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This week sees more heavy rain across much of the UK and weather warnings are in force. With low pressure dominating all week sunshine will be limited but parts of western Scotland and Norther Ireland will see some blue skies.

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00:00Hello. Welcome to the weather for the

00:02week ahead from the Met Office.

00:03Rain, heavy rain is

00:05the key factor in the forecast for the

00:07next few days.

00:07There are warnings in force.

00:09The rain may well cause some

00:11problems in places now for a

00:13whole week across the whole of the UK.

00:14It's not going to rain everywhere.

00:16There will be some places that

00:17enjoy a bit of sunshine, some more

00:19than others.

00:20But the main message is that, as I

00:22say, most places are going to see a

00:24fair bit of rain over the next five

00:26to seven days.

00:27Why so? Well, because low

00:29pressure is in control.

00:30This area of low pressure dominating

00:32through the first part of the week.

00:33This weather front in particular,

00:35just kind of straddling central

00:36areas, bringing persistent rain.

00:39The low does tend to edge northward,

00:41shifting the rain around a little

00:42bit come the end of the week

00:44and more out to the west by the time

00:46we get to Friday.

00:47But with low pressure this close,

00:49showers are never going

00:51to be too far away.

00:52Let's put a little bit of detail on

00:54then. As I say, there are warnings

00:55in force, particularly under this

00:57zone of wet weather through

00:59Tuesday.

01:00It's that weather front we saw

01:01earlier. It's not shifting too far.

01:03And if you're stuck under that all

01:04day, well, the rain could really be

01:05building up.

01:06There's a brisk wind coming in from

01:08the North Sea.

01:09So parts of eastern England in

01:10particular having a very soggy

01:12and cold day.

01:13It's a brighter day across the

01:14southeast compared to Monday.

01:16Some sunshine, but that could spark

01:17one or two showers.

01:18And heavy showers are also likely

01:20across southwest England.

01:22Again, dropping a lot of rain in a

01:24short space of time.

01:25Southern Scotland, Northern Ireland

01:27largely dry and bright on Tuesday.

01:29And it's here where we could see

01:30some of the highest temperatures,

01:3115, 16 degrees.

01:32Also in the southeast, it should

01:34be a lot warmer than Monday with a

01:36bit more sunshine, but stuck under

01:37that zone.

01:39Thick cloud and outbreaks of rain,

01:4011 or 12 Celsius at best.

01:42That's going to feel fairly bleak.

01:45Into Wednesday.

01:46That low pressure still in control

01:47and that weather front hasn't

01:48shifted. The isobar still pretty

01:50close together.

01:51The winds coming in from the

01:53northeast, bringing a cool

01:55feel, even if you've got some sunny

01:56spells.

01:57Western Scotland, again, looking

01:59largely dry and bright and a good

02:01part of Northern Ireland, too.

02:02But there's that zone of wet weather

02:04again. The rainfall totals

02:06really building up through the

02:08middle part of the week.

02:09So there is the potential for some

02:10flooding issues.

02:12In the south, again, we're back to

02:13some sunshine, but that will

02:15spark some heavy showers come

02:17the afternoon. They'll be hit and

02:18miss. Not everywhere we'll catch

02:19one, but they could be, let's say,

02:21potentially giving some problems

02:23because the ground has seen so

02:25much rain over recent days.

02:27Fast forward to Thursday and by

02:29then, at least the low is starting

02:30to shift north and that weather

02:31front changing orientation.

02:34Some uncertainty about the position

02:36of it, but it does look as if we'll

02:37see more persistent rain moving

02:38across Scotland towards the end of

02:40the week. Again, parts of Northern

02:41Ireland may well stay dry and

02:43bright. But that zone of wetter

02:45weather pushing northwards, it

02:46means it may turn a bit drier

02:48across parts of the Midlands and

02:49eventually across parts of Wales

02:51and northwest England, too.

02:53Stay tuned for updates on that

02:55because that weather front, I say,

02:56could be in a slightly different

02:57position. Wherever it's lying,

02:59it's not going to allow much

03:00warmth around temperatures where

03:02it stays dull and damp all day.

03:04Eleven or twelve, bit of sunshine

03:05in the south. We could get into

03:07the mid to high teens.

03:08But again, that may spark

03:10some heavy showers.

03:11By the time we get to Friday, that

03:13low's toppled out into the

03:15Atlantic, into a more

03:17classical position, I guess you

03:18could say, for low pressure

03:20sitting close to the UK.

03:21But that will then still be

03:23bringing a mixture of sunshine

03:25and showers. It does look as if by

03:26Friday, at least these eastern

03:27parts of England should be a

03:29little bit drier and a little bit

03:30brighter. With the low further

03:32west, that's where we'll see more

03:34of the showers by the time we get

03:35to Friday. And again,

03:37temperatures, well, mid-teens

03:38at best when the sun pops out

03:40between the showers, maybe

03:4219 or 20 across the

03:43southeast. The wind's shifting

03:45direction now coming from the

03:46southwest rather than

03:48the northeast. And that low

03:49pressure, well, doesn't really

03:51shift even into the weekend.

03:53It'll be losing some of its

03:54potency, the isobars perhaps

03:55spreading out a little bit.

03:56But nevertheless,

03:58with low pressure that close,

03:59again, showers are likely to

04:01continue on and off into the

04:03weekend. There are weather

04:04warnings in force for that

04:06heavy rain.

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Week Ahead - Weather warnings in force for heavy rain.

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