Friday morning forecast 26/08/22

26 August - National forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hi there, the heavy rain and thousands of lightning strikes that we saw across East Anglia and the south-east earlier in the day

00:07has cleared the humidity that we've seen so much of recently, much fresher air arriving from the west.

00:13Clear spells as well overnight for England, Wales, parts of northern Scotland

00:17and under those clear skies a more comfortable night for sleeping.

00:20But areas of cloud will drift in elsewhere, some showery rain

00:24eventually affecting west Wales and the far south-west as well as parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

00:29Temperatures dipping to 10 to 14 Celsius in main urban areas, single figures in some sheltered spots.

00:36And as we start off Friday, that fresh feel but plenty of sunshine for the Midlands, East Wales,

00:41Southern and Eastern England as well as Northern Scotland.

00:44Otherwise we've got those areas of cloud, some persistent rain in places, turning more showery

00:50and so scattered showers for the likes of Wales into the south-west.

00:54Those showers drifting away from Northern Ireland but developing across Northern England, Southern and Central Scotland

00:59where they will be of a heavy nature.

01:02The north of Scotland mostly staying dry with sunny spells and dry for the Midlands,

01:06south-east and east England with some sunshine and that fresher feel.

01:11So less humid, 24 or 25 Celsius in the south-east, 18 to 21 or 22 Celsius towards the north and west.

01:20The showers continue for a time, they tend to drift on Friday evening towards the north-east.

01:25They'll eventually ease away in many spots but we keep a lot of cloud down the spine of the country,

01:30eastern and into southern Scotland, parts of central and northern England.

01:35Clear spells elsewhere, some fog patches actually forming across south-west England as well as Wales.

01:41But away from the cloud, temperatures again dipping into the single figures in places,

01:45mid-single figures possible for parts of Scotland, perhaps Northern Ireland.

01:49Cool start to the bank holiday weekend.

01:52Not a bank holiday for Scotland of course but for many this long weekend promises plenty of fine weather.

01:58There will be one or two showers developing by day on Saturday.

02:02Away from those showers though, light winds, sunny spells and feeling pleasant with that sunshine.

02:07Temperatures up to the low to mid-20s.

02:10Similar conditions on Sunday and Monday of course as a full weekend forecast on the Met Office YouTube channel.

02:17But for now that's all for me and you can stay across all the updates on our social media channels,

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