Saturday 17 October 2009

Day 17 - High pressure.

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day 17 winds



A pretty nice day is on the cards across Britain and Ireland thanks to high pressure sitting slap bang over the country. Whilst many parts will see good spells of sunshine, some eastern areas will be plagued by cloud coming down from the north on a northerly wind.

That wind is still quite fresh across East Anglia and southeast England this morning, but will slowly ease down later today and tonight. Winds are much lighter elsewhere, and this has allowed some frost to develop overnight, so its a chilly start to the day. Not much will change today, with most places staying dry with sunny spells. The best of the sunshine will be across central and western areas, and this will help temperatures recover to near normal values.

Clear skies this evening will mean those temperatures will fall away sharply, with a widespread ground frost and some air frost forming. One exception will be much of Scotland and Ireland, as more cloud rolls in from the northwest, eventually bringing some rain with it. Combined with the freshening breeze, this will mean a milder night here.

So a cold start to Sunday across England and Wales, but this will mean a fine day is in store here again, with more in the way of sunshine across eastern districts. Further north, that cloud and rain will slowly edge south-eastwards across the rest of Scotland and Ireland, reaching northern England by the end of the day, with brighter conditions following into the north.

Looking ahead into next week, and its all change as a deep Atlantic low moves closer, bringing strong southerly winds and heavy rain in from the west, although eastern parts may well stay dry well into the week.

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