but from me, kristiina cooper, goodbye! hello there. throughout the remainder of this week. many of us season sunshine once again on tuesday that there will be a bit of rain around the north—west of the uk that after a chilly start, i think your best bet of getting spells of sunshine will be across southern and eastern parts of england. more on the web are generally across the north—west of the uk, some rain especially across scotland, which will push into northern england the afternoon. top temperatures are tense 12 degrees, little above average really for the time of year. moving to tuesday evening and into wednesday, we keep the bulk of our rain, a few spots of rain again in the north—west and temperatures, generally fuss free to start off your morning. quite cloudy picture to start wednesday, the best of the sunshine towards the south and east. a few bits of rain in scotla nd and east. a few bits of rain in scotland but mostly dry and highs of around ten to 12 degrees. goodbye for now. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in

alicia mccarthy will be in the hot seat for the rest of the week, but for me, kristiina cooper, goodbyef wales. and today, the temperatures are going to be very similar. basically, the record warmth is going to continue for one more day. and it's all due to this static weather pattern. it's been unusually warm for quite some time, this blocking weather pattern, there's the undulations in the jet stream. there's always winners and losers, of course. and on the warm side of the jet, it was 20 degrees on monday in london. on the cold side of the jet, for example, in athens, it was only 7. the average temperatures at this time of the year in london is 10 degrees. the average temperature in athens is 15. and as you can see, over the week ahead, things are going to get a little bit back to normal, if you like. it's going to turn cooler in london and warmer in athens as the jet stream changes. we will look at that in a moment. while it is warm in sunshine in the day, it's cold at night and into rural parts across the south, temperatures could be down to —3 once again. some mist and fog patches

i hope you canjoin kristiina cooper on bbc parliament on monday for her take on the day in the commons the storm has brought some damage and destruction to end the week but it is not done with us yet. as it pushes off into the north sea is likely to bring damaging winds to parts of northern ireland, southern scotla nd parts of northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england for awhile. gus and 70 miles an hour may be in excess in some exposure. along with it as well some heavy rain and snow over the tops of the pennines, and tops of the scottish hills. further south, lots of blustery showers. very windy start to saturday, the strongest winds clearing off into the north sea, taking heavy rain with it. by the afternoon the heaviest rain will be confined to the north—east of scotland, the northern isles and further south the odd shower. there should be a lot of dry weather around, but it will be a blustery day across eastern areas. through the afternoon the winds easing down. temperatures reaching 10—11, the last of the mild days for now, as things are set to turn cooler as we he

i hope you canjoin kristiina cooper on bbc parliament on monday for her take on the day in the commonsooking pretty quiet over the next few days. high pressure is building across much of western europe, and that means wearing for a lot of bright if not sunny weather. a touch of frost in the morning, bit like on monday. let's have a look at the big picture, first of all. and here is oui’ picture, first of all. and here is our high pressure that is building across western parts of europe. early on monday it is still around iberia, just about nudging into france in the uk. the rest of europe still pretty unsettled, low pressure there, some snow across the alps, quite a lot of it, and yes, still pretty chilly. is coming out of the north, north—west, but the milder weather here will be reaching us in the next 24—36 hours. so in the short—term, still pretty chilly winds out of the north. that means coldweather first thing in the morning in scotland. in fact, coldweather first thing in the morning in scotland. infact, in city centres, temperatures will be below freezing. down at around —2, po

i hope you canjoin kristiina cooper on bbc parliament on monday for her take on the day in the commonse process of calming down after all of that storminess we've had in the last few days. and as storm erik pulls away out into the norwegian sea, behind it, it leaves a legacy of changeable weather. we have got some rain out there right now. it's pretty damp across some central and southern parts of the uk, brought by this area of cloud here. this is a weather front which will be sliding across southern and central parts of the uk. all of this cloud here to the north, actually, that's the remnants of storm erik that we've had in the last couple of days. so here's the forecast through the early hours. bits and pieces of rain across central and southern areas of the uk. clear for scotland and much of northern and north—eastern england there. in fact, a touch of frost first thing on sunday morning, and pretty chilly in belfast, as well, around 2 degrees at 6:00am. so what can we expect, then, on sunday? well, the morning is looking cloudy and damp for many of us across the southern half of

i hope you canjoin kristiina cooper on bbc parliament on monday for her take on the day in the commons now. things are about to turn much quieter in the week ahead, before we get there still a fairly messy picture through the rest of sunday afternoon, some of us have sunshine others have sunshine and showers like here in bradfield in sheffield not so long ago and others had more persistent rain. this frontal system is slowly pulling away eastwards, there are outbreaks of rain at the north and striping its way round, bringing wintry weather, and also some strong and gusty winds for western and southern coasts with the gusts reaching 40—50 mph. we also have some sunshine to end the day particularly along the spine the country, what we find through the evening and overnight we have a quick look at the temperatures before we get there, we look at the six or 7 degrees so it is a colder feel. through the evening at overnight the rain across scotland move southwards, as the rain across ireland worked its way to wales. wondering this for a time over the hills but as the night wears on things b