The glorious sunshine being experienced across the Isle of Wight is set to continue for at least the next week, with early hints that it may continue towards the middle of the month.
Island Echo readers will be pleased to know there is no rain on the radar for the coming weekend, with Saturday and Sunday offering plenty of sunshine – in the afternoon’s at least.
Saturday will be yet another fine and pleasantly warm day with good sunny spells – once any morning cloud has fizzled away. Temperatures will peak at around 22c in a moderate breeze (14-26mph).
Sunday will be much the same with good sunny spells, although less in the way of cloud to start the day. This will make it the best day of the weekend. Temperatures will sit at around 20-22c with winds between 12-23mph.
As we move into next week the Island will remain in the same pattern of fine, breezy weather with occasional cloudy starts followed by warm and sunny afternoons. According to forecasters IW Met Service there are hints that this pattern will continue into the following weekend and beyond as we head towards
Jamie Russell, Chief Forecaster at IW Met Service, explains:
“For the last couple of weeks the weather has been dominated by a large area of high pressure, which is usually sat around the Azores. But the Azores high is currently displaced, sitting a couple of thousand miles to the north and east of its usual location, causing a shift in the wind from the usual westerly (that we often see at this time of year) to an east or northeasterly.
“So whilst this has brought fine, dry weather, the flow of air is still from a good distance to the northeast, meaning that it has felt rather chilly at times, especially when the sun goes behind the clouds.
Article continues below this advertisement “We have also been bringing in a fair amount of moisture off the north sea and this means that the mornings often see a lot of cloud, before the heat of the strong sunshine burns it off.
“So are there any hints of any changes? Not really! It looks as though the coming week will see a continuation of the high pressure dominant conditions with fine days, chilly nights and occasionally cloudy mornings, and whilst there does seem to be a hint that the high pressure area may begin to break down in around 10 days time, it is by no means certain”.
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