Mix conditions coming, right through the long weekend. Heavy downpours heading into central areas and midland. Dull and damp for Wales, sunny spells in the southwest and Scotland stay sunny– This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 03/05/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin.
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00:00Hello. The rather mixed meteorological May will continue right through the long weekend.
00:06Certainly, we've seen some pretty wet weather over recent days and we've seen some heavy
00:11thundery downpours tracking up from France, Belgium, and particularly the Netherlands,
00:16bringing some heavy downpours earlier today over parts of East Anglia and Lincolnshire,
00:20some flashes of lightning, rumbles of thunder. That's all heading into parts of Yorkshire
00:24and towards the Midlands. I think we'll lose some of the thunderstorms, but nevertheless,
00:28some heavy downpours here. Could see some thundery showers over parts of north-west
00:32England and south-west Scotland too. Staying pretty dull and damp for Wales, much of the
00:36Midlands and East Anglia, further rain here. But in the far south of England, it's a bit
00:39brighter than yesterday, some sunny spells poking through, but it's definitely central
00:44and northern Scotland seeing the lion's share of the blue sky. Another cracking day, particularly
00:49western Scotland, where temperatures getting up to 22, maybe 23 Celsius. Compare and contrast
00:55under that dull and damp weather over the Midlands, struggling to even get into the
00:59teens. Now, wet weather will continue to track its way slowly northwards and will bring some
01:05showery rain to Northern Ireland overnight, extending more into southern Scotland, turning
01:10a bit drier maybe over the Midlands. Certainly, the rain expected to clear through the night
01:14from East Anglia and much of the south will have some decent clear spells, which will
01:18allow temperatures to tumble, bringing a chilly start to the long weekends, four or five degrees
01:23in some rural spots, maybe even a touch lower. But the cloud and the rain will keep the temperatures
01:27up over northern England, much of Wales, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland. It does mean
01:32for a pretty drab start to the long weekend here and many places in this central zone
01:37will stay grey with rain on and off for most of Saturday. The rain should tend to ease
01:42off a little bit, parts of north-east England turning a little drier. Certainly, a brighter
01:46day across the Midlands and south Wales tomorrow compared to today. Much of southern England,
01:51East Anglia having sunny spells for most of Saturday, maybe just one or two showers into
01:56the far south-east later on. Yet again, the Western Highlands and the Western Isles doing
02:00pretty well for sunshine, maybe a lot of mist and har at times around the coast of north-east
02:06Scotland up towards the Northern Isles and that will keep the temperatures down. The
02:09cloud and the outbreaks of rain will keep the temperatures down over southern Scotland,
02:13Northern Ireland and northern England. But a warmer feel for East Anglia and the Midlands
02:17tomorrow, 17, 18 degrees. Again, the north-west may get up to 17 or 18 in one or two places
02:23as well. So, we'll continue with that mixed weather as we go through Saturday and that
02:28will continue likely during Sunday and Monday. We'll keep the cloud and the outbreaks of
02:33rain on and off into Saturday evening further south, mostly fine. But notice down to the
02:37far south-west, the threat of thickening cloud and outbreaks of rain, that's from this area
02:42of low pressure. Still some uncertainty about just how that's going to track its way northwards.
02:47This weather front close to the south, the far south on Monday could bring some more
02:51persistent rain here. But generally speaking, with low pressure nearby, it's going to be
02:56a mixture of sunshine and showers this weekend. So, there will be at times some pleasant warm
03:02sunshine probably brightening up across the north Sunday and Monday as well. But always
03:06the threat of some showers never too far away as well. Please do keep up to date with the
03:11forecast as we go through this long weekend. Best way to do that, of course, following
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