstice - sees further
rain moving eastwards across Scotland, perhaps extending for a time across N Ireland and into Cumbria and the N Pennines.
Further south the high pressure now starting to dominate and it looks like being a fine dry day for most parts, though
probably still on the fairly cloudy side and with temperatures only perhaps a little above average for most though the sunniest
parts of the south & SE may see 23C.
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Monday through the rest of the week.
By Monday 22nd all parts from the south of Scotland southwards will be under
high pressure and temperatures will begin rising, especially across Wales and the SW. Long sunny periods for most areas
and feeling warm, some sea breezes setting in around coasts. Still probably a bit cloudy though across the centre
and north of Scotland-the Highlands still under a showery airflow from the west and with a likelihood of lower cloud and some
showers pushing eastwards through the day, chiefly across Highlands northwards.
On Tuesday 23rd the high pressure should finally extend north to N
Scotland as it drifts northeastwards, allowing more of an easterly breeze down across the far south and keeping east coasts
a little chilly. Through the week high pressure likely to remain over the British Isles and temperatures pushing into
the mid twenties especially across Wales and the inland SW. Local sea breezes by day though and some eastern coasts
and hills – such as the North York Moors - likely to see more in the way of cloud though, with the west & central
areas generally doing best for the sun. A risk also through the week of some thundery showers developing in places by
afternoon, especially on high ground.
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