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This week sees further heavy showers and the threat of thunderstorms for some areas. However pressure could be rising, allowing drier conditions for the end of the week. Alex Deakin has the details.

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00:00Hello. Welcome to your weather for the

00:01week ahead from the Met Office.

00:03Now, there are signs of some drier

00:05weather towards the end of the week.

00:08But as you can probably tell, we are

00:10in for some lively weather before

00:11that. Plenty of heavy showers around

00:13over the next few days and the

00:14potential for some

00:16thunderstorms, especially on Tuesday

00:18night and into Wednesday.

00:20More on that in a moment, because, as

00:21I said, overall, towards the end of

00:23the week, there are some signs that

00:25it might start to turn at least a

00:27little bit drier and a little bit

00:28sunnier. Now, for that, we need high

00:30pressure to be in charge.

00:32And this at the moment is how the

00:34pressure maps are looking for

00:35Saturday.

00:36But let's rewind

00:39and go through the rest of the week,

00:40because for most of this week, low

00:42pressure will be controlling things,

00:44bringing those showers.

00:45In particular, we need to keep our

00:47eyes on this area of low pressure

00:48pushing up towards the UK

00:51at the moment.

00:52Right now, we've got low pressure,

00:53different low pressure to the north

00:54of the UK and this weather front

00:56dangling across the country, bringing

00:58a fair bit of cloud around on Tuesday

01:00morning across central areas.

01:01But some places starting sunny.

01:03But here comes the first batch of

01:05showery rain across the south.

01:07Some heavier bursts in that across

01:08the Midlands, East Anglia and the

01:10southeast.

01:11Further north, well, actually fewer

01:12showers on Tuesday across Scotland

01:14and Northern Ireland and a bit more

01:16in the way of sunshine, particularly

01:18over Northern England.

01:19Temperature wise, well, nothing

01:21too spectacular.

01:22We're probably seeing highs in the

01:24high teens, maybe up to 20

01:26or 21 in one or two spots.

01:28But the wind's a bit lighter on

01:29Tuesday, so perhaps feeling a bit

01:31warmer than Monday.

01:32However, it's later on Tuesday

01:35that we're a bit worried about

01:37things coming up from the south.

01:38Some heavy thundery showers likely

01:40to break out across the English

01:42Channel and spread northwards across

01:44parts of the Midlands and the

01:46eastern side of England.

01:47Now, there'll be hit and miss.

01:48Not everywhere you're going to see

01:50these downpours, but they could

01:52cause some problems, particularly

01:53after all the wet weather of last

01:55week across these eastern areas.

01:57Certainly where we catch these

01:59thundery downpours, the roads

02:01will be fairly treacherous, a lot of

02:03spray and surface water around.

02:05And there could be some flooding,

02:06as I said, particularly because

02:08of all the wet weather we had last

02:10week. And the ground is very

02:11soggy at the moment.

02:12So the potential for some travel

02:14disruption, this is on Tuesday

02:15evening and into

02:17Wednesday across those eastern

02:19areas. It doesn't look much on the

02:21pressure pattern, but it's this

02:22sort of set of weather fronts just

02:23moving northwards through

02:25Tuesday night and into Wednesday

02:27that could cause those problems.

02:28As that low starts to pull away,

02:31well, we could see some further

02:32heavy thundery showers across

02:34eastern areas later on on

02:35Wednesday. So that warning is

02:37enforced for Tuesday night and all

02:38of Wednesday.

02:39Further west, well, again, it's

02:41back to that mixture of sunshine

02:43and showers, but probably not too

02:45many showers over southwest

02:46England, south Wales.

02:48Decent chance of some sunshine

02:49here. And again, look at those

02:50temperatures around or

02:52still below average.

02:54For this time of mid

02:55June.

02:56Looking ahead to Thursday, it

02:58looks a bit drier across eastern

02:59areas. Again, it's basically

03:01sunshine and showers, but most of

03:02the showers on Thursday will be

03:04across Scotland and Northern

03:05Ireland again.

03:06They'll be more scattered across

03:07England and Wales, so a better

03:08chance of, again, seeing some

03:10sunny spells.

03:11And again, that means temperatures

03:12could get into the high teens or

03:14low 20s.

03:15But where we see the frequent

03:16heavy showers across Scotland,

03:18Northern Ireland, temperatures

03:19only 13 or 14 at best

03:21for many.

03:22Now, by the time we get to Friday,

03:24we start to see the influence of

03:26the high pressure trying

03:28to build up from the south.

03:30If this moves in, then that means

03:32drier weather is likely through

03:34Friday and into the weekend.

03:36There is some uncertainty, it has

03:37to be said. But at the moment,

03:39we're not expecting as many

03:40showers, certainly for England and

03:41Wales. Large parts of the day will

03:43be dry. But again, closer to low

03:44pressure, there will still be

03:46showers across Scotland and

03:47Northern Ireland at this stage.

03:49And again, well, for

03:5121st of June, the longest

03:54day, these temperatures are below

03:56average, 14 to maybe 17,

03:5818 Celsius.

03:59Now, don't forget, because the sun

04:00is strong at this time of year, a

04:02bit of sunshine could lift those

04:03temperatures a bit high.

04:04It will feel warmer in the sunny

04:05spells, but no really hot

04:07spell of weather on the way.

04:08In fact, the mornings later this

04:10week look distinctly chilly under

04:11this influence of high pressure,

04:13which controls our weather.

04:14It looks like into the weekend.

04:15So it will, I think, be dominant

04:18into Saturday.

04:18But notice where the fronts aren't

04:20too far away.

04:21So although this high looks like

04:22building in and bringing some fine

04:23weather towards the end of the

04:24week, it may not last all that long

04:26at the moment.

04:27And this is a few days away.

04:29So make sure you stay up to date

04:30with the latest.

04:31The weekend looks like it could

04:32start fine, a bit chilly in the

04:34mornings, but mostly fine on

04:35Saturday with some sunshine.

04:36And then the showers may return

04:38through Sunday and into the early

04:39parts of next week.

04:41That's a long way off, though.

04:41Make sure you stay up to date with

04:43the very latest.

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