Thursday afternoon forecast 16/03/23

16 March - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there. A mild but also breezy, damp and cloudy day to come for many. We've seen a

00:07warm front cross the country during the last 24 hours. That's brought milder air with it

00:11from the south-west. A cold front then follows, thickening up the cloud and bringing some

00:16spells of showery rain during the afternoon and into the evening. And these fronts linger

00:21across the north of Scotland to bring a damp day here, still in the relatively cold air

00:25for Shetland and Orkney. Elsewhere across the UK, it is considerably mild compared with

00:30recent days. But there are spells of rain for northern and western England as well as

00:35parts of Wales, that rain moving into the Midlands by mid-afternoon. And for Scotland

00:40and for Northern Ireland, the rain turns to showers. Best of any brighter spells will

00:45be across Northern Ireland after the front clears. 15, possibly even 16 Celsius here

00:50and the possibility of 15 Celsius in the far south-east, just ahead of the front. But there

00:55will be some sharp showers developing there across Northern Ireland into south-west and

01:00then central Scotland during the evening. Perhaps even the odd rumble of thunder, gusty

01:04winds in the west and the front across central areas lingers for a time before the rain peters

01:09out during the early hours. A lot of cloud across the UK overnight and with this mild

01:14airflow, temperatures are going to stay up at the mid to high single figures, more or

01:19less, although low single figures possible in the far north of Scotland. That's where

01:23the colder air remains and some more persistent rain as well. But for the rest of the UK,

01:29a frost-free start to the day, a lot of cloud cover and a blossoming of the rainfall across

01:35some south-eastern parts into east Anglia during the morning. That clears by lunchtime.

01:41Brighter skies follow but fairly widely scattered showers developing. These showers will be

01:45slow moving across Northern Ireland and they'll be heavy with a chance of thunder or even

01:50hail across central parts of England. That's where temperatures will be highest actually,

01:54where we avoid the showers, 16, possibly even 17 Celsius, but in the far north we keep the

02:00colder air and some more persistent rain in the far north of Scotland as well. So a showery

02:06day to come for many on Friday after that earlier rainfall clears in the south-east

02:10and the showers continue into the evening on Friday, perhaps some longer spells of rain

02:14towards north-western parts as well. A lot of cloud once again. We've got that mild air

02:18in place so it is another frost-free start on Saturday. Saturday, generally a showery

02:23day, perhaps some longer spells of rain in places. Sunday starts off drier with more

02:27rain in the west later.