Last night's EPS is certainly not indicating any sustained influence from the Azores HP and has it making a brief appearance next weekend before relegating it quite rapidly south west next week and then probably the proverbial N/S split.
Meanwhile back on the farm. Today starts off pretty good in eastern areas but the next low and fronts are approaching from the west and the latter will track east during the day bringing sporadic rain followed by squally showers.By 00 the low is over Scotland and it continues to move east thus tomorrow in a strong north westerly, perhaps gales in exposed areas, with again squally showers.
So by midday Tuesday the low has drifted and filled west of Norway with some very transient ridging over the UK but the next depression has formed within the circulation of the main low east of Greenland and is tracking rapidly east and is west of Ireland by that time. But by 00 Wednesday it has deepened to 980mb and is over the Isle of Man with the associated fronts traversing the country with a band of rain. It could also be quite windy for a short period with perhaps severe gales in the west.
From this point the low continues to track quickly east and with the Azores HP amplifying to the west the wind veers northerly over the UK with showers quite likely and rather cool. But the HP continues to reorientate and ridges more to the north east and brings some more settled weather to the UK over the weekend. But the problem is, as ever. that the centre of the high stays rooted to the south west and thus the energy generated upstream can always run around to the north and threaten the UK as it squashes the ridge .Ergo the north not quite as settled as the south and leaves open the question the sustainability of any HP influenc