Friday afternoon forecast 14/07/23

14 July - National weather forecast presented by Rachel Ayers.

Transcript

00:00Hello and welcome to our latest weather update from the Met Office. So it's been a pretty

00:05grim and gloomy start to Friday, especially across southern and western areas. And this

00:12is all due to this area of low pressure that's going to be moving north eastwards across

00:17the UK throughout the rest of Friday and throughout the weekend. It's going to be bringing some

00:22pretty strong winds. If we look at those isobars, they're quite tightly packed together, but

00:27it is also going to be bringing us some pretty heavy rain too. Now let's have a look at the

00:32detail for the rest of this afternoon. While the rain is continuing to make its way north

00:37eastwards, bringing some pretty heavy bursts at times, and we have got a yellow rain warning

00:42in force across Northern Ireland for this. But we will also see some pretty strong winds

00:47too. We do have a yellow wind warning for southwest England, southern and western parts

00:52of Wales too, where we could see some coastal gales. That's pretty unseasonable for this

00:58time of year. Now, some places will remain dry, particularly across Scotland and north

01:03east England, remaining driest for longest here. That may be the odd spot of rain throughout

01:08the rest of this afternoon before that rain does reach you into this evening. We might

01:13also see the odd sunny spell across some parts of East Anglia and southeast England, and

01:18it's here that temperatures might just reach into the low 20s, though elsewhere generally

01:22remaining in the high teens and feeling cool in that brisk wind too. Now, moving through

01:28to this evening and that rain will continue to spread north eastwards into northern England

01:33and Scotland, and it's across Scotland that we could again see some pretty heavy rain

01:37there that could cause some disruption. Elsewhere, things will start to dry up and we'll see

01:42some clearer spells, especially for eastern areas. But as we go into the early hours of

01:47Saturday, showers will swiftly move in from the West. Now, winds will remain pretty strong

01:53still overnight, so temperatures will not be dropping that far down tonight, so remaining

01:59in the low teens, maybe in some rural areas under those clear skies, we might just see

02:04temperatures dropping into the mid single figures. So to start Saturday, a slightly

02:10better start to the day than today for some, but swiftly we will see some torrential downpours

02:17and maybe even some thunderstorms developing across much of the UK. Today's rain will continue

02:23to linger across the far north of Scotland throughout much of the day on Saturday, and

02:28it will be another windy one, especially across the southern half of the UK, where we could

02:33see gales inland, so maybe gusts up to 45 or 50 miles per hour. So do you bear that

02:39in mind if you are out and about throughout this weekend? Though there will be a few more

02:45sunny spells around on Saturday, so temperatures faring a little better, maybe seeing a few

02:50more places getting into the low 20s. Generally, temperatures looking like they'll be staying

02:55in the high teens for most and feeling cooler as well in that breeze. Now, if you were hoping

03:01that Saturday evening was going to be any better, it does look like those showers will

03:04linger on for a time as we go through into Saturday night, though they will start to

03:09ease the closer we get to Sunday, though we will still continue to see these showers

03:14pushing eastwards, maybe a little drier across the far southeast into Saturday evening and

03:21remaining windy too with that yellow wind warning still in force. Thank you for listening

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