Thursday afternoon forecast 24/08/23

24 August - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin

Transcript

00:00Hello, a mixed bag today, and indeed the weather stays pretty mixed as we head through the

00:04weekend as well. Low pressure, never too far away, but at some spots we'll see some sunshine.

00:11As we've been through the morning, we've seen a lot of showers around this low pressure

00:14up to the north, but also further south. Look at that on the radar, intense rain moving

00:19across northern France. But we have seen some heavy and thundery showers just grazing southeastern

00:24parts of England and the chance of one or two more heavy showers developing over eastern

00:28England this afternoon. Very hit and miss, but they could be fairly lively. We'll continue

00:33to see showers coming into western Scotland, close to the low pressure. You can see the

00:37swirl there and further outbreaks of rain likely across Shetland. But for a good chunk

00:41of the country, yes, often fairly cloudy, maybe one or two light showers, but many places

00:46will be dry and bright and temperatures getting to around about average. A little warmer across

00:51the southeast, still quite warm and humid here, 25, maybe 26 Celsius with a bit of sunshine,

00:56but most places high teens or low 20s at best. As we go through the evening, any of those

01:02heavy showers scattered across eastern England will disappear and many will become dry. The

01:08zone of showers that will continue across Scotland, again, you can see the swirl there

01:12close to and that's where the low pressure is. So further showers to come across Scotland

01:15overnight. Otherwise, most places dry with decent clear spells and a bit cooler, actually

01:20cooler than the last couple of nights. Temperatures certainly in rural spots likely to get down

01:24into single figures. Most towns and cities, about 10 or 11, still a little warmer across

01:29East Anglia and the southeast. Into Friday and broadly speaking, it's sunshine and showers,

01:35but the main focus for showers will be close to the low pressure across Scotland, Northern

01:40Ireland and parts of northern England, seeing some very frequent showers, one or two for

01:44Wales and southwest England and the odd one further east. But I suspect much of eastern

01:48England will be dry for most of the day and parts of southeast Scotland may also see some

01:53decent shelter. But northern Scotland will continue to see frequent outbreaks of rain

01:58and a fairly blustery winds and everywhere on the cool side. Actually, temperatures dropping

02:03off across East Anglia, the southeast, not as humid tomorrow. And mostly these numbers

02:08are touched below average for the time of year. High teens for most at best. During

02:12Friday evening, still a few showers scattered around. If you're heading out and away for

02:17the weekend, particularly over northern England, north Wales and again across Scotland, there

02:21will be more heavy showers scattered across the country on Saturday. The low pressure

02:26not really moving very far. We will see a bit of a change, a bit of a switch through

02:30the weekend, a weather front moving in during the course of Sunday and then perhaps a bit

02:35of a ridge toppling in as we head to Monday, which is a back holiday for many of us. Some

02:41uncertainty about the details for the weekends, but it will be, as I said, staying fairly

02:46mixed. More details on that in our full weekend forecast. You can catch that on YouTube. It'll

02:52be up there on Thursday afternoon.