Thursday afternoon forecast 03/08/23

03 August - National weather forecast presented by Alex Burkill.

Transcript

00:00Hello, very good day to you. If you're hoping for something more summery, well it's not

00:04great news with the autumnal feel continuing for a few days yet. It's because we're still

00:09on the northern colder side of the jet stream and it's quite an active jet at that. As a

00:14result, the low pressure that was across the UK on Wednesday has now been pushed away towards

00:18the east. Behind it, we have a cool northerly flow across the UK and quite a few showers

00:25with limited bright or sunny spells across the UK. Taking a look at the details on Thursday,

00:30you can see a largely cloudy picture, but I am expecting some sunshine to break through

00:34the cloud at times. Plenty of showers around, particularly across northern parts of Scotland,

00:38but also for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Some of these could be hefty, perhaps the

00:43odd rumble of thunder too. Temperatures are going to be a little disappointing for the

00:47time of year. We may just about scrape to around 23 or 24 celsius in the south east,

00:52but when you factor in the blustery winds, albeit lighter than on Wednesday, it is going

00:56to feel relatively cool, particularly for August. As we go through the end of the day

01:01on Thursday, some further showers for many places, but they are gradually going to die

01:04out except across parts of Scotland and into northeast England where we're going to see

01:09some heavy downpours as we go through the early hours of Friday morning. Watch out,

01:13there could be a little bit of surface water issues as we go through the early hours. Because

01:18of the largely cloudy skies and breezy conditions, temperatures aren't going to drop much, most

01:23places staying in the mid teens celsius. So first thing on Friday, watch out for some

01:27heavy rain across parts of northeast England, and that showery rain is then going to feed

01:31its way further southwards across parts of Yorkshire and into East Anglia as we go through

01:35the day. There's the risk of some hail and some thunder here, along with some heavy downpours

01:40of rain. Elsewhere, there will be a few showers pushing in on that north northwesterly wind,

01:44so particularly around northern parts of Scotland and feeding into Irish coastal areas

01:48as well. But across more western parts of England and Wales, we should see some decent

01:52dry bright weather for many of us. Temperatures are maybe going to be down a degree compared

01:57to Thursday, but with lighter winds for most, particularly in the east, it is going to perhaps

02:02feel a little bit warmer for some, particularly if you get any sunshine away from those heavy

02:07downpours. In the southwest, though, the winds are going to stay quite strong. That's because

02:11of this weather system that's going to push its way in from the west later on. We're going

02:15to see some heavy rain arriving as we go through Friday evening and strengthening winds too,

02:20starting off across Northern Ireland and then it's going to push across the rest of the

02:24UK. As if we take a closer look at that and you can see this deep low, unseasonably deep

02:28for the time of year, pushing its way eastwards across the country. A bit of uncertainty as

02:33to the exact track this low is going to take, but it does look like Saturday for many, particularly

02:38across England and Wales is going to be a wet and windy day. We do have some warnings

02:42in force that will clear away as we go into Sunday. So Sunday does look a little bit drier,

02:47but still relatively unsettled with some brisk winds and showers to watch out for. There's

02:51more information on the forecast for the weekend on the 10 day trend that's on YouTube and

02:55was issued yesterday. So catch Alex with that. And for more information, you can always check

03:00out our social media channels. I'll see you later.