Friday afternoon forecast 15/07/22
15 July – National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin
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00:00Red weather warnings are rare, but we now have a red extreme heat warning in place for the early parts of next week.
00:08Amber weather warnings have also been extended.
00:11What's going on?
00:12High pressure is moving in.
00:13For most, it'll bring a sunny weekend.
00:15But as it shifts to the east, we're going to draw up even hotter air into the early part of next week,
00:21and particularly Monday and Tuesday,
00:23as these temperatures continuing to climb to dangerous, potentially unprecedented levels.
00:29There is a chance that parts of eastern England could see temperatures of 40 Celsius on Tuesday.
00:35Back to Friday afternoon.
00:37It's an awful lot cooler with some showers, actually, across northern England, parts of eastern Scotland.
00:41They are tending to drift away, tending drier across the northwest and a little brighter.
00:45A bit more cloud compared to yesterday across the south,
00:48but some lengthy spells of sunshine for southern England and south Wales.
00:51We'll see temperatures in the mid-20s here.
00:54Further north, though, actually a touch below average,
00:56feeling quite cool with the showers across eastern Scotland and a fairly brisk breeze in the far northeast.
01:02Those showers, though, should fade through the evening.
01:05For many, it's a fine Friday evening and a fine, reasonably comfortable night, actually.
01:10Temperatures, in fact, in some spots may dip down to single figures, low teens across the south,
01:16but certainly a lot cooler and fresher than it was earlier in the week
01:19and a lot cooler than it will be in the nights to come.
01:23Saturday's details, dry and sunny, sums it up for England, Wales, southern Scotland, northern Ireland.
01:28Northern Scotland, though, will see cloud and some rain spreading its way across the northern isles.
01:32A few showers for the highlands and the western isles
01:35and maybe a bit of rain late in the day getting into the north coast of northern Ireland.
01:39But certainly for most, as I said, plenty of sunshine, strong sunshine as well.
01:43UV levels are going to be high or very high and temperatures will be ticking up.
01:48Nothing extraordinary at this stage.
01:50Generally just a pleasant summer's day, low to mid-20s, maybe high 20s across parts of the south.
01:56However, temperatures are going to be rising further over the next few days.
02:01As we go through Saturday night, a balmy summer's evening for England and Wales,
02:05we will see more clouds spilling into Scotland with a bit more rain just pushing in, particularly to the west.
02:10And that will still be around perhaps for a time on Sunday morning before tending to drift away
02:15and the vast majority looking fine and sunny but turning hotter on Sunday.
02:19But the extreme heat really arrives Monday and Tuesday.
02:22As I said at the start, the potential for those temperatures to get up to 40 Celsius on Tuesday afternoon.
02:28Don't get too hung up on the numbers because actually it's all just about the heat building by day and by night
02:33with serious consequences likely.
02:36We don't issue red warnings lightly.
02:38And as I said, the amber warning has also been extended.
02:41Keep up to date with the forecasts and keep up to date with the advice
02:45on how to stay cool during these extreme times.
02:49Best way to do that, visit the Met Office website.
02:51Of course, the very latest will be across social media.