Wednesday afternoon forecast 26/07/2023

26 July - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin

Transcript

00:00Thanks for joining me for this national weather update, dry and a bright day across much of

00:04the eastern side of the UK. But further west, the cloud is arriving, the winds are picking

00:08up and the rain is on its way as well. Here's the reason why. Beautiful arc here in the

00:14satellite image. It's an area of low pressure and these weather fronts pushing in from the

00:18west, bringing cloud and rain already to parts of Northern Ireland and that cloud and rain

00:23increasing now across parts of England, Wales and Western Scotland too. Ahead of it, there

00:28are one or two scattered showers over southeast Scotland, northeast England. So not completely

00:32dry here, but much of the Midlands, eastern England and northern Scotland will stay dry

00:36and fine. The sunshine may turn a little hazy, but generally dry and bright and a bit warmer

00:42than it has been as well. The temperatures certainly across East Anglia in the southeast

00:45getting into the lower, even mid-twenties. Further west, though, it won't be feeling

00:50as warm. The breeze is picking up as well as that rain trickling in. And that rain is

00:54going to make for a damp evening, a misty, murky old night. The rain will spread across

00:59the Midlands into eastern parts of England through the evening, southern Scotland as

01:04well and eventually into northern Scotland. Northern Ireland will see the rain easing

01:07off a little bit, as it will do over parts of the Midlands and Wales. But it's still

01:12going to be murky, misty, drizzly, a dank night and a pretty warm night as well. Certainly

01:18a lot warmer than the previous night. Temperatures likely to hold up at 14, 15, 16 degrees. Quite

01:24a humid feel on Thursday morning, a murky old start. Still a lot of hill fog around,

01:30misty, drizzly conditions for much of the country. Maybe some heavier bursts of rain

01:34across parts of Scotland. That's likely to linger across the far northeast. Elsewhere,

01:39it will brighten up in places, in land in particular, parts of the Midlands, eastern

01:44England may see some sunny spells. But staying fairly dull, I suspect, on the south coast

01:49with further outbreaks of rain and scattered showers elsewhere. And actually, if it does

01:53brighten up, if you do see some sunshine, that could spark some quite heavy showers

01:57and even a thunderstorm in the afternoon. But I'd say many places will turn a little

02:01brighter, a little drier through the course of the day. And it will feel quite warm and

02:05humid through the day as well. Temperatures, certainly if you see any sunny spells over

02:08the east, could get to 23, 24, possibly even 25 Celsius. Cooler feel across northern Scotland,

02:14where there'll be further outbreaks of rain. Shetland, though, staying mostly dry and fine

02:18through much of Thursday, although that rain will push its way across Orkney and towards

02:23Shetland during Thursday evening. Elsewhere, again, the cloud tended to break up a little

02:28bit more as we head through Thursday night. But behind me, you'll notice that swirl. That

02:32is the area of low pressure that's going to move in as we go through towards the weekend.

02:38There's a threat of a bit of rain across the southeast from this weather front on Friday.

02:41But many places looking brighter and drier on Friday. However, this low will bring bands

02:46of showers back across the country and some breezy conditions returning again to the west

02:52as we go through the weekend.