Friday afternoon forecast 12/08/22

12 August - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hello again. Another sunny and very hot day to come across much of the UK. Temperatures

00:06have been rising through the week and it's even hotter today compared with yesterday

00:10with temperatures up about a degree or so in many spots. Now the far north and north-west

00:16of Scotland will once again be cloudier and cooler with some light outbreaks of rain but

00:21mostly dry here. Also some mist and low cloud continues to affect the far coast of eastern

00:27Scotland and north-east England. Much cooler here but elsewhere with those sunny skies

00:32you can see high 20s across much of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Low to mid 30s across

00:38much of England and Wales. Somewhere it could just about reach a 35 Celsius somewhere in

00:42central or southern England. So very hot. These kinds of temperatures don't happen often

00:48in this country even if they are a little lower compared with the July remarkable heat

00:53wave. Now overnight we're going to see some of that low cloud and mist in the north-east

00:58creep a bit further inland for a time. But there will also be some outbreaks of rain

01:04in Shetland. Elsewhere temperatures holding up in the mid to high teens. So very warm

01:10and uncomfortable night for sleeping across the board. And then into the start of the

01:16weekend. Some of that low cloud and mist for a time in the east but it tends to retreat

01:21back to the beaches where it could well linger into the afternoon. Again some outbreaks of

01:27rain for parts of Shetland. Perhaps Lewis and Harris but for the vast majority it is

01:32dry and it's sunny. And with that sunshine comes that build of heat once again. And I

01:37think tomorrow is likely to be slightly hotter once again. So widely across England and Wales

01:44we're looking at low to mid thirties. There's a possibility of 36 Celsius in an isolated

01:51spot somewhere around central and southern England perhaps east Wales. But mostly those

01:57temperatures will be at around 33, 34 degrees and 35 in one or two places. In Scotland and

02:03Northern Ireland high twenties but much cooler around the coasts of northern and eastern

02:09Scotland. And with that heat comes the threat later Saturday of some heavy showers developing.

02:17Most notably the northern Pennines, the southern uplands and then perhaps drifting north through

02:22the night. They'll be very isolated but where they occur expect some heavy rainfall. Otherwise

02:29it's dry with clear spells across the board on Saturday. Again some signs of some showers

02:35there across the channel and these showers are just an indication of the changes to come

02:41later in the weekend and more especially the start of next week. Low pressure replaces

02:46high and as that happens the air begins to rise. And although Sunday is expected to be

02:52hot and sunny again for many there is the increased risk initially in the north and

02:56then more widely on Monday of thunderstorms and torrential rain in places. Hit and miss

03:02downpours yes but where these downpours occur for the start of next week there is that risk

03:08of flash flooding because of course this heavy rainfall falling on top of very dry ground.

03:14So we'll keep you updated on all of that and you can follow those updates on social media.

03:17Bye bye.