Friday morning forecast 15/04/22

15th April - National weather forecast presented by Helen Roberts.

Transcript

00:00Hello, high pressure is with us for much of this long Easter weekend, which means it should

00:05be fairly quiet and settled, with in fact some warm spells of sunshine for many. There

00:09is a change on the way later in the weekend, but I'll come on to that in just a moment.

00:14For the time being, we have a mixture of patchy cloud and clear spells overnight tonight,

00:19perhaps one or two spots of rain in the far north-west of Scotland, but dry for the vast

00:23majority of us. There will be some low cloud, mist and fog developing around some coastal

00:28areas, so that will be with us first thing on Good Friday morning. But it will tend to

00:33lift and break as the day progresses, perhaps one or two coastal areas just holding on to

00:38that stubborn low cloud throughout the day, and in fact south-western parts of the UK

00:43in general will tend to be cloudier on Friday compared with some recent days. For central

00:48and eastern areas though, there will be some bright or sunny spells, and in that sunshine,

00:53feeling really quite warm with temperatures into the low 20s, do bear in mind it is very

00:58easy to burn in the sunshine at this time of year. It's also worth pointing out a few

01:03showers are possible, first of all across parts of Northern Ireland late morning and

01:07into the afternoon on Good Friday, one or two of those will be on the heavy side, perhaps

01:11even the odd rumble of thunder, and also we'll start to see a couple of showers developing

01:16later in the day across parts of Northern England and southern Scotland. So those showers

01:22later in the day will become a little more widespread, tracking away northwards into

01:26other parts of Scotland overnight tonight and into Saturday. Elsewhere, once again it's

01:31a mixture of patchy cloud and some clear spells, and quite a mild night on Friday night into

01:36Saturday for just about all of us. So for Saturday itself then, again a mixture of cloud

01:43but some breaks in that cloud and some clear spells, the best of any brightness across

01:47south-eastern parts of England, where again it will be quite warm with temperatures into

01:53the low 20s, still a few showers across parts of Scotland, but elsewhere a lot of dry and

01:58fine weather around on Saturday. And temperatures once again reaching the low 20s in parts of

02:03the south-east, always a little bit cooler around coastal areas, particularly where we

02:08have an onshore breeze. So overnight Saturday into Sunday, and again it's a mixture of patchy

02:15clouds and clear spells, and still a few showers across parts of Scotland. And we start to

02:21see that change coming our way later on Sunday, and more especially into Monday, as a weather

02:26front brings some more unsettled weather with some outbreaks of rain and cooler conditions

02:31as we end the long Easter weekend. That's it from me, see you soon.