Thursday afternoon forecast 16/11/2023

16 November - National weather forecast presented by Alex Burkill

Transcript

00:00Hello again, very good day to you. It may only be Thursday but I'm already looking ahead

00:04to Friday as that does look set to be the driest day of the week. Ahead of that though,

00:09there is some wet and windy weather around already. First thing this morning, a wet picture

00:13across southern parts of the UK. All this rain is in association with a feature that

00:18has been named by the French Met Service and whilst we have seen some disruption, it hasn't

00:22been stormy enough for us to warrant naming it ourselves. Further north, a drier picture

00:27first thing. Clearer skies across parts of Scotland allow temperatures here to drop below

00:31minus seven, so a frosty start here with some dense patches of mist and fog which could

00:37linger well through the day. Otherwise, and we will see the heaviest rain and the strongest

00:42winds in the south east gradually clearing away. And then it's a cloudy story behind

00:46for many of us. Some brighter breaks perhaps, but these will be pretty limited. And a band

00:51of rain pushing its way eastwards across parts of Northern Ireland, later reaching the far

00:56west of Scotland, England and Wales. Some heavy bursts in this and there could even

01:00be a few rumbles of thunder. Because of the largely cloudy skies, there will be a bit

01:05of a chilly feel to things. Temperatures ranging from highs around six to eight Celsius in

01:09the north, just about scraping into double figures towards the south. Later on as we

01:15go into the evening, that band of rain then will continue its progress eastwards. Still

01:18some heavy bursts in association with this for a time. Some drier, clearer weather towards

01:23the north east of Scotland. So again, some mist and fog likely and temperatures dipping

01:28below freezing here, so some frost once more. Elsewhere and as that rain clears away, we

01:33will see some clearer skies developing and under these, temperatures likely to take a

01:37bit of a dip. So it will be a chilly night. Prone rural spots could see a touch of frost

01:41as well as some fog patches, perhaps even a little bit of freezing fog first thing on

01:46Friday morning. Otherwise, and once the fog clears through the day, it's looking like

01:50a largely fine picture for many of us. Yes, there'll be a scattering of showers, particularly

01:54towards western parts, but these will ease as we go into the afternoon and for many it

01:59will turn largely dry and sunny too. But turning cloudier towards the southwest of the UK as

02:05this feature starts to push its way in, bringing some wet and windy weather later. I'll have

02:09more on that in a second. Temperatures will be a touch higher than on Thursday for many

02:14of us, but still generally staying in single figures towards the north and east, but something

02:19a little bit milder towards the southwest. As we go into the weekend, then we are going

02:23to see this wet and windy weather sweeping its way across the UK. So really, the weekend

02:28does look pretty unsettled. There will be some heavy rain around, particularly towards

02:32western southwestern parts and some strong winds as well. So make the most of Friday

02:37if you can, because the weekend does look like it's going to be a pretty wet and windy

02:41picture for many of us, albeit with temperatures lifting for a time. So turning a little bit

02:45milder, probably peaking on Saturday. There will be more information on the full forecast

02:50for this weekend in our weekend video, which will be available on our YouTube channel later

02:54this afternoon. So make sure you check that out if you have any major plans. Otherwise,

02:58I'll see you again soon. Bye bye.