A mostly settled week is ahead, but a few key facts will help tell the full story. 1 - Slack high pressure: High pressure pushes into the British Isles from the continent, but does not firmly establish for an extended period. 2 - Fronts to the north: A band of weather fronts

High pressure will slowly establish through the next several days. Multiple days of a continental wind track plus sunshine under the high pressure will considerably raise temperatures. See the image below for the maximum temperature forecast for Wednesday afternoon. Nearly everyone except central and western Scotland, as well as along coasts,

I've been carrying on about the unsettled weather coming up today and over the next few days. However, the GFS ensemble suggests a high pressure ridge will establish on the 6-to-10 day time horizon. The screenshot below shows the 500hpa heights for that same time horizon: The ridge is situated over

The next five days will see the battle between low pressure over the Atlantic and high pressure to the east. This is clearly shown in the GFS ensemble 500hPa heights chart below. The blue line marks the deep trough driving the low pressure systems, while the orange line marks the ridge.