Weekend weather – How long will the heat last? 27/06/19
A hot start to the weekend with the peak of the temperatures in Eastern England on Saturday afternoon. It’ll all be very different by Sunday as cooler air arrives. Alex Deakin explains.
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00:00Hello. Welcome to your weekend
00:02forecast from the Met Office,
00:04a weekend that will see
00:05a big change in the weather.
00:07It's going to start hot,
00:08but by the end of the weekend,
00:09temperatures will be back
00:11closer to where they have been
00:13for much of June so far.
00:15There will be plenty of sunshine
00:16around this weekend, but also
00:18a few showers here and there too.
00:20Now, the heat, as you may well
00:22already know, is coming up from
00:23Spain, France and even North
00:26Africa because high pressure is
00:27dominating across the UK,
00:29but low pressure isn't too far
00:30away. And it's a combination
00:32that's allowing the winds to
00:33draw up the hot air
00:35from France and Spain.
00:36Now, we're not going to see the
00:37temperatures that we're going to
00:38see across France, but those
00:40temperatures will be rising
00:41through Friday and especially
00:43into Saturday.
00:44And then it's this weather front
00:46which will eventually introduce
00:47the cooler conditions for all.
00:49Now, that process will start on
00:51Saturday and as well as
00:52introducing cooler air, it will
00:53bring more cloud on Saturday
00:55across Northern Ireland, Western
00:56Scotland, Western fringes of
00:58England and Wales.
00:59And there could just be one or two
01:00showers dotted about, particularly
01:01across Scotland.
01:02But they will be dotted about.
01:04Most places won't see them and
01:06stay dry.
01:06But as I say, more cloud in the
01:08west on Saturday compared to
01:10Friday.
01:10And as a result, it won't be as
01:12hot. Whereas in the east,
01:14well, we've seen the winds coming
01:15in from a chilly North Sea.
01:16A switch in wind directions means
01:18here temperatures will really
01:20jump up. How much hotter day
01:21across much of eastern England.
01:23How hot could we get?
01:24Well, we are expecting over 30
01:26degrees and the possibility up to
01:2934 degrees Celsius
01:30across some areas through eastern
01:32England. Notice in the west
01:34temperatures, nothing like that
01:35high. So a drop in temperatures
01:37here between Friday and Saturday,
01:39whereas in the east, temperatures
01:40are going up.
01:42And for many, it'll be a fine
01:44warm balmy summer's evening
01:46on Saturday evening before this
01:48cold front does switch
01:50things around. Just look at it.
01:50Brush away all that hot air
01:53spreading it back into the near
01:55continent since the UK changing
01:57colour from red back to
01:59yellow as temperatures revert
02:01back closer to average for Sunday.
02:03There'll still be plenty of fine
02:04weather around on Sunday, but a
02:05fresher feel.
02:06And there will be showers in
02:08western Scotland, one or two
02:10for Northern Ireland, northwest
02:11England, maybe into Wales.
02:12But again, they'll be well
02:13scattered. For many, it will be
02:15dry, certainly across many central
02:16and eastern parts, and there'll
02:17still be some sunshine.
02:19But it's that switch in wind
02:20direction not coming up from the
02:21south anymore, but coming in from
02:23the west, bringing that fresher
02:25feel and bringing temperatures
02:26back closer to average.
02:27Still a bit warmer than it has
02:29been. We could still get up to the
02:30mid 20s, possibly in the sunshine
02:32across the southeast corner.
02:34But for many, it'll be low 20s
02:36at best.
02:36And for quite a few of us, we'll be
02:38sticking back into the teens by
02:40Sunday afternoon, a much fresher
02:42end to the weekend, as I said.
02:44But still plenty of fine weather to
02:45be had this weekend.
02:47Don't forget, UV levels are likely
02:49to be high, along with
02:50pollen levels at times, too.
02:52For more advice on that and
02:54to keep track on the temperatures,
02:56see just how high we get on
02:58Saturday on our followers on
02:59social media.