Weekend Weather Forecast 20/5/09

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Hello again,

A mixed weekend ahead, but for some of us it should be a pleasant one. There are hints of pressure building over the southern half of the country next week, but the north is always at risk of some rain.

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WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST
Issued: 1400 Wednesday 20th May 2009


SATURDAY:
High pressure centred over northern Germany extends a ridge westwards through the British Isles and Ireland. A warm front is going to be moving out of northern Scotland as low pressure depends over northern France. There is some uncertainty as to exactly where the low pressure will be forming, and how far north rain will extend, but at the present time it is expected to slip away eastwards without affecting the UK.
Fair conditions over much of the country. There will be some cloud around, but this is probably going to be medium or high level and it should be generally dry.
Across Scotland and Ireland there are likely to be outbreaks of rain. The rain is going to be heavy at times on western facing hills where there will be some hill and coastal fog as well.
Winds will be SE 8-12kt (F3-F4) in the south, but nearer S 12-15kt (F3-F4) for Scotland and Ireland. The far northwest of Scotland may have S at 20-25kt (F5-F6).

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SUNDAY:
There is some debate at the moment about the low pressure across southeast England. The current thinking is that this low will be further to the east and so should not affect all but the far southeast of the country.
The far southeast may have some cloud and outbreaks of rain at times. This could be heavy here and there but should clear into the Continent fairly quickly. Note that confidence is low in this feature and I expect there to be a change in the models over the coming days probably resulting in southeast England being dry on Sunday.
For all other parts of the country the day is probably going to be a dry one with sunny spells. There could be some cloud for the west of Ireland and western Scotland, although this should be broken and so there will be some sunny spells here too.
Winds are expected to be mainly S-SW’ly 8-12kt (F3-F4) although may increase in the west to be a S-SW 14-18kt (F5) in western Ireland and northwest Scotland.

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MONDAY
Charts showing a more unsettled look to Monday, but again I have to say I am not so sure! I think there could be some patchy outbreaks of rain as the fronts in the west move eastwards, but I suspect most of this will be away from eastern England by midday. A weak ridge of high pressure then follows behind. This may bring some showers to western coasts but I suspect for many areas the day may well be dry with sunny spells.
Winds will become a W-SW’ly 15-20kt (F4-F5) behind the front, perhaps SW 20-25kt (F6) in northwest Scotland.

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