Changes in store for the weather this week as low pressure moves away to the east and high pressure builds to the west, leaving the UK and Ireland under a run of increasingly cool north-westerly winds, those winds by midweek coming straight down from the Arctic.
There will be a cooler feel to the weather for many regions today thanks to a west/north-westerly wind feeding in as that low pulls away. Monday is dawning cloudy in many regions and there are still some showery bursts of rain around, particularly across England and southern parts of Scotland. It is a clearer start further to the north and west and many places will see sunny spells developing today although for central and eastern parts of England it may well remain rather cloudy and damp for much of the day. Meanwhile, after a fine start, cloud will increase across much of north-western Britain and Ireland as showers move in from the west, turning more frequent and prolonged with time, particularly across western Scotland.
Temperatures will be down on recent days as cooler air filters in on a moderate breeze but nonetheless will be close to normal for the first half of September with maximums ranging from 13°C to 15°C in the north and 16°C to 19°C further south, although it will still feel pleasant in the sunnier spells.
A wet and windy evening follows in the northwest with rain spreading southeast across much of Scotland and Northern Ireland tonight so that by dawn a band of rain extends from Ireland across northern England. Clearer, cooler and more showery conditions follow into the northwest whilst for much of central and southern Britain it remains mostly dry if increasingly cloudy. Tomorrow sees that rain band continuing to sink south with brighter, more showery conditions following from the north along with a drop in temperature, but for the Northern Isles heavy rain and north-westerly gales are likely to dominate.
METEOROLOGIST : BARBER
|
