The August Bank Holiday weekend is coming up fast (unless you're in Scotland where you've already had it!) and for many it is the final hurrah of summer before the school holidays end so of course the weather plays a big role in this. This year's August Bank Holiday weather involves good news and, typically, some not so good news.
The not so good news first - there will be some rain or showers around and some of these could turn heavy. The good news - there will also be plenty of dry, bright and pleasantly warm weather around, especially for the Bank Holiday itself. Starting off with Saturday and an area of low pressure to the south of the country will be trying to push its associated weather fronts northwards so outbreaks of rain, perhaps heavy and thundery, will be moving into parts of England and Wales from the south with bright and humid conditions developing in the southeast by the afternoon. Meanwhile for much of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England a ridge of high pressure means that it should be mostly dry with some sunny spells and just the odd shower.
That low pressure system brings some potentially heavy rain to parts of Wales and northern England on Saturday night before it clears away to the east on Sunday with drier and brighter conditions following on from the west. Once again Scotland and Northern Ireland look set to fare best under a ridge of high pressure with only isolated showers here, but for parts of England and Wales some potentially heavy and thundery showers may well break out by Sunday afternoon.
Into Bank Holiday Monday and the weather looks set to play nicely this year with a ridge of high pressure building in from the southwest bringing plenty of fine and dry weather with temperatures close to or just a touch above normal for much of the country. There will be variable amounts of cloud around though and one or two isolated showers are possible but on the whole it looks set to be a good day for getting out and about and for outdoor events/activities. You can check out the latest forecasts for a whole host of attractions or produce BBQ invites via the links below!
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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