Thursday afternoon forecast 09/09/21

09 September – National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello again. The brief September hot spell is now over. For most it's cloudy and cooler

00:06during the rest of the day and there is the risk of heavy showers and even some thunderstorms.

00:12Heavy rain moved in overnight and this is the satellite and radar picture from the early

00:16hours of Thursday. You can see outbreaks of rain for much of northern England, Scotland,

00:21Northern Ireland as well before further showery rain pushed into Wales and the southwest.

00:26Drier and brighter for central and eastern parts of England and there will be some sunny

00:30spells for the east of England during the afternoon. But showers break out quite widely

00:35across the country. Some more persistent rain for northern and northwest Scotland continues,

00:40easing a little in intensity. And elsewhere the showers will be hit and miss. There will

00:47be some drier interludes in between. But where they do occur there is the risk of some intense

00:52rainfall. There is the risk of some lightning strikes and those two could cause impact.

00:57So a thunderstorm warning in force. But as I mentioned they will be hit and miss. So

01:02not everyone will be affected by these showers. And in the far east of England we cling on

01:08to some warmth, 26, possibly even 27 or 28 Celsius for parts of the east of England.

01:14Elsewhere low 20s, high teens, feeling cool in the far north and northwest with a keen

01:20breeze. But showers continue into the evening before dying in some places overnight. However

01:26for the north east of Scotland some heavy rain remains and a rain warning in force here

01:31whilst further clusters of showers push into western parts of the UK. It stays humid overnight,

01:37a lot of cloud cover, temperatures not dropping much below 16 or 17 Celsius. So although it's

01:43cooler by day, not so much by night. And then as we start off Friday some sunny spells in

01:49the east but generally it's a cloudy picture across the UK. Once again showers get going

01:54quite widely in places. Some thunder possible but I think the main focus is on these heavy

02:01showers which will be hit and miss. There will be some brighter spells in between but

02:04for most it's a cloudy picture once again and temperatures a little cooler compared

02:09to Thursday. Not quite so warm in the east for example. Still 25 Celsius possible. Into

02:15the evening on Friday the showers eventually ease away across much of the country but you

02:19can see some further persistent rain and a lot of low cloud around the north of Scotland

02:24which will give some mist in places. That's where the low pressure is nearby and that's

02:29going to maintain an unsettled look as we start the weekend here whilst things start

02:34to turn a little quieter further south. So Saturday, yeah there will be a bright start

02:40in places, some sunny spells, a few mist patches first thing. But you can see across northern

02:45Scotland the potential for further heavy rainfall, a wet start to Saturday here. Whilst

02:50showers will continue to affect much of the rest of the UK. Nowhere really immune from

02:55showers on Saturday but they'll be fewer in number and they'll be less heavy compared

03:00to Thursday and Friday with a better chance of some sunshine in between. Sunday also looks

03:05generally drier and brighter so a drying up process through the weekend, an improving

03:10process but it will certainly be cooler and less sunny compared to recent days. Follow

03:14us on social media and we'll keep you updated on all the latest. Bye bye.