Weekend weather - How hot will it be this weekend? 22/08/19
The heat returns for what is a Bank Holiday weekend for many. Temperatrures for some could reach 30C, not everywhere will be that hot but most will be much warmer than recent days. Alex Deakin has the details.
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00:00Hello. Welcome to your weekend forecast from the Met Office.
00:03A weekend that's for most is a bank holiday, a three-day weekend in which
00:07temperatures will be rising. After what's been a pretty wet August so far, it is
00:13going to turn warmer this weekend. In some places, not everywhere, but in some
00:17spots, temperatures are likely to reach 30 degrees. It's going to feel pretty hot
00:21and the vast majority having a dry weekend. There is some uncertainty about
00:24how many showers we see and about how much cloud we see as well. I'm not saying
00:29it's going to be crystal clear blue skies everywhere, but I think we'll all
00:33notice that warming trend. Because high pressure is dominating across northern
00:37Europe and southerly winds are wafting up warmer air from France and from
00:42Spain and that will lift those temperatures. Notice there are a couple
00:46of weather fronts around and they will provide a bit more cloud at times and
00:50maybe even a few showers here and there. One of those weather fronts will
00:54certainly bring thicker cloud across northwest Scotland during Saturday, maybe
00:57the west of Northern Ireland too, providing possibly a few showers. Central
01:01Scotland, southern Scotland, east of Northern Ireland and the bulk of England
01:05and Wales, they're looking to have a fine day if you like it warmer and sunny. It
01:10could start a bit misty in the south, but generally it's hazy sunshine for the
01:14majority and those temperatures responding to a bit of sunshine as well.
01:18The warmer air spreading north, quite a bit warmer than it has been for most of
01:21this week. Widely over 20 Celsius and for the bulk of England and Wales, low mid.
01:27Even high 20s across parts of the east. That's where we're likely to see the
01:30peak of the temperatures. 30 Celsius is just about possible on Saturday. It's more
01:35likely on Sunday, but by Sunday weather fronts are just creeping in. There's a
01:40bit of uncertainty about how much cloud will be on these weather fronts and
01:43whether they'll provide any showers. At the moment it looks like most places
01:46will be dry again on Sunday, but certainly in the west there will be a
01:50bit more cloud around so the sunshine could be rather more hazy. Again it's
01:53eastern areas where we're likely to see the top temperatures on Sunday and it's
01:57going to feel pretty hot by this stage. Temperatures through the afternoon in
02:01particular across central and eastern areas into the high 20s, maybe low 30s.
02:06Just increasing chance of seeing a bit more cloud across northern Scotland.
02:09Again maybe one or two showers here and the possibility even of a few showers
02:14further south, but that heat as I said mostly across central and eastern
02:18England. That's where we'll see those values into the high 20s. 30, 31 is
02:23possible on Sunday. Elsewhere it is still quite a bit warmer than it has been, but
02:27we're not going to see the heat that we will see across the east. Into Monday
02:32further ahead so again some uncertainty. There's a weather front trying to push
02:36more cloud and rain into the far northwest. Generally there could be a bit
02:39more cloud around further south and there's some uncertainty about how
02:42quickly we start to push away the hot air across the east. At the moment it
02:47looks like well with some sunshine across eastern England we could still
02:50easily get into the high 20s, possibly the low 30s. But again further west it
02:55won't be that hot. We're looking at temperatures in the high teens, low to
03:00maybe mid 20s. It really is across eastern England where the heat could
03:03persist into Monday, but as I said there's a bit of uncertainty about the
03:06extent of the heat. But for the vast majority it is looking like a fine and
03:10very warm weekend with plenty of hazy sunshine and most places staying dry.
03:15Just a bit of uncertainty about exactly how hot it gets and so for how long the
03:20heat lasts as well. For the very latest make sure you stay up to date with the
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