Friday afternoon forecast 29/09/23

29 September - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

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00:00Hi there. It has been a mixed week for many of us, but we end at least with some decent

00:05sunny spells across many parts of the UK. Not everywhere, there is some thicker cloud

00:12in the north and some showers, especially, although not exclusively, central and northern

00:17Scotland. These showers will be quite heavy at times, often rumbled with thunder, accompanied

00:21by a gusty wind. One or two showers further south across Scotland, Northern Ireland into

00:25Northern England. These, few and far between, easing later. Best of the sunshine towards

00:30the south and here, feeling pleasant enough with lighter winds and temperatures above

00:34average for the time of year, 20 or even 21 Celsius in places. Not feeling so pleasant

00:39where we've got that gusty wind in the far north and the showers will continue for a

00:43time into the evening. Certainly, that wind will continue for some time, but eventually

00:48overnight the wind does ease. Now, across much of the country, clear skies developing

00:53fairly extensively. That, of course, combined with light winds, will allow temperatures

00:57to fall away. Odd mist and fog patch forming, especially across these sheltered southern

01:02parts and it's going to be a cool night. Some coastal and urban areas staying in the double

01:07figures, but actually quite widely single figures. And for Northern England, Scotland,

01:12Northern Ireland, temperatures dipping to the low single figures in shelter spots. So,

01:16quite a chilly start, perhaps even the odd patch of grass frost early Saturday. However,

01:21plenty of fine weather with this area of high pressure dominating first thing, but it's

01:25not going to last. Low pressure is sending a number of weather fronts into central parts

01:30for Saturday. So, we'll start off with sunny skies, perhaps the odd shower for West Wales

01:35early on and then we'll see the cloud build across Northern Ireland. High cloud reaching

01:40much of Scotland, North West England as well as Wales and then the rain arrives during

01:45the afternoon, especially into Northern Ireland where it will be heavy and persistent, but

01:49also some outbreaks of rain spreading into Southern Scotland, Northern England and North

01:53West Wales. That's going to be accompanied by strength in the wind. Risk of gales around

01:58some Irish seacoast, not as windy as Storm Agnes, but blustery day nevertheless. In the

02:04south though, lighter winds. We keep the sunshine and we keep the warmth 19 or 20 Celsius. Fewer

02:09showers and lighter winds for the north of Scotland, staying bright and dry here. So,

02:13really it's this central swathe where we've got those outbreaks of rain and the strong

02:17winds continuing into Saturday night. That rain tending to continue in similar places

02:22into Sunday before eventually it peters out as it pushes south eastwards, followed by

02:27blustery showers as we start next week. So, a mixed weekend, some sun, some rain, but

02:33also some warmth in the south.