Rain in the south persists throughout the day, pushing into the Midlands later. Dry across the north with warm sunshine in the northwest of the UK, and cloudy in parts of the northeast. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 06/09/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Annie Shuttleworth.
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00:00Good afternoon. Some big contrasts in our weather for the next few days with
00:04some very fine warm and sunny weather for many north and western areas but in
00:09the south heavy downpours. So far this morning we've seen a heavy rain and
00:13thunderstorms push in from the south and east through parts of Kent. They're now
00:17pushing into parts of South Wales and southwestern England. That's where we'll
00:20see the focus of the rainfall through the rest of today. However further north
00:24it's actually been a very dry start to the day. There's a bit of cloud around on
00:28eastern areas of the north but across the northwest plenty of warm sunshine to
00:33come and actually parts of Western Scotland could see some of their highest
00:36temperatures of the year so far. So a big difference from north to south. We do
00:42have a weather warning in force across southern areas where this persistent
00:45rainfall could is likely to bring further flooding issues and surface
00:49water as well could bring some travel disruption too. So make sure you take a
00:53closer look at our weather warning on our website and app for more details on
00:56that. But elsewhere as I said plenty of fine weather and it will feel very warm
01:01in the sunshine actually for many north and western areas northwestern England
01:04western areas of Scotland the Highlands in particular could see temperatures as
01:08high as 27 possibly 28 degrees later on this afternoon if you're sheltered from
01:13the wind. But the easterly wind will bring a much cooler feel to the eastern
01:17coast of Scotland northeastern England as well as some low cloud across these
01:21areas as well. But that will burn back through today but it's going to drag in
01:25again once again tonight. So more in the way of mist and drizzly rain across
01:29northeastern areas. This rain across the south will push into parts of the
01:33Midlands and more central areas of Wales and it will fizzle away as it does so. So
01:38there is some respite in the rainfall to come through this evening but still
01:41quite a lot of cloud around and after the very warm day today temperatures
01:44quite widely will hold up into the mid teens across parts of the northwest and
01:48for many areas. Slightly fresher feel though across the far south to start the
01:53day on Saturday. So perhaps a bit of a drier start today still quite a lot of
01:57cloud around for many of us away from the north and west but that's what we'll
02:00continue to see the best of the sunshine through the weekend. But more rain will
02:04develop as we head towards lunchtime and into the afternoon.
02:07Particularly across central areas parts of Wales and the Midlands as well we
02:11could see some heavy downpours as well as across the south coast. Now there will
02:15be some sunny intervals but this risk of heavy downpours will increase as we head
02:20into the afternoon across the far south coast of England. So potentially a bit of
02:25a warmer day across the south. Temperatures climbing up towards 20 or
02:2821 degrees but if you do get stuck under any of the showers particularly
02:32across central areas it's going to be a much cooler day tomorrow compared to the
02:36warm weather you're experiencing through today. But in the north and west another
02:40very warm and sunny day with plenty of sheltered sunshine but again across the
02:45east coast we'll continue to see that cloudier weather. But let's focus on the
02:50south through Saturday evening as we see further heavy downpours push in from the
02:55south. Now as I said there is some uncertainty with how quickly this rain
02:57moves up and where the focus of the heaviest rainfall will be but where we
03:01do see the heavy rain across parts of Wales, southeastern areas of England, the
03:05south coast of England as well we will likely see some further issues for
03:09localised flooding. So please keep up to date with our weather warnings on our
03:13website and app and I'll see you again soon, bye bye.