Wednesday evening forecast 17/05/23

17 May - National weather forecast presented by Annie Shuttleworth.

Transcript

00:00Hello, more of us will see a risk of some rain and showers over the next few days, however

00:05it will still stay pretty spring-like out there for many of us. But on Wednesday night

00:09the rain is still restricted to the far north of Scotland and it will tend to ease as compared

00:14to what it has been through the day. However, there will still be quite a lot of cloud around

00:19and some drizzle, especially across any coastal areas. Elsewhere it will stay dry overnight

00:25but quite a lot of cloud around as well and that will hold the temperatures up a little

00:29bit higher than they have done recently. So temperatures holding up in double digits in

00:33many towns and cities and rurally getting as low as around 5 or 6 degrees. But I wouldn't

00:39rule out the odd patch of grass frost in any clear spells to start on Thursday morning.

00:46But by and large for much of the country it will be a dry start, however we will see this

00:50weather front move very slowly eastwards through the day bringing with it that risk of rain.

00:55However, this high pressure out into the Atlantic is starting to fizzle away any of those fronts

01:00and we'll continue to see that theme as we head through the rest of the week and into

01:03the weekend with the next front starting to bring some rain from the north-west but slowly

01:08being fizzled away. So the front starts its position across to the west of Northern Ireland

01:14and Scotland to start on Thursday morning. To the east of that is going to be a dry start,

01:20some sunshine, however we will see the odd shower breaking out across parts of the Midlands

01:25and into the south of England too. But many of us will see a dry day but a little bit

01:31more cloud around across the skies as the clouds bubbles up and spreads out through

01:36the day as we head into the afternoon. In any sunshine it will still feel quite warm,

01:41we've got relatively light winds out there, highs of 20, possibly 21 degrees but most

01:47areas around average for the time of year. Then Thursday evening that front will start

01:51to push into parts of England and Wales bringing with it quite a lot of cloud too. The rain

01:57will be quite light and patchy and mainly affect higher ground and to the south of that

02:02we'll start to see some rain across the south-east as well but again quite patchy, just generally

02:07a lot more cloud around. To the north of the front across Northern Ireland and much of

02:11Scotland it's going to be a much clearer night and we could see temperatures dip back down

02:16again. So some rural areas going down to low single figures, possibly a touch of frost

02:21by the time we get to Friday morning. We could also see some pretty chilly temperatures down

02:27to the far south-east across the likes of Kent and Sussex to start on Friday. But for

02:31much of the country it's going to be a mild and cloudier start and a bit more cloud throughout

02:37the morning across much of England and Wales. We'll see some brightness start to develop

02:42by the afternoon but that will pep off a few showers. So a risk of some quite heavy

02:47showers for anywhere from the south-west extending up towards Lincolnshire through Friday. Many

02:53areas will escape them but if you do get caught in one it could be a bit of an unpleasant

02:57shower. To the north across Northern England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland it's

03:03going to be a much drier and brighter day compared to Thursday and temperatures climbing

03:08up into the high teens across the country. However, across the east coast and where we

03:12do get that cloud lingering through the day it will feel a little bit cooler. Looking

03:17ahead to the weekend we'll see more of the way of that drier and brighter weather extending

03:22across the country and it will start to warm up a little bit more. If you'd like to see

03:27any more about the weather further ahead than that, make sure you check out our 10-day trend

03:32out on YouTube later today. Otherwise, I'll see you later.