It's the start of a new week and the weather isn't actually looking too bad. To get your week underway, here are the top 5 Weather Week Things to know ... 1. Most rainfall this week across the northern half of the UK and Ireland, least rainfall to the south where totals will be

There are signs of pressure building again towards the end of the coming week, as shown by the week 2 forecast from the CFS (second panel below). Notice the orange colours over the UK indicating higher than average heights, hence the thoughts of a ridge over more eastern areas. This brings