North/South Split Next WeekAdded : Saturday at 14:26 The season of spring has got off to a mild start with some very pleasant weather being enjoyed by some areas in the last few days. However, as always there have been some exceptions with the far north remaining on the chilly side whilst some coastal areas in the south have been plagued by mist and fog which is a common occurrence in spring as warmer air travels over the cooler seas.
So what will the coming week bring? Potentially more of the same with high pressure looking like it will be residing close to the south of the country for much of the week keeping things quiet and mostly settled here whilst the far north and northwest remains cooler and more changeable thanks to low pressure over Iceland.
In the meantime this weekend has seen some changes with a couple of frontal systems pushing eastwards across Britain and Ireland, although their eastwards progress will be rather slow. Here is the forecast chart for Sunday:
You can see those fronts moving across the country and they will be bringing outbreaks of rain with them before drier and brighter conditions follow into the west:
As we go into the new working week so high pressure over the Azores looks set to ridge in across many parts of Britain and Ireland:
However a look at the synoptic chart for Monday shows that we have weak weather fronts lying across some parts and this means that we can expect a lot of cloud to be drifting around with some rain and drizzle affecting the west and northwest:
A similar synoptic set-up is shown for much of the forthcoming week so cloud amounts are likely to continue to be an issue but where the breaks do occur some very pleasant March sunshine can be expected and in turn temperatures will respond well with some regions seeing maximums in the mid-high teens:
This general theme of the south and southeast being brightest and warmest whilst the northwest is cooler and more changeable looks set to continue until the end of next week when there are signs of the cooler and more unsettled weather conditions spreading slowly south and southeast, although again the north will probably see the coolest and wettest conditions:
All in all fairly typical weather for much of the UK and Ireland in the coming days, the south and southeast seeing the driest, brightest and warmest of the weather whilst the northwest remains on the cooler and more changeable side.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER |