Weekend Weather Forecast

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WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST
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Issued: 0800hrs Friday 31st March 2006

SATURDAY (see http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/brack0a.gif)
A complex area of low pressure extends from northwest Ireland to eastern Scotland at midday on Saturday. An occluded front moving northwards to Orkney and Shetland, with a cold front clearing from south-eastern counties in the morning. Showery troughs moving eastwards through Ireland in the afternoon.
Periods of rain, heavy at times, over southeast England, this clearing eastwards later in the morning to leave a brighter afternoon.
For much of central, northern England, Wales as well as eastern Scotland the morning should be brighter with sunny spells, variable cloud and a few showers. As the morning wears on heavier showers will be developing, these lasting into the afternoon, most of them to the west.
For Ireland and southwest England there will be heavier showers. These merging into longer spells of rain at times, with a risk of thunderstorms, especially over Ireland.
All places are going to be windy; mainly SW 18 gust 28kt (F5-F6) in eastern Wales and much of England and Scotland, nearer 25 gust 40kt (F6 gust F8) over more western areas. Nearer variable 10-15kt (F4) through Scotland.

SUNDAY (see http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/brack1a.gif)
The complex areas of low pressure moves into the North Sea through Sunday. Two centres are evident, one off Norway and another off northeast England. A cold front moving southwards through northern England and Ireland in the afternoon, with a showery trough to the south. An Polar Maritime flow follows through Scotland introducing much colder conditions.
For much of England and Wales expect a windy day. Plenty of showers, some of them heavy and thundery as well as merging into longer periods of rain, with a risk of thunderstorms. The cold front brings more persistent rain through southern Scotland and Ireland. Following this will be brighter skies with showers on the coasts. The showers increasingly turning wintry and penetrating inland, falling as snow over the hills.
Winds will be mainly W-NW 20 gust 40kt (F6-F7 local F8) in the south, becoming N-NW 20 gust 35kt (F6-F8) behind the front.

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