Weekend Weather Forecast 30/7/09

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Hello again,

Thanks to all of you who have bought my book so far (if you haven’t you can click here to find out more about it. I can’t believe how popular it is, but goes to show there is a need for a book that explains easily how the weather works. The DVD I’ll be bringing out soon is along very similar lines and I am sure you will find it really interesting.

Sunday is shaping up to be the better day of the weekend for most of us.

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Best wishes,
Simon



WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST
Issued: 1600 Thursday 30th July 2009


SATURDAY:
Low pressure is expected to be to the west of Scotland through today. A front is going to be moving eastwards, but this will be slow moving over the Midlands and eastern parts of England. Notice how the back-bent occlusion returns to western Scotland and Northern Ireland in the afternoon, and the zone of stronger winds which accompany it.
An area of cloud and outbreaks of rain will be affecting much of northern England, the Midlands, eastern Wales and parts of southwest England on Saturday morning. This area of cloud and rain edging only slowly eastwards through the day, and probably taking until late evening to clear from east Anglia and the southeast (after a dry start here).
A much brighter afternoon for west Wales and southwest England as well as northwest England, although breezy here.
Thicker cloud and strong winds will be affecting western Scotland and Northern Ireland, associated with the occluded front, and the winds here may reach gale force. Eastern parts of Scotland will be drier overall with lighter winds at first, but these picking up later.
Winds will be mainly S 10-12kt (F3-F4) ahead of the front, becoming SW 10-12kt (F3-F4) behind it. However, strong winds over Ireland and Scotland as well as northern England with SW 20 gust 30kt (F6 gust F7) here, and 30 gust 40kt (F7 gust F8) over Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Mainly S 20-25kt (F5-F6) for eastern Scotland.

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SUNDAY:
A more settled appearance to the weather through Sunday as a ridge of high pressure builds through the country. Sunday certainly looks the better day of the weekend for most of us. Low pressure remains to the north of Scotland, this only slowly clearing as a further area of low pressure develops and deepens west of Ireland.
A fair start to the day for most with light winds and long spells of sunshine. There may be some showers for northern Scotland, where the winds are also going to be stronger. Thicker cloud will be spreading to western Ireland later in the morning as the warm front arrives.
This then produces some spots of rain over southern and southwestern Ireland in the afternoon. For most of the UK and Northern Ireland the afternoon stays fair with sunny spells, although there will be some cloud bubbling up.
I cannot rule out the threat of a few showers later in southern Wales and also the chance of a few spots of rain in southwest England through the evening but for most it will be fair and dry.
Winds mainly SW 7-10kt (F3) increasing S-SE 15-18kt (F5) for western and southern Ireland, nearer WSW 20-25kt (F6) for northern Scotland.

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