Dry weather and the problems associated with it have been reaching the headlines this week. There will be some relief this weekend, but it's probably later next week before most of us see rain. Here are the 5 Weather Things to Know this weekend ... 1. Rain affecting southern Ireland and southwest England

Latest ideas are that the dry weather is going to be hanging around for a time yet. Saturday presents a problem in that models have consistently shown rain arriving in southern Ireland, southwest England and southern Wales. The chart below is from the GFS midday Wednesday run and shows the rain

That's about it then. We say goodbye to the NAO for a few months. As we head into  summer the NAO starts to provide little useful guidance as to coming conditions. The chart above shows the NAO bouncing around neutral as the pressure values between the Azores and Iceland become weaker. We'll have