Friday afternoon forecast 18/06/21

18 June – National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGiven.

Transcript

00:00Hello again. A real contrast in fortunes across the UK today. A lot of fine weather in the

00:05north and west but there will be cloud and rain elsewhere and for some the risk of some

00:10torrential thunderstorms. Those are forming over France, they're moving northwards within

00:15these weather fronts and they will primarily affect East Anglia and the south east during

00:20the rest of Friday. An area of rain extends through central areas but a ridge of high

00:24pressure there continues to affect northern and western UK. So for Scotland, for Northern

00:29Ireland, for much of north-west England, west Wales and the south-west, sunny spells.

00:34A lot of fine weather, one or two showers in places but otherwise a good deal of decent

00:39conditions. But elsewhere a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain continue for parts of Yorkshire

00:46into the Midlands, central southern England and for East Anglia and the south east that's

00:50where the greatest risk of thunderstorms will be. We'll be importing them from France, they'll

00:54be moving north and where these thunderstorms hit, of course they'll be hit and miss, but

00:59where they hit there is the risk of 40-60mm of rain and in some spots perhaps more than

01:04that so the risk of localised flooding, a yellow warning for thunderstorms in force.

01:09It will feel cool as well where we've got the outbreaks of rain and thunderstorms, 15-17

01:15Celsius, contrast that to the 29 Celsius we had in the same locations earlier in the week,

01:20significantly cooler with this breeze coming in from the North Sea, a breezy day to come

01:26for parts of England and Wales. So temperatures elsewhere, we've got some sunshine up into

01:32the high teens, perhaps 20 Celsius and clear spells in the north and west overnight but

01:37elsewhere a lot of cloud cover, the thunderstorms and the outbreaks of rain clear away by around

01:42midnight and then for many it's a dry start to the weekend, a lot of cloud cover I think

01:47but where we do get those clear spells overnight, temperatures into the single figures. So a

01:51cool start to the weekend but a good deal of sunny spells for Northern Ireland, for

01:56parts of North East Scotland into North West England, West Wales, Cornwall again. The cloud

02:01will lift elsewhere, it will turn brighter into the afternoon. A few showers will develop,

02:07West Wales, North West England, Western Scotland for example, but for many Saturday is looking

02:11like a dry day and the best of any sunny spells will be across the northern half of the country.

02:16Thicker cloud returns to the south and by the end of the afternoon some further showers

02:20appear into the south but it's going to feel warmer in places compared to Friday with highs

02:26into the low 20s. Now you can see some further thunderstorms developing over the continent

02:32and drifting weather airway northwards through Saturday night so the risk of further thundery

02:37activity into southern parts of the UK, again hit and miss storms, it's much less likely

02:43further north where we keep largely clear skies for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Follow

02:48us on social media and of course you can stay up to date with all the latest. Bye bye.