Thursday afternoon forecast 19/05/22

19 May - National weather forecast for Thursday presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hi there. Some very lively weather last night. Some of you may have been woken up by thunderstorms.

00:06An awful lot of them occurred over the continent and spilled into southern and southeastern

00:11parts of England. Initially through the evening, a spell of rain into the west and then this

00:15plume of thundery activity, very frequent lightning strikes for some southern and southeastern

00:20parts of the UK, further storms coming up there during the morning for the far southeast.

00:26But they're moving out of the way and so that by the afternoon, for the vast majority,

00:30it's drier, it's brighter, sunny spells emerging. One or two showers coming through from a legacy

00:36of cloud there for the central and southern parts of the UK. But the more cloudy skies

00:42affecting Western Scotland, Northern Ireland, a few showers here and a bit more of a breeze.

00:47But for the vast majority, we're looking at sunny spells, light winds and feeling pleasant

00:52enough in that sunshine with temperatures reaching the low 20s, 23 Celsius there in

00:57the southeast, similar values to Wednesday. Then through the evening, clear spells for

01:03a time for England, for Wales, for eastern and southern Scotland. The cloud will thicken

01:09once again for Western Scotland, for parts west of Northern Ireland later and some outbreaks

01:15of showery rain, mainly affecting the Outer Hebrides but perhaps the far northwest of

01:20the mainland of Scotland. Elsewhere, a lot of clouds starting to spill in from the continent

01:27but most places staying dry by dawn and temperatures not falling far, looking at 9 to 12 Celsius

01:35as we start the day. But there is another plume of heat over the near continent and

01:40that will spark some thundery activity. At the moment, it looks likely to mostly stay

01:45away from the UK this time but it will spread an area of mainly light rain into central

01:50southern England and then that will move southeastwards through the morning, developing a bit more

01:55widely I think. So a spell of rain there for East Anglia in the southeast, some heavy rain

01:59in the far southeast but mostly I think the thunderstorms will stay over the near continent.

02:04And then further showers, outbreaks of rain moving in from the west through the afternoons

02:09and heavy downpours in places interspersed by bright spells. Certainly a fresher feel,

02:14quite a blustery wind near those showers and temperatures up to 17 to 19 Celsius generally.

02:21Those showers move through during the evening, longer spells of rain there for parts of Scotland

02:25and northern England but eventually clear spells emerge overnight and then actually

02:31Saturday is looking drier and brighter for many, particularly further south. There will

02:36still be a few showers in the north and then further showers or outbreaks of rain to come

02:40on Sunday.