Friday morning forecast 30/04/21

30 April - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin

Transcript

00:00Hello. Some changes are on the horizon with our weather, but for Friday, the last day

00:05of April, it's more of the same. A similar day to Thursday, a chilly start, there'll

00:10be some sunshine, but there'll also be a fair few showers around. The showers on Thursday

00:15will steadily fade through the evening, still one or two heavy ones around, but for many

00:19it will become dry overnight with clear skies and light winds. And that is, again, going

00:24to allow those temperatures to tumble. Again, a hint of frost on the map, as you can see.

00:29Towns and cities certainly getting close to freezing and rural areas could drop a few

00:34degrees below. The showers coming in across northern Scotland will continue to fall as

00:38sleet and snow over the hills here. Hail showers are possible almost anywhere during Friday,

00:43but for quite a few of us, the day will start with a fair bit of sunshine, but then the

00:47cloud bubbles up and we'll see the showers breaking out right across the UK. Now, with

00:53light winds, the showers will be quite slow moving. It's not one of those days where the

00:57weather is going to be constantly changing, but slow moving heavy showers could make

01:02quite a wet afternoon. But equally, it means some places may miss out and not see many

01:07showers at all and stay largely dry and bright. Even with a bit of sunshine, though, temperatures

01:11are going to struggle still below average for the end of April. Just single figures

01:16on some of those North Sea coasts, that's going to feel pretty fresh, especially if

01:20you catch a hail shower. Elsewhere, with a bit of sunshine, double digits, maybe 13,

01:25possibly 14 at best. Those temperatures will fall away again on Friday. Heavy showers still

01:30around through the evening, but they do tend to fade quite quickly. So again, we're back

01:35to clear skies and tumbling temperatures as we head into the Bank holiday weekend. And

01:41then again on Saturday, it'll be a case of a sunny start for quite a few. But we'll watch

01:45the showers, just see them there breaking out really from late morning onwards. So the

01:50afternoon will be a case of dodging those showers. But again, quite slow moving showers

01:54with light winds, so not everywhere catching them. Large parts of the UK will be mostly

01:59dry on Saturday. But where we do see the showers breaking out, they could be quite heavy. Temperatures

02:05again below average and similar values to Friday. So single digits on some of those

02:09North Sea coasts with a bit of sunshine, we might scramble up to the teens. We're between

02:15weather systems through much of the weekend, which is why we're seeing those showers breaking

02:19out in the chilly old mornings. But look at this. As we head towards Monday, Bank holiday

02:24Monday, an area of low pressure set to swing in across the country. The isobars are really

02:29huddling up together, telling us it's going to be windy and quite wet on Monday as well.

02:35Details a bit uncertain about the exact track of this low pressure system, but we could

02:39see quite a spell of windy, unusually windy weather on Monday, as well as some persistent

02:44rain. Stay up to date for details on that. And before that, Saturday and Sunday, we'll

02:49continue to see a chilly feel with some sunshine, but also a scattering of showers. Best way

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