Wednesday evening forecast 05/04/23

05 April - National weather forecast presented by Greg Dewhurst.

Transcript

00:00Hello, there. Welcome to your latest broadcast from the Met Office. We should see improving

00:05skies over the next couple of days as high pressure builds in. At the moment, low pressure

00:10is in charge, giving outbreaks of rain across the country. But through Good Friday into

00:14the Easter weekend, it should largely stay settled, though by Easter Monday, we will

00:18see weather fronts returning stronger winds as well.

00:22So, there's a wet evening across much of the UK, outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards which

00:27will be heavy at times. Drier conditions for Northern Ireland and North West Scotland

00:31for a time, but the risk of some heavy showers as we move into the early hours here. By the

00:36end of the night, the rain becoming a bit more confined to the far east.

00:40A lot of cloud across the UK tonight, so that will keep temperatures from dropping too low,

00:44generally in towns and cities, 5 to 9 Celsius. So, a frost-free start to Thursday morning,

00:50but largely cloudy skies. Some blue skies across Northern Ireland, parts of Scotland

00:55to begin, but elsewhere generally cloudy. Through the day, the increasing risk of some

00:59heavy showers across parts of Wales into the Midlands, Central and Southern England. Some

01:03rumbles of thunder too. Elsewhere, some sunny spells, but the risk of a few showers. Always

01:08cloudier and outbreaks of rain across some eastern parts of Scotland and in England as

01:14well as the Northern Isles, seeing outbreaks of rain. Best of the driest weather into the

01:19afternoon will be parts of Northern Ireland and Western Scotland.

01:23Temperatures overall, not too bad for the time of year, 12 to 14 Celsius, maybe 15 or

01:2816 towards the far south east. Feeling cooler across northern parts of Scotland, we saw

01:3316 degrees on Wednesday, more like 12 or 13 for Thursday afternoon. Into the evening time,

01:40the risk of showers merging to give some longer spells of rain down the eastern side of England.

01:44But elsewhere into the early hours, skies will clear and that will allow temperatures

01:48to drop with light winds. We will see the return of frost across parts of Northern Ireland

01:53into Scotland, in particular temperatures in towns and cities falling close to freezing

01:58if not below here, just holding up across the far east and southeast. Bit more of a

02:02breeze here and the overnight cloud holding on into the morning. So a sunny but cold start

02:09to Good Friday across the UK. Low cloud across the eastern England. This could linger for

02:13much of the day. It will lap on shore at times from the North Sea, affecting parts of eastern

02:18Scotland too, perhaps thick enough for a few spots of drizzle. But elsewhere, plenty

02:22of sunshine. Blue skies, temperatures lifting 16 degrees quite widely across parts of England

02:28and Wales, 12 or 13 into Scotland too. And that high pressure continues to build through

02:34Saturday and Sunday. Plenty of sunny spells to come, but it does turn wetter and windier

02:40into Easter Monday. If you'd like more information on the weather where you are over the next

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