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[Summer Sun]

Plenty of dry weather

Best sun to the south

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110519

[Summer Sun]

Dry to the south Wet in the north

Issued: 1200hrs Saturday 21st May 2011

Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Wet and windy at times in the north, but drier and brighter to the south

High pressure is going to be extending through southern parts of the country at times in the coming week. This is going to be bringing dry weather here with sunny spells. Further north low pressure is more dominant and this brings cloud and outbreaks of rain, as well as strong winds at times through Ireland and Scotland.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110521

[Summer Sun]

Issued: 0859 Sunday 22nd May 2011

More like autumn

Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Gusts of 70mph for Scotland

With the jet stream forecast to be across the United Kingdom this week, deep areas of low pressure are forecast to develop in the Atlantic. Strong winds are set to affect the country with fronts spreading in bands of rain to be followed by showers. Gales will often affect Britain with severe gales and gusts to 70 mph across Scotland initially. Temperatures this will be suppressed and will below normal for May.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110522

[Stuart]

Summer remains on hold

Chilly and unsettled

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110523

[Stuart]

Unsettled week ahead

Better later

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110524

[Summer Sun]

Mixed week ahead Better south later

Issued: 0900hrs Wednesday 25th May 2011 Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Better weather later in the south, although more mixed elsewhere

A mixed period of weather ahead. There will be some periods of rain, most of these to the north and west of the country, although more southern and eastern areas see less. By the end of the forecast period we begin to see pressure building again to the south, bringing dry weather and sunny spells here.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110525

[Summer Sun]

An improvement later Rain at first Issued: 0900hrs Thursday 26th May 2011

Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

A wet and windy start to the week, but an improvement later

An unsettled start to the week ahead with outbreaks of rain and plenty of cloud at first. Conditions may be windy too with a chance of gales in the north and west. By the end of the forecast period high pressure is beginning to build to the south bringing fairer conditions with sunny spells and increasing temperatures.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110526

[Stuart]

Turning summery later

Unsettled at first

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110527

[Summer Sun]

Becoming warm, summery High pressure to build in Issued: 0708 Sunday 29th May 2011 Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Becoming settled

The upcoming week starts unsettled with a front bring rain in on Monday followed by showers Tuesday. We then expect high pressure to build in across much of Britain. This will turn things settled and more summery as temperatures progressively rise through the week to above normal.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110529

[Stuart]

Warming up

Turning settled, dry

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110530

[Summer Sun]

Summery Warm & dry Issued: 0920 Tuesday 31st May 2011 Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Cooler by next week

High pressure will builds in across the United Kingdom this week. It becomes settled and largely dry with temperatures rising to above normal for early June. By next week it looks mainly fair and dry bit it turns cooler.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110531

[Stuart]

Briefly warm

Dry and settled

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110601

[Stuart]

Dry then wetter

Warm then cooler

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110602

[Stuart]

Wet next week

Becoming chilly

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110603

[Summer Sun]

Showers in west & north Fair in east Issued: 0900hrs Saturday 4th June 2011 Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

A mixed start with sunny spells and showers, but improving later

Low pressure will be bringing some rain and showers through the week. However, this is a weakening feature and so the showers are expected to become lighter and more scattered. High pressure probably building to the south later.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110604

[Stuart]

Slowly improving

Showers north & west

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110605

[Stuart]

Showers & rain

Most in north & west

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=monthahead&DAY=20110605

[Stuart]

Mixed throughout

Most rain in west

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110607

[Summer Sun]

Most rain in north & west Drier south and east

Issued: 0900hrs Wednesday 8th June 2011 Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

High pressure brings drier weather to south and east

Through the coming week it will always be the west and north of the country that sees most rain. Here low pressure will be brushing through from time to time, bringing fronts and associated cloud and periods of rain. More southern and eastern areas will become drier as a ridge of high pressure builds.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110608

[Stuart]

More miserable weather

June wash out

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110609

[Liam J]

More miserable weather

June wash out

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20110609

I was just going to post this, oh dear.... glad I'm off to the canaries in 6 days for some summer weather

[Summer Sun]

I was just going to post this, oh dear.... glad I'm off to the canaries in 6 days for some summer weather

Lucky you, would be nice if you could bring the weather back with you lol.

[Summer Sun]

Unsettled, rain & showers Odd better day Issued: 0900hrs Saturday 11th June 2011 Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain and showers throughout, just an odd better day

An unsettled week ahead with the jet stream close by and low pressure on the scene. This brings sunshine, showers or longer spells of rain to all parts. There will be an odd couple of fair days, Tuesday and probably next Sunday most notably.

[Summer Sun]

Valid from 11/06 to 08/07 2011 Little sign of summer

UK prospects for the period 11/06/2011 - 15/07/2011

Where has summer gone? There seems little material evidence in the patterns under consideration for anything remotely resembling summer materialising in the immediate future. Low pressure and the Atlantic will be controlling the pattern well into the medium term, showers or longer spells of rain will feature in the forecast for all areas, very welcome for sure for those desperate for rainfall, not so if you're looking for sunshine and warm weather. It'll often be quite windy at times, this coupled with cloud and rain isn't going to be making feel very summery at all for most parts, so distinctly on the cool side for the bulk of the UK.

Any drier interludes are likely to be transitory, any areas of higher pressure being weak seen mainly a ridges of high pressure between quite active Atlantic low pressure systems pushing through all areas. There are indications that as we approach the turn of the month the pattern weakens and the flow 'stalling', low pressure looking like becoming slow moving or stationary close to or over the UK, so even into the end of June it looks unsettled for all areas.

Into the beginning of July, high pressure looks likely to be building, hoorah! Unfortunately I here you say, it'll probably too far to the west of the UK to have any prospect of introducing summer, it will be drier and it' will be sunnier, so it'll be feeling warmer but with the flow still from off the North Atlantic, don't anticipate great heat.

Through the early part of July the flow remains mainly from the west or northwest, this mainly light for the most part, there is however some strong evidence that during mid-July the Atlantic activity 'peps' up somewhat, with all areas seeing further outbreaks of more organised rain and breezy conditions. Summer 2011 perhaps not one shaping up to be one which many of us would have wished for and not what some had earlier lead us to expect?

*11/06/2011 - 20/6/2011*

Low pressure is expected to bring all areas are rather unsettled and wet spell of weather, strong winds coupled with low cloud and outbreaks of rain will make for a rather cool and un-summery mixture for much of the UK, this should quickly clear way to brighter weather and a transient rise in pressure should see drier conditions moving through all areas.

Further spells of wind and rain will never to be far away and as one system clears away to the east the next Atlantic system will be approaching western Britain increasing cloud eroding any sunnier skies from the west. The flow should remain from the west so showers concentrated through western and north-western Britain, eastern and southern areas seeing more scattered showers and drier and brighter spells.

*21/06/11 - 26/06/11*

If anything through the latter stages of the month there seems very little prospect of any summer-like weather establishing as the flow seems a little more concentrated from a westerly point. Low pressure continues to rule the pattern with further bands of rain or showers perhaps merging into lengthier spells of rather unsettled conditions.

It's still cool for the time of year and it'll often be breezy at times particularly in the west and northwest, the driest and sunniest of conditions to be expected across the south and southeast, however this too will become eroded by showers later as low pressure slips into the UK.

*26/06/11 - 30/06/2011*

Low pressure continues to feature strongly in the pattern; that said as this system approaches the UK is looks likely that the pattern begins to weaken and the flow 'stall', showers will continue to affect all areas as low pressure becomes a slow moving but 'filling' feature atop of the UK. There will be drier and sunnier spells between the showers, these becoming less organised as time goes by and lengthier sunnier breaks develop.

Still generally on the cool side, particularly where showers are concentrated, the warmth of the mid-summer sunshine evident in drier and brighter interludes.

*01/07/2011 - 06/07/2011*

Low pressure should be slipping slowly away to the east or southeast as a 'filling' feature, showers becoming less frequent and well scattered, western and north-western areas seeing the benefits of rising pressure to the west, a large anticyclone developing in mid-North Atlantic. Lengthening spells of sunshine should make it feel pleasant enough despite a breeze form the northwest or north.

High pressure should be ridging into the west of the UK, so at last there's some prospect of drier and sunnier weather, feeling warmer everywhere as winds will be lighter and variable, perhaps a north-westerly drift across the far north where some broken cloud and scattered rain showers can be expected from time to time.

*07/07/2011 - 15/07/2011*

High pressure so tantalisingly close but seemingly so far away, looks set to be pulling back into mid-Atlantic, with it too goes the settled weather and allows a more north-westerly feed of Atlantic air to establish through all areas, showers returning to many exposed western districts, broken cloud and a scattering of showers for central and southern England.

As we approach the end of the forecast period, the westerly pattern appears to once again turn up a notch, low pressure which may be quite active passing close to the northwest, rain and a stiff breeze becoming a feature across north-western areas, this likely to spread east and south later.

Edited June 12, 2011 by Gavin D

[Pennine Ten Foot Drifts]

I'm sorry. but this is a perfect example of why I've struggled to have the patience to follow many of the threads on here for quite a while now. The actual forecast is excellent in as much as it is detailed, with decent reasoning to back it up. However, the opening phrase - 'anything remotely resembling summer materialising in the immediate future' - immediately set me grinding my teeth. Even over the coming week we have temperatures for large parts of the country ranging between 18c and 22c, with light winds, and periods of sunshine. OK, rain, (mostly in the form of showers), is also present, but honestly, if that kind of synopsis isn't pretty indicative of a UK summer, then what is ? If it isn't 'remotely resembling summer', which of the other three seasons does this weather resemble ???

Maybe I'm getting old, but to my mind more and more posts on here seem to need to include at least one 'headline grabbing' phrase, and I for one would prefer it if they didn't !