Friday afternoon forecast 31/03/23

31 March - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00The last day of March brings yet another low pressure, fairly apt because of the amount

00:06of wind and rain we've seen across the UK this month, especially southern areas and

00:10that's where this area of low pressure is moving through. We've seen particularly strong

00:14winds across southern parts and the risk of gales continues for parts of Cornwall, English

00:20Channel coast as well. But actually the low is filling as it's moving away and so the

00:24winds gradually relenting, however further spiralling bands of rain affecting much of

00:29the UK. Rain or showers for many, the heaviest and most persistent rain through the afternoon

00:34across parts of Cornwall into Devon where 40-60mm of rain in 24 hours is possible for

00:40the moors. Some lively downpours for the south east of England, showery bits and pieces elsewhere

00:45across the UK, a lot of cloud as well and temperatures up at around 12-13C for many

00:52but feeling a bit colder on the North Sea coast where we're going to see an increased

00:56breeze coming off that North Sea affecting eastern parts of England. A lot of cloud covering

01:02the hills in the east and across Wales and the south west as we go through the night

01:06time. Any clear spells really confined to the Northern Isles and the west coast of Scotland

01:12otherwise it's a cloudy picture overnight. Spells of wet weather pushing back into western

01:16parts of Northern Ireland, Wales and central southern England, some heavy rain at times

01:20here, drizzly bits for the east coast of England and south east Scotland and with all the weather

01:26going on temperatures staying up at 5-9C. But it is a grey and damp day for many of

01:32us on Saturday, certainly across the east coast there we're going to see further outbreaks

01:37of light rain and drizzle. The rain continuing for western parts of Northern Ireland into

01:41parts of south Wales and the south west, eventually turning to showers and some brighter skies

01:46emerging for western Scotland and west Wales into the south and south west of England where

01:50we do get some sunshine coming through, 14C possible but marked chill there for the North

01:56Sea coast, 7-8C with the breeze coming in from the east. So it's a gradual improvement

02:03this weekend but it does take its time and you can see this clearer slot of weather waiting

02:09to the east, that's going to eventually push in but first we've got to see this cloud through

02:16and that's going to move westwards across the country on Saturday night and into the

02:20start of Sunday with further outbreaks of light rain and drizzle. Next week starts off

02:26much brighter and drier for most of us.