Friday afternoon forecast 04/08/23

04 August - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there, we are at the peak of the holiday season and a busy Saturday coming up with

00:06a lot of people camping and caravanning and so on. And that's why, with some more unseasonable

00:11weather arriving, Storm Antony has been named. The first signs of that there out towards

00:16the west of the UK on Friday afternoon. But ahead of Storm Antony, actually it's not particularly

00:20windy, but it is fairly showery across Scotland into northern and eastern England. And it's

00:25across east Anglia and the south east where we'll see the heaviest and slow moving downpours

00:30on Friday afternoon. Drier for Wales in the south west, sunny spells here. Highs of 19

00:35to 21 Celsius clouding over for Northern Ireland ahead of that storm. And the rain sets in

00:41during the evening across Northern Ireland, initially light to moderate, but it turns

00:45heavier through the night. And of course that rainfall falling onto saturated ground following

00:49the wettest July on record for Northern Ireland, well that could cause issues by dawn with

00:55rainfall warning in force. Elsewhere, western parts of the UK turn wet overnight and breezy,

01:01so of course temperatures staying up at 13 or 14 Celsius. Still a few showers for northern

01:05Scotland and north east England, otherwise drier towards the east but increasingly cloudy.

01:11Here's Storm Antony and again it's going to bring unseasonable weather. We've seen these

01:16wet and windy systems a number of times in the last few weeks and this one arriving on

01:21a busy Saturday in August could cause impacts, especially across southern parts of England

01:27and Wales. But it's the rain initially that will be the most notable thing, some heavy

01:31downpours affecting Northern Ireland first thing, moving into Wales and western England

01:35and then sweeping across much of England and Wales through the afternoon. Scotland seeing

01:40slow moving heavy showers, likewise for Northern Ireland as the skies do brighten up following

01:45the rainfall. And the skies brighten up for Wales in the south west by the end of the

01:48afternoon but that's when the strongest of the winds arrive, really picking up through

01:52the day with inland gales possible in some exposed spots but certainly around coastal

01:57parts of Wales into southern England. Risk of 60-65 mph gusts for some of the more exposed

02:03locations. Now these kinds of wind speeds on a busy Saturday with camping, caravanning,

02:08outdoor activities could cause some significant impacts and our warnings are based on impacts

02:14and that's why this storm has been named. So just to get that message out there that

02:19there could be some significant impacts if you've got these outdoor activities planned

02:23on Saturday do take heed of the warning, the storm name and any advice. Now the rain and

02:30the wind do eventually clear through on Saturday night pushing east into the North Sea. Showers

02:35follow and for Sunday as well as the start of next week we'll still see quite a number

02:40of showers but there are strong signs now that the weather will turn at least a little

02:45drier and warmer from the middle of next week.