Wednesday afternoon forecast 10/08/22

10 August - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hello again. Hot and sunny for the vast majority of the next few days with temperatures rising

00:05day by day, both by day but also by night and this is the reason why. High pressure

00:11is firmly in control of the UK's weather at the moment. Light winds, plenty of sunshine,

00:16temperatures rising each day. However, not everyone will be affected by the heat or the

00:20sunshine. The far north and north west of Scotland once again seeing areas of cloud

00:25and an increased breeze during the rest of Wednesday with some rain turning up in the

00:29far north west later. Otherwise it's blue skies across the board and with those light

00:34winds temperatures higher compared with the last few days. We're looking at fairly widely

00:39high 20s, low 30s and temperatures reaching 31C in Cardiff and London. Into the evening

00:47then and it stays warm, more sunshine to come for many although it will turn wetter for

00:52a time across the Northern Isles, the Outer Hebrides as well and perhaps into the far

00:57north west of the mainland. But elsewhere, clear spells apart from the east of England

01:02where there will be some low cloud, mist and fog turning up by the end of the night. It's

01:07going to be a warm night, temperatures in the high teens fairly widely, 15-17C so uncomfortable

01:14for sleeping for many. Then a warm and sunny start for the vast majority, some patchy low

01:20cloud for Northern Ireland and that low cloud and mist in the east of England clearing away,

01:25perhaps lingering around some beaches. More especially though for the north and north

01:29west of Scotland, low cloud here and outbreaks of rain that are edging into the mainland

01:35for a time, mostly affecting Caithness. But sunny skies elsewhere and as I mentioned temperatures

01:41are rising day by day. So these are the kinds of temperatures we can expect on Thursday

01:45afternoon. It's not just southern areas that will be hot, 29C there for Aberdeen, 27C for

01:51Belfast, perhaps hotter in some other parts of Northern Ireland. And widely across England

01:56and Wales, low 30s, 33C the expected high on Thursday and we turn up a notch once again

02:04on Friday with temperatures expected to reach the low to mid 30s fairly widely, 35C a possibility

02:11somewhere around the Midlands, perhaps around Bristol area. And southern Scotland 26C, but

02:17I think the north east perhaps a little cooler, could be some low cloud or mist affecting

02:23these areas. Then into Saturday another day with widely low 30s across much of England

02:29and Wales and 35 possibly even 36C in one or two spots across central parts of England.

02:38Again a bit cooler there for the east of Scotland, north east England as well. So some relief

02:43from the heat if you don't like that sort of thing for the north and north east. But

02:47fairly widely, temperatures well above average elsewhere. And whilst many people, especially

02:53if you're on holidays at the moment, can enjoy this kind of heat safely, it's worth bearing

02:57in mind that UV levels are very high, it's easy to get dehydrated in this kind of heat

03:02and the hot air isn't for everyone. It's important to look out for vulnerable people and that's

03:07why we've got this extreme heat warning. The temperatures this week and into the weekend

03:12won't be nearly as high as we saw in July when the temperature reached 40C, but this

03:18hot spell is going to be longer lasting both by day and by night. So worth paying attention

03:24to health advice, especially if you know of people who are vulnerable to these kinds of

03:30temperatures and we'll keep you updated on social media.