Friday afternoon forecast 27/08/21

27 August – National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hello, and welcome to the latest update from the Met Office.

00:04Although high pressure is keeping the weather settled at the moment, I think a lot of places

00:09are frustrated by large amounts of cloud and it remains that way for the rest of the day.

00:14A lot of cloud for some parts of the country, but it will be dry for most and there will

00:20still be some warm sunshine, especially towards Scotland, parts of West Wales, Devon and Cornwall.

00:27There may be a glimmer of sunshine there for the east coast, but you can see this large

00:31area of cloudy skies and in some places that cloud will be fairly overcast, so that sticks

00:38around through much of the afternoon.

00:40There will also be some coastal fog around western parts of Scotland, northern parts

00:44of Northern Ireland, but away from those areas, of course, where we get the sunshine temperatures

00:49up to 22, 23 Celsius where we get the cloud, high teens and it's going to feel cool again

00:56along that North Sea coast.

00:59The cloud does do well to break up overnight and then clear skies for many.

01:04We'll continue to see the coastal mist and fog feed into the northwest, Shetland as well,

01:09seeing areas of cloud and some cloud affecting the east coast where we've got that breeze

01:14in the east and the cloud, 13 to 15 Celsius, where we've got the clear skies and the light

01:19winds further west, single figures, and a few mist patches forming, especially through

01:25parts of Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, for example.

01:29Here's the high pressure as we head into the long weekend, which is a bank holiday weekend,

01:33of course, for Northern Ireland, Wales and England, and the high pressure remains in

01:38control for much of the country.

01:39However, a little fly in the ointment, some unsettled weather over Europe will introduce

01:46a few showers into the southeast coast, predominantly during Saturday, so you can just see the showers

01:52there affecting parts of East Anglia as well as the southeast, perhaps reaching London

01:57through the afternoon.

01:59Areas of cloud here as well, and we keep that cool breeze, but away from those areas, I

02:03think across central and western parts of the country, mainly sunny skies, or sunny

02:09spells at least, certainly a brighter day to come for the Midlands, Central and Southern

02:13England.

02:14But again, we've got that low cloud creeping into north and northwestern parts of Scotland,

02:18perhaps the north coast of Northern Ireland.

02:21It's in the west of Scotland, away from that low cloud, as well as Northern Ireland, where

02:24the highest temperatures will be, 23 Celsius, West Wales, South Wales, Devon and Cornwall

02:30also doing well for temperatures, 22, 23 Celsius, but feeling cooler along that North Sea coast

02:36where we continue to see the feed of cloud into the evening.

02:40But eventually, clear skies for many overnight into Saturday night, whilst low cloud increasingly

02:46starts to drift south into Northern Scotland, and that will make further progress across

02:50central parts of Scotland on Sunday.

02:53We'll keep you fully updated through the weekend of course on social media, but for now, that's

02:57all I've got for you.

02:58Bye bye.