The GFS and ECMWF deterministic models are in pretty good agreement with the forecast for this coming working week so there is reasonably good confidence in the outlook for the next five days. Here are five "things to know" for this Monday to Friday. 1 - A largely dry and fine

Over the past week or so the Madden-Julian Oscillation has remained weaker than forecast and did not emerge with a strong signature in Phase 4 (western Indonesia) as expected. However, as we go through the coming four weeks there is greater agreement among the models that we are going to

1 - A mixed bag of weather on Monday. A front draped across southern Scotland and Northern Ireland marks a boundary between cold, bright, showery conditions to the north and cloudier, milder, wetter conditions to the south. 2 - Low pressure continues to bring mild, wet and windy conditions to Ireland,