Thursday morning forecast 16/09/2021

16 September - National weather forecast presented by Clare Nasir.

Transcript

00:00Hello there. Quiet conditions through Thursday with some sunshine as a ridge of high pressure

00:05extends across. However, the morning could be a bit foggy. Backtrack to Wednesday evening

00:11and a weak weather front continues to deliver clouds and also some showery rain to western

00:16and northern areas of Scotland, perhaps a few showers towards the north-east of Scotland

00:20through evening time. The cloud comes and goes across the south-west of Scotland border

00:24regions, west Wales, even coastal districts across eastern areas of Northern Ireland with

00:28the odd spot or two of rain through the evening. However, overnight, many areas becoming drier

00:34and under some clearer skies, fog patches are likely to form. Winds will remain fairly

00:39light into tomorrow morning and temperatures will drop quite quickly. So, single figures

00:44for many areas in the north, particularly in the countryside, a chilly start to the

00:48day here. Further south, holding on to double figures, it's going to be a relatively mild

00:53morning. First thing then on Thursday. We hang on to a little bit of rain across Shetland

00:59but it will improve through the day. Always a patchy cloud across central and northern

01:03areas of Scotland but then some fog patches across the central belt border regions. Northern

01:08Ireland seeing some mist and murk, northern England much of Wales. Further south, it's

01:12a similar situation, a dry scenario, but again, mist and fog can't be ruled out through the

01:18morning. It will lift by around mid-morning, allowing some brighter weather to come through.

01:22So, Thursday will prove to be a fine day, some good spells of sunshine. Through the

01:27middle part of the day, the cloud could build across England and Wales. It's a small chance

01:32of a shower but many areas remaining dry and certainly a dry afternoon to come across many

01:38areas with some late sunshine to end the day as temperatures rise to around 18 to 23 degrees

01:45Celsius, so perhaps slightly higher than Wednesday. Winds remain light but notice towards the

01:51west through the latter part of the day, you'll find a southerly wind will pick up

01:55some strength, heralding a change in the weather here. It brings with it clouds and also some

02:00outbreaks of rain. Rain arriving across western Scotland and northern Ireland by around mid-evening

02:05on Thursday, pushing erratically eastwards through Friday. So, many eastern areas could

02:10get away with another dry day with some sunshine but into the weekend, it certainly is a mixed

02:15bag. There will always be a lot of cloud around, the chance of some showery bursts of rain

02:20but at the same time, some brighter weather coming through, particularly perhaps four

02:25more western areas through Saturday. So, stay tuned to the forecast and obviously we'll

02:29keep you posted here at the Met Office.