i m sure you really don t need me to stand here and tell you just how wet and miserable it s been for the start of 2024, butjust take a look at these statistics. some of us have seen close to orjust above the average monthly rainfall already, and we re only five days into the month. but there is a glimmer of good news because high pressure is set to build as we look ahead, and that will quieten the weather story down. there is likely to be little significant rainfall for the foreseeable future. and we can see the first signs of that as we move into the weekend. yes, it s going to be a drier weekend. it will be a colder one as well. and with clear skies developing through the night, we could have some mist and fog first thing in the morning. favoured spots out to the west. a few scattered coastal showers through northern ireland, running down through the cheshire gap into west wales, and some nuisance cloud to the east of the pennines as well. now, we ll have some more significant showe
so the real cold air not arriving quite just yet. now, as we move through saturday evening, that nuisance cloud will start to break up a little. we ll see a freshening north easterly breeze driving in a few showers across the essex and kent coast. clearer skies further west. that s where we ll see the lowest of the values and some frost and fog to greet us first thing on sunday morning. but that s where we ll start off with the best of the sunshine. this nuisance breeze could continue to drift in some cloud through east yorkshire, east anglia, down through the south east. but further west, it ll be a dry, settled day with some sunshine coming through, but you might need a couple of extra layers as those temperatures are going to be just below the average for the time of year. so we re looking at highs of 3 6 degrees. now, as we look further ahead, the high pressure is set to establish itself as we go through the week, and it will drift its way a little bit further north west. the isoba
of warmth, unfortunately, because showers are set to return as we head into the weekend. so let s take a look atjust what is happening. we ve got this area of high pressure building from the southwest. yes, this weak warm front topples across the high, so it will continue to bring some nuisance cloud as we start the day, particularly across northern ireland, west facing coasts of wales and southwest england. so thick enough maybe once again for some misty conditions, a little bit drizzly from time to time. but further north and east, you ll continue to see some sunshine and some warmth building as we go through the day, so temperatures will respond, up to highs perhaps of 2a celsius mid 70s fahrenheit. now, warmer still as we move into thursday. we ll see any cloud starting to break up. we ll have clear skies through the night, and because the air s coming from the south, it will stay on the mild side. temperatures mid teens to start the day on thursday. so it s a southerly wind at t
we keep some cloud filtering in across the south west. where we ve got the breaks in the cloud temperatures into single figures, but it feels quite humid down to the south west by the end of the night as we re tapping in to that warmer air coming from the near continent. high pressure is building and we will start to see an improving picture on wednesday, but this warm front toppling across the high will still introduce more in the way of nuisance cloud and drizzle. quite murky conditions once again on those exposed west coasts. northern and eastern areas seeing the best of the sunshine and potentially the best of the warmth on wednesday, but all of us will be a degree or so up in comparison to of late, so low 20s, possibly as high as 2a or 25 degrees. that s the mid 705 fahrenheit. warmer still as we go into thursday. we re going to tap into some extreme heat that s pushing its way up from iberia. by the time it gets to us, it s not going to be, obviously, as hot. but nevertheless, th
now, as we go through the evening and overnight, we ll see that rain easing away from the kent coast. we keep some cloud filtering in across the south west and where we ve got the breaks in the cloud, temperatures into single figures, but it feels quite humid down to the southwest by the end of the night as we re tapping in to that warmer air coming from the near continent. so high pressure is building and we will start to see an improving picture on wednesday. but this warm front toppling across the high will still introduce more in the way of nuisance cloud and drizzle. quite murky conditions once again on those exposed west coast. so northern and eastern areas seeing the best of the sunshine and potentially the best of the warmth on wednesday. but all of us will be a degree or so up in comparison to of late, so low 20s, possibly as high as 24 or 25 degrees. that s the mid 70s fahrenheit. warmer still as we go into thursday, we re going to tap into some extreme heat that s pushing it