Rain clearing across parts of northern Scotland overnight. Clear and dry elsewhere tonight, though some mist and fog patches in places. Warm and bright through Friday for much of the UK. – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 09/05/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin.
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00:00Hello again. Temperatures continue to tick up a little bit over the next few days.
00:05We could see a change as we head through the weekend.
00:08But for the time being, this chunky area of high pressure is bringing a lot of fine weather.
00:13These weather fronts draped across the far north, they have been bringing more cloud
00:17and still bringing some patchy rain during Thursday evening across particularly Caithness,
00:21Sutherland, but extending up towards the Northern Isles
00:24and some outbreaks of light rain and drizzle across Aberdeenshire.
00:27For most, though, it's a dry night, a fine night.
00:29May turn a bit misty around some coasts, east coast of Northern Ireland,
00:32southwest Scotland, some eastern coasts of England as well.
00:36And in southern counties of England and Wales,
00:38there may be some fog patches forming through the early hours,
00:41but they're not going to last too long after dawn.
00:43Temperatures will be dropping, particularly so in the south in rural spots.
00:47Could get down to three or four Celsius, but most towns and cities holding up in double digits.
00:52On to Friday. And as I said, any early morning mist and fog in the south
00:56should zip away pretty smartly once the sun's come up.
01:00Some coasts, Northern Ireland, east coast, southwest coast of Scotland,
01:04eastern coast of England may be susceptible to mist and low cloud at times.
01:09And it could be a bit of a grey day in Shetland, certainly a little bit of rain early on.
01:12But that should scoot away by the afternoon and skies will generally brighten.
01:16For most, it is a day of lengthy spells of spring sunshine.
01:21And we haven't seen that too often.
01:23We haven't seen these temperatures for a while either.
01:25Getting into the low 20s pretty widely, 23, maybe 24 in one or two locations.
01:31Some coasts will see sea breezes, so some coasts will be a little bit cooler.
01:35And if we do see some of that mist sticking around some coasts as well,
01:38that will have a knock on effect.
01:40But this map showing temperatures compared to the mid-May average,
01:44and you can see most places are quite a few degrees above that.
01:48So it is going to feel pretty warm in that afternoon sunshine.
01:51And it could get warmer still as we head into the weekend.
01:54On Friday evening, it's going to stay fine.
01:57Light winds, plenty of sunshine.
01:59And then we'll start to see perhaps a little bit more clouds splitting into the northwest.
02:03Again, we could see that mist and low cloud rolling in from the North Sea,
02:07affecting parts of eastern England into the weekend.
02:10And again, that could stick around on some coasts as we go through the day.
02:14But for most, Saturday is another day with quite a bit of blue sky,
02:18quite a bit of sunshine around.
02:20Just the chance of one or two showers breaking out.
02:23There's a small chance on Friday, but a greater chance on Saturday
02:26across northern England, southern Scotland.
02:28Isolated but potentially heavy showers developing.
02:31The vast majority, though, dry, fine, and warmer still on Saturday.
02:3524, 25 degrees Celsius.
02:38Again, some coasts with sea breezes will be a little bit cooler than that.
02:42UV levels, though, are going to be high in places.
02:45So bear that in mind through the course of the weekend.
02:48The high pressure also starts to wobble away a little bit
02:52as we head towards Sunday, allowing the Atlantic to influence things.
02:56Low pressure and weather fronts just nudging in from the west,
02:59increasing the chances of some showers breaking out
03:02by the time we get to Sunday afternoon.
03:04Mostly in western areas, whereas much of the east
03:07will hang on to that high pressure and stay fine and sunny.
03:10There's a full weekend forecast available on YouTube.
03:13And just a reminder to heads to the website,
03:16just so you're ready for the summer weather.
03:19And note that those UV levels are going to be high in places
03:22over the next couple of days.