"Will Hand" wrote in message
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This forecast summary is my *PERSONAL OPINION* of how the weather may
unfold
next week. I will take no responsibility whatsoever for any actions
arising from
its use. It is provided freely in the spirit of freedom and the great love
for
meteorology that I personally enjoy and wish to share freely with others.

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Summary valid for Sunday 14/08/05 to Saturday 20/08/05
TOI (time of issue) Friday 12/08/05 1000 UK local time

This summary is based on a quick appraisal of the GFS, JMA, ECMWF, UKMO,
FAX,
and ENS (NCEP ensemble) labelled charts available from the superb
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten

Confidence high for beginning of week then turning moderate but low for
thunderstorms in SW later.

After a cool and showery period in the east on Sunday the first half of
next
week up to Wednesday looks like being dominated by high pressure in the
south
and low pressure to the north. This means a predominantly west to
southwest
airflow with light winds over England and Wales and stronger winds,
moderate to
fresh over Scotland and northern Ireland. England and Wales mainly dry
with
sunny periods and sea breezes and generally warm with temperatures into
the 20s
Celsius. Scotland and northern Ireland will be more cloudy with a lot of
dry
weather too but also spells of rain, most likely in northern Scotland
where it
could be heavy at times. Temperatures above normal and rather warm at
times.

From Wednesday onwards high pressure looks like dominating the whole of
the
British Isles for a time, and with the winds turning into a more southerly
direction it will become warmer and perhaps hot in the south with
temperatures
reaching the 30s Celsius. Meanwhile pressure will tend to fall to the
southwest
later turning the winds into the southeast meaning some east coast areas
will
turn cooler with the hottest weather transferring westwards. Also an
increasing
risk (40%) of heavy thundertstorms with torrential downpours moving up
from the
SW by the weekend. However, at this stage the emphasis should be on dry
and fine
weather next week.


Will.

Yes, but what's it going to be like in Valencia? that's where I'm going next
week. Sangria here I come!!!!