WEATHER SCHOOL
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Hello again,
It has been a fine week for some of us, but not so good for others. To find out what the weekend will be like, read on!
Weatherweb.net has been updated and now carries many more forecasts. I am working on adding more too. There are now:
• Surface frontal charts to 5 days ahead
• Detailed wind forecast charts for regions of the UK to 5 days ahead
• 5 day forecast texts for the UK, Ireland, France, Mediterranean and Europe
• Satellite cloud forecasts for Europe
• Month Ahead and Seasonal forecasts
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Best wishes,
Simon
WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST
Issued: 1200 Thursday 23rd April 2009
SATURDAY:
Low pressure is going to be centred to the south of Ireland through Saturday. This will be pushing fronts north and westwards through the British Isles. During the day the low drifts northwards and becomes a less well defined feature.
A cloudy and damp start to the morning for many areas. There will be periods of rain through the south and west, the heaviest of these over Wales, southwest England and Ireland. Plenty of murk around the coasts and hills as well.
As the day progresses the rain in the south should fade away, although I suspect that much of southern Ireland, west Wales and parts of southwest England could stay rather dull and damp all day.
A few showers for western Scotland in the afternoon, but generally brighter here than recently. We should find the rain also fading away from central and eastern areas of England in the afternoon, most places then dry although with a fair amount of cloud.
Winds will be mainly E-SE 12-18kt (F4-F5) but then S-SSW 15-20kt (F5-F6) as the cold front clears, those winds easing towards evening.
SUNDAY:
A more complex situation develops on Sunday. A shallow area of low pressure is expected to track northwards over southeast England, as the wrap around occluded front from Saturday’s low hangs north to south through western Scotland and Ireland. By the end of the day further fronts will be spreading to western Ireland from the Atlantic.
It seems likely that an area of rain, sometimes thundery, could track through southeast England through Sunday, probably in the afternoon. This will be spreading northwards through the evening, probably reaching as far north as The Wash.
The occluded front to the west will be bringing showery outbreaks of rain. These are likely through western Scotland and Ireland and will only be generally light.
Elsewhere the day is going to be fair with broken cloud for most and it should stay generally dry.
Winds will be mainly S’ly 7-12kt (F3-F4) but they may well become cyclonic in the southeast and the low tracks northwards. The winds also increasing in western Ireland later as the fronts arrive.
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