Friday evening forecast 12/05/23

12 May - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there. Much calmer weather arrives as we start the weekend and by Saturday afternoon

00:05many places will enjoy some warm sunny spells. But it's going to be a slow starter thing

00:10on Saturday because of an area of low cloud that's going to become fairly extensive across

00:14the eastern, central and southern parts of the UK during Friday night. Also some mistiness

00:19and low cloud creeping around the coast of Scotland and Northern Ireland. But across

00:23Scotland, Northern Ireland, Western England and Wales clear skies overnight leading to

00:27lower temperatures. I think mid-single figures in places, perhaps as low as 3 Celsius for

00:32some sheltered parts of Scotland. And a few mist and fog patches forming inland as a result

00:38of those lower temperatures. But 8 to 10 degrees where we've got the grey leaden skies as we

00:43begin Saturday across central, eastern and southern parts of the UK. It's going to be

00:48nibbled away at its edges and so skies do brighten but you can see across the central

00:53parts, across the Midlands, into parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Norfolk. It's

00:58going to take much of the afternoon for that cloud to be burnt back to the coast and it's

01:02going to stay misty and cool on the North Sea coast throughout Saturday with temperatures

01:08really suppressed once again. 12 or 13 Celsius on the beaches, likewise for the Northern

01:12Isles. Otherwise plenty of warmth where we've got the sunshine breaking through and 18 to

01:1721 Celsius is possible. The warm spots likely towards the south coast as well as somewhere

01:23like Glasgow or the Murray coast. 21 Celsius possible in these spots as well. Odd shower

01:29could break out across South Wales and the south-west of England. These will be very

01:32isolated if they do occur and for most places it is a dry and bright Saturday and we keep

01:40that going into Saturday night. But for north-west Scotland, thicker cloud arrives by Sunday

01:47and we're going to see some outbreaks of rain push in from the Atlantic. Slow moving weather

01:51fronts but nevertheless it's going to bring some persistent damp weather by the end of

01:55the night. Elsewhere across England and Wales we keep clear spells for a time before the

02:00low cloud begins to push in across the Midlands, East Anglia and the south once again. 7 or

02:068 Celsius with the low cloud. Slice of clear spells for northern and western England and

02:10Wales amid single figures possible in places here but for Scotland and Northern Ireland

02:14a milder night to come because of the cloudy and damp weather. The weather front associated

02:19with this becomes slow moving. The ice bars drop out as the front pushes into the area

02:25of high pressure that's still dominating on Sunday across much of England and Wales. So

02:30England and Wales again a slow start to the day. Some low cloud around that will tend

02:34to lift and break through the morning and by the afternoon plenty of sunshine south

02:38of Cumbria but we'll also see a few showers breaking out by the afternoon across the Midlands

02:42into south west England. And towards the south east plenty of bright blue skies remaining

02:48and that's where the highest temperatures will be 18, 19, perhaps 20 Celsius. Certainly

02:52a warmer feel on the North Sea coast because we've changed the wind direction but for Scotland

02:56and Northern Ireland feeling cooler with a cloudier day expected with outbreaks of light

03:01rain on and off replaced by showers in the far north west later. This front trundles

03:05its way southwards during the start of next week turning more showery as it pushes into

03:09England and Wales for Monday and for many places it turns more settled then by the middle

03:16of next week.