Friday afternoon forecast 12/05/23

12 May - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there, following a turbulent week of weather it's a more settled start to the

00:05weekend and certainly by Saturday afternoon many places will enjoy some

00:09warm sunshine, quite the contrast for Friday afternoon. In eastern areas where

00:13there's a lot of low cloud, a cool breeze from the North Sea and some outbreaks

00:18of light rain and drizzle, especially through the East Midlands, parts of East

00:21Anglia into the southeast, that's going to make it feel pretty disappointing for

00:25the time of year with temperatures in the east suppressed at around 11

00:29to 13 Celsius. But further west, well here, plenty of sunny spells breaking

00:34through and for Scotland, Northern Ireland, Western England and Wales a fine

00:38afternoon to come. A couple of showers could break out mainly towards the far

00:42southwest but even here they'll be very isolated compared with recent days so

00:47most places getting away with a fine and dry day in the west. The cloud in the

00:52east however tends to creep westwards through the evening and overnight, still

00:56some affecting the eastern coasts of Scotland but for much of eastern and

01:01central England that's where the low cloud is thickest and it will bring some

01:05hill fog and some mist in places, also some drizzle around the North Sea coast.

01:10Temperatures under the cloud 8 to 10 Celsius. Where we've got the clear skies

01:14though, Western England, West Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, a colder

01:18night to come with a few mist patches in places and some mistiness around the

01:22coasts of Scotland into Northern Ireland, more especially North Sea coast. We've

01:27got that low cloud first thing this weekend so slow start for many through

01:31East Wales into the Midlands, parts of Northern England. Slowly but surely the

01:36low cloud will lift and it will break, the sun will come through but for parts

01:41of Lincolnshire into Norfolk, I think the Yorkshire coast, it will stay misty and

01:46grey through the day on Saturday and that will limit temperatures. Low teens

01:51at best on the North Sea coast once again. Where we've got the sunshine coming

01:55through meanwhile, temperatures rise. High teens, low 20s could be the warmest day

02:00of the year so far, somewhere like the south coast of England, 21, 22 Celsius

02:04possible and for Scotland, Northern Ireland, a fine day to come with plenty

02:08of sunny spells and feeling warm in the north and the west. One or two showers

02:13are possible towards the far southwest again and perhaps over the Brecon

02:17Beacons but actually for many it's a dry day and into the evening we keep the

02:23fine weather but a weather front into the northwest of Scotland will bring

02:27some outbreaks of rain by the end of the day on Saturday and then by Sunday it

02:32pushes that rain into Scotland, Northern Ireland and then by Monday it's reaching

02:36England and Wales as a more showery feature by this stage. We've got low

02:40pressure over Central Europe as we start next week bringing some very unsettled

02:44weather for Italy especially. Higher pressure extending from the Atlantic and

02:49in between the UK with this decaying weather front. So more settled weather

02:53returning once again from the middle of next week although a little bit of

02:57uncertainty about how much the low to the east will bring some showers back in

03:02at times.