Thursday afternoon forecast 22/09/22

22 September - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hi there, a three-way split across the UK as far as Thursday's weather is concerned.

00:06We're going to see warm conditions in the south, brighter conditions in the far north

00:10whilst outbreaks of rain intersect the country across primarily southern Scotland, northern

00:16England and parts of Wales. That rain, heavy at times especially for the higher parts of

00:21northern England and into north Wales and it's only slow to clear from southern and

00:27southeastern Scotland during the afternoon. But brighter skies for the north-west of

00:32Scotland, for Northern Ireland as well, one or two showers here along with a keen breeze,

00:3715 or 16 degrees. It's meanwhile fairly warm to the south-east with a lot of cloud but

00:44some brighter interludes and temperatures getting up into the low 20s in places. Fairly

00:50breezy along this band of rain and the rain will sink south during the evening so turning

00:56damp for a time across the Midlands, south-west England, south Wales before the rain then

01:00moves into the south-east by the end of the night. Clearer skies follow for Scotland,

01:06Northern Ireland, northern England and eventually parts of Wales and the Midlands and under

01:10those clear skies it will be a cooler night with one or two fog patches forming but a

01:16fair breeze there for the north-west of Scotland along with some scattered showers so staying

01:22fog free here. Meanwhile it's mild where we've got the cloud and the rain to the south

01:27and south-east. The rain turning more showery as we start off Friday but there will be some

01:33heavy showers around and I think for the south-east that rain never far away. It could turn heavy

01:40and steady for a time for parts of Sussex into Kent as well through the middle part

01:45of the day. Brighter skies for many though compared with Thursday. Scattered showers

01:50developing for much of Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern and western England and

01:54it's going to be feeling quite fresh I think. Most places not seeing 20 degrees I think

01:59it will be more likely 15 to 18 fairly widely. Then heading into Friday night that area of

02:05rain it's going to stay close to the south-east and it will pep up at times perhaps some heavy

02:12downpours for parts of Kent in particular but for many other places it's clear spells

02:18through the night and further showers around some eastern and western as well as northern

02:23coasts. But under the clear skies in between it's going to be a fresh start to the weekend

02:28because behind this cold front we've got cooler air spreading in but we've also got an area

02:33of high pressure developing and that high pressure will keep things mostly dry and bright

02:38however this front could be slow to clear the far south-east. Then into Sunday a band

02:44of wet and windy weather spread southwards across many parts of the UK turning things

02:49colder for the start of next week. It will certainly feel more autumnal.