Weekend weather – Much milder than last weekend and very soggy for some
Heavy and persistent rain will affect parts of the UK this weekend, especially the west on Saturday. It will also be windy, but with the winds coming from the southwest it will be a much milder weekend compared to last weekend. Alex Deakin has the de
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00:00Hello. Welcome along to your weekend forecast from the Met Office.
00:04This weekend is going to be very different to last weekend.
00:08Much, much milder for a start, but milder weather at this time of year
00:12often brings wet weather as well, and the rain is going to be especially
00:16heavy and persistent across parts of the West. We have Met Office warnings
00:20in place. It's also going to be quite windy, particularly so on Saturday.
00:24Those winds should ease down, though, by Sunday. Here's the bigger picture.
00:28It's low pressure dominating to the northwest of the UK.
00:32The wind's swirling around that area of low pressure, drawing up the warmth.
00:36These weather fronts sticking across parts of the West, bringing the rain
00:40and those isobars close together. So the winds are going to be pretty lively,
00:44especially so on Saturday. Lively winds, but also the direction
00:48is key. We've lost the easterly winds from last weekend, southwesterly
00:52winds bringing that milder air, but also bringing
00:56the moisture off the Atlantic. So further spells of rain likely, particularly
01:00on Saturday morning over Wales and southwest England. After heavy rain on Friday,
01:04extra rain could cause some further disruption. We also
01:08have yellow warnings in place across parts of Scotland as the rain sets in here, particularly
01:12the southern uplands, southern parts of the Highlands and across the Grampians.
01:16It'll be fairly soggy through the afternoon across Northern Ireland, most
01:20of Wales and northern and western parts of England. But further east
01:24we should stay largely dry and bright and with some sunshine temperature
01:28could really jump up. Northern Scotland also with southerly winds could see
01:32some of the highest temperatures. 12, 13 is possible here
01:36and even higher across the southeast if we see some lengthy spells of sunshine.
01:40Even where it's raining, it will be mild. Temperatures 11 or
01:4412 Celsius, but obviously feeling cooler with that rain and it will
01:48still be a very blustery day on Saturday. By the time
01:52we get to Sunday, low pressure still up to the northwest and this weather front
01:56still lurking around. But as we go through the day, notice the isobar is just opening
02:00up a little bit and that weather front really starting to weaken somewhat and
02:04it's shifted away from Wales and southwest England. So things will
02:08become drier here during Sunday. A drier day for Scotland
02:12as well, although some showers in the far northwest. Now it's more central parts
02:16of England likely to be fairly dull on Sunday, but the rain shouldn't be as
02:20heavy and it should tend to peter out as well. Still a southerly breeze
02:24but it won't be as strong as the wind on Saturday, but still bringing
02:28the milder air. So if we see any brighter skies again, particularly to the
02:32east, we could reach temperatures into the mid teens and generally we're looking
02:36at double digits. So as I said at the start, much, much milder than
02:40it was last weekend. For more details on those weather
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