Friday afternoon forecast 19/11/21

19 November - National weather forecast presented by Aiden McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello again. Colder weather is on the way through the weekend and more especially later

00:06next week. But Friday at least stays very mild. A lot of cloud for much of the UK and

00:13staying damp for northern Scotland. Here the rain associated with some weather fronts that

00:18are just lingering in the far north. But Shetland is the exception. Away from the weather fronts,

00:23generally dry and bright. Very windy at first, those winds easing later. The rest of the

00:28UK, closer to high pressure but a westerly feed of air and so a lot of cloud cover continues

00:34for many parts. Again, a few spots of rain and drizzle for parts of Wales and the south-west.

00:39Otherwise most places dry. And actually brightening up for eastern and northern England, parts

00:43of Northern Ireland, eastern Scotland. Some sun breaking through that layer of stratocumulus.

00:49But where we get the sunshine or where we get the cloud, it's mild. 13 to 14 Celsius,

00:5416 Celsius possible again. Somewhere like Aberdeen where it started at 14 Celsius this

01:00morning actually. A very mild night last night. The wet weather continues then overnight.

01:05Some heavier bursts at times for the north-west Highlands in particular. The rain edging north

01:09into Shetland for a time as well. Elsewhere a lot of cloud remains. A keen breeze in many

01:15places and that means it's going to be another mild one overnight. Not quite as mild I think.

01:21Temperatures into the single figures in many places. But a dull start to the day for many.

01:27A wet start for northern Scotland. That rain then sweeps south across central and southern

01:31Scotland during the morning. Northern Ireland as well seeing a spell of rain. After lunch

01:36it does dry up and brighten up for Scotland and Northern Ireland. The sun comes out but

01:40blustery showers start to feed in here along with colder air. Temperatures actually dropping

01:45through the day for Scotland and Northern Ireland whilst it's generally cloudy but mild

01:50again in the south with a few spots of rain but nothing significant. And this area of

01:54rain pushing through northern England and north Wales late afternoon into the evening.

01:59It starts to move south during the evening and overnight and it does clear through. It's

02:04a weakening cold front so not much rain on it as it pushes through southern parts of

02:09the UK on Saturday night. But it does mark that significant contrast in temperatures.

02:14We clear the mild air and we open the door to northerlies. However at this stage the

02:18temperatures are only returning to around average. And for many it's a brighter day

02:23on Sunday. Plenty of sunshine but some showers will feed into northern, western and eastern

02:27districts exposed to this brisk and cold northerly wind. Temperatures back into the single figures

02:32by Sunday afternoon. So around average for the time of year and that means there will

02:37be some snow over the Scottish mountains. Nothing unusual to do with that of course

02:42for the time of year. And something even colder is expected later next week following

02:49a milder interlude midweek and we'll keep you updated on all of that. So you can follow

02:53those updates on social media. Bye bye.