Friday morning forecast 08/04/22

08 April - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello again. If you'd like it to feel a bit more like April again, fear not. Warmer weather

00:05is on the way and actually at times over the next few days, despite the chill, it will

00:09feel pleasant enough in the sunshine because this area of low pressure is moving away.

00:13That means the isobars are opening out. That means the strongest of the winds are easing.

00:17It's still going to be fairly blustery as we end Thursday. Still a few showers around

00:21but increasingly those showers we can find to Northern Scotland, Northern Ireland, parts

00:25of Northern England and North Wales. Clear spells elsewhere. And with those showers

00:29containing some wintriness, mainly rain, hail, sleet at lower levels, snow over the Scottish

00:34mountains a couple of centimetres above 150 metres, well there will be a few icy patches

00:38first thing in the north of Scotland and a fairly widespread frost where we get clear

00:42spells elsewhere. Temperatures dipping to around zero, if not a touch below in sheltered

00:48spots. But in the far south, enough cloud rolls in through the night to avoid a frost.

00:54A few degrees Celsius there in Plymouth and a damp start to the day for the south coast

00:58potentially. Now this rain, most of it runs along the channel but it looks like some of

01:03it will hang about near that south coast through much of the day, only clearing quite late

01:07on in the afternoon. Once it does clear, sunny spells follow and there will be further showers

01:12breaking out so it's a bright and breezy day once again with those wintry showers in places.

01:18Rain, hail, sleet at lower levels, snow over hills and brusque wind making it feel cold

01:23even if it's not quite as windy as Thursday. Eleven or twelve Celsius in the south, seven

01:28to nine further north, knock off a few degrees for the feels like temperature. Into Friday

01:34evening and the showers continue for a time before once again becoming confined to coastal

01:40areas, not many inland, clear spells then fairly widely and winds easing out. As a result,

01:46a widespread frost once again to wake up to for the weekend. But again, despite the chill,

01:53it's a bright start. You can see how much sunshine there is on the map, for many places

01:57beautiful blue skies to wake up to on Saturday and effectively it stays that way through

02:03much of the day. I think the best of the sunshine will remain in the south, a bit more cloud

02:07builds further north and a few more showers will develop in places. Not as many as Thursday

02:13and Friday and again it will be northern Scotland that bear the brunt of some of these wintry

02:19and lively showers and it will stay cold with the strongest of the winds in the far north

02:24knocking a few degrees off those temperatures. Further south, lighter winds, a bit of sunshine

02:29at this time of year, it's strong of course so it's going to feel quite pleasant I think

02:33even if on the thermometer temperatures remain below average. Then Saturday night, skies

02:40clear fairly widely once again and a frost follows once again for the start of Sunday.

02:46But Sunday promises a lot more dry and bright weather for the vast majority, turning cloudier

02:51in the west but also turning milder.