Mixed weather continues, rain and drizzle continues in Midlands, Wales, and extending north to parts of southern Scotland and Northern Ireland – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 03/05/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin.
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00:00Hello. Friday saw huge contrast across the country,
00:04feeling like summer in Western Scotland,
00:06feeling like February across parts of the Midlands
00:09and Northern England.
00:10Stuck under the thick cloud and the outbreaks of rain,
00:12the mixed weather will continue through the long weekend
00:15as well.
00:16And the outbreaks of rain and drizzle
00:17will continue this evening over the Midlands, Wales,
00:20extending a little further north into parts
00:22of southern Scotland and Northern Ireland, too.
00:25The far northwest staying dry and clear,
00:27and then the south clear skies developing here.
00:29That's going to turn things pretty chilly, actually.
00:32We start the weekend well down into single figures.
00:34May not be far off freezing through some rural spots
00:38in the south, so gardeners take note of that.
00:40We're well above freezing, though,
00:42where we've got that cloud keeping the temperatures up
00:44over many central areas.
00:45That cloud will also make for a pretty drab start, of course,
00:48to the long weekend.
00:49Rain and drizzle on and off through the morning
00:51for Northern Ireland, Northern England,
00:53parts of southern Scotland, northwest Wales as well.
00:56Whereas in the south, many places here
00:59having a good looking day on Saturday, dry and bright,
01:01some good spots of sunshine, certainly much brighter
01:03day over the Midlands and East Anglia compared to Friday.
01:07A few scattered showers possible in the far southeast
01:10later on.
01:11A few showers developing over the highlands as well.
01:13But again, much of the far northwest of Scotland
01:16dry and fine.
01:17Perhaps not quite as warm as Friday,
01:19but still temperatures here getting up into the mid
01:22or even high teens.
01:23And further south, feel warmer as well over the Midlands,
01:26East Anglia, and the southeast.
01:2718, maybe 19 Celsius.
01:29But again, where that cloudier zone persists,
01:32temperatures struggling to get much of a 13 or 14 Celsius.
01:35And there's also going to be quite a bit of low cloud
01:37on some of these eastern coasts,
01:38particularly the east coast of Scotland
01:40up around the Northern Isles could be quite murky here
01:43through Saturday.
01:44That could be a feature of the weather
01:45throughout Sunday as well.
01:47During Saturday evening, I suspect we'll see a few more
01:49outbreaks of rain and drizzle over southwest Scotland.
01:52A few more showers over Northern Scotland,
01:55but many places will be dry
01:57as we head into Sunday.
01:58Notice down to the southwest, however,
02:00potentially a bit more clouds spilling in.
02:02I say potentially because you need to watch this area
02:05of low pressure just creeping towards us,
02:07but still a bit of uncertainty about the timing
02:10and that's giving us the headaches
02:11for Sunday and the Monday's details.
02:14There will be showers,
02:15but many places will be fine with sunny spells again,
02:19particularly over parts of Northern England,
02:21looking much brighter than Saturday.
02:22North Wales as well.
02:24One or two showers dotted across Eastern England,
02:26greater chance of some showers across the southwest,
02:29but even here, I suspect much of the day will be dry.
02:32Could see some heavy, even thundery showers breaking out
02:34over the mountains across Central and Eastern Scotland.
02:38Again, some mist and low cloud
02:39around the coasts in the northeast,
02:41but as I said, many places actually generally dry
02:44through much of Sunday and where you get the sun,
02:46it's pretty powerful at this time of year.
02:48So it will bump those temperatures up much warmer
02:51than it has felt for most of May 18, maybe 19 Celsius.
02:54Some of those coasts in the northeast, though,
02:56will be struggling a little bit
02:58and temperatures are a little lower
03:00if we see more clouds spilling into the southwest.
03:03Potential for a bit more of that cloud
03:05as we head into Monday,
03:07particularly along the southernmost counties of England.
03:10Still a bit of uncertainty about the detail for this,
03:12but it could be quite gray here with some rain at times.
03:14Elsewhere, again, showers breaking out
03:17through the day over parts of Scotland,
03:18maybe Northern England,
03:19but I suspect there'll be many areas in this central zone
03:22where Monday's set fair, dry and fine with some sunshine.
03:26Again, that sun making all the difference
03:28to those temperatures jumping up,
03:29could reach 19, 20 Celsius on the Monday.
03:32Cool, obviously, if we do have this more persistent cloud
03:35and outbreaks of rain across the south.
03:37Do keep up to date with the forecast,
03:39particularly if you've got plans for Bank Holiday Monday.
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