Friday afternoon forecast 16/06/23

16 June - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there. Changes on the way through the next few days. The weather turns more humid, it

00:05turns more unstable and as a result beefy shower clouds, even some thunderstorms will

00:10develop in places but these will be highly hit and missed. Not everyone will catch a

00:14shower or thunderstorm, not everyone will be impacted but where these impacts occur

00:18could be quite serious. Now for much of Friday afternoon many places will stay dry and sunny

00:24especially eastern parts of Scotland, central and eastern England but the clouds have been

00:29building further west and expect some showers in places, especially for parts of Wales,

00:35into Cumbria, western Scotland, isolated showers, even the odd rumble of thunder here but for

00:41Northern Ireland that's where the greatest activity will be with some showers and thunderstorms

00:45developing over the Republic of Ireland, drifting north and also some homegrown showers depending

00:50exactly on when the higher cloud drifts in. That could limit the temperatures and as a

00:54result limit shower development but certainly the potential, especially for western parts

00:58of Northern Ireland for some really serious thunderstorms, hail and lightning. That's

01:04Friday afternoon but where we see the cloud and the showers in the west it will be certainly

01:09cooler than recent days, however in central and eastern parts 28, possibly 29 Celsius

01:15once again and it's going to feel more humid I think in many places, particularly further

01:19west with the clouds and the showers turning up from the Atlantic. Now the showers are

01:25likely to develop more widely across western parts of the UK through the night. Some longer

01:30spells of rain possible, especially for Northern Ireland and again the risk of some thunderstorms

01:35in places but not everyone obviously will see these, they'll be fairly limited in location.

01:41In the east, clear spells and a bit of a fresher night compared with the west, 10 to 12 Celsius

01:47on the thermometer first thing Saturday but plenty of sunshine for eastern parts of Scotland,

01:52I think a bit more cloud there for the Northern Ireland but certainly through eastern areas

01:55of the UK, it's a sunny start but this high and medium level cloud will drift in through

02:00the morning, it'll turn the sunshine hazy and some showers are likely to develop in

02:05places, south east England for example but more especially again western parts of the

02:10UK, some rumbles of thunder out there and perhaps for Northern Ireland especially some

02:14serious thundery activity with hail and lightning possibility. Also for parts of Devon and Cornwall,

02:21parts of Wales as well, we could see some fairly beefy thunderstorms developing. Again,

02:26cooler in the west but that's not to say it won't be humid because it is likely to be

02:30fairly sticky through the day and in the east, temperatures limited by the cloud advancing

02:35but again it's going to be a more humid feel I think compared with recent days. We've got

02:41the areas of cloud drifting about into Saturday night and we've got those showers and thunderstorms

02:46in the west continuing for a time. Now over France, later Saturday and into Sunday there's

02:52likely to be some thunderstorms developing and these could drift north through Sunday

02:56across southeastern or even central parts of the UK with other showers and thunderstorms

03:02developing elsewhere. So certainly a lot to watch out for this weekend in terms of shower

03:07and thunderstorm activity but by all means it's going to be hit and miss, not everyone

03:12will catch a shower or thunderstorm and where they do occur they could be quite impactful.

03:17Stay tuned to the Met Office reports for the latest and of course you can follow the Radar

03:21on your app for all the further details as they happen. Bye.