Wednesday evening forecast 16/08/23

16 August – National weather forecast presented by Clare Nasir.

Transcript

00:00Hello there. Now Thursday is looking like one of the best days of the week weather-wise

00:04with some warm sunshine and a light breeze, although we will be chasing clouds across

00:09eastern counties of England as well as Scotland, but that cloud should lift and break. This

00:14ridge of high pressure keeps things settled on Thursday. A few passing showers, most places

00:20though will be dry, but notice what's happening just to the southwest. Through Thursday and

00:25into Friday this cloud will thicken, the winds will pick up some strength. There's a wind

00:30warning in force across west Wales into Friday as outbreaks of rains push in from the southwest

00:36and turn thundery. Before that though on Wednesday you can see it's a fine evening. A few passing

00:42showers towards the far north of Scotland, always more cloud with an onshore breeze across

00:47eastern Scotland and eastern areas of England. And down towards the west country Wales, even

00:52Northern Ireland we could see some mist and fog patches forming yet again. Now temperatures

00:57will be on the mild side across much of central and southern parts of England and Wales and

01:02up a notch on the last few nights across Scotland, Northern Ireland, North Wales as well as Northern

01:07England despite some clearer skies towards the west. Further east we'll see a bit of

01:11a cloudy start to Thursday but that cloud should lift through the morning. Elsewhere

01:16some fine weather, some sunshine coming through. However over the Cairngorms where that cloud

01:21is thick we could see the odd spot or two of rain, never really amounting to very much

01:25and notice the cloud even breaking here. Now through the day not a lot of change but slowly

01:31the winds will pick up from the west heralding a change in our weather as we head into Thursday.

01:37Before that though it's a fine afternoon on Thursday afternoon, temperatures typically

01:4122 to 26, 27 degrees Celsius, feeling warm in that sunshine so a pleasant end to the

01:48day. Now through Thursday evening and overnight we watch as this cloud slowly thickens and

01:53the winds pick up and in fact really of note will be the wind through the early hours of

01:58Friday morning across west Wales where that wind warning remains in force so places such

02:02as Anglesey, Powys, Gwynedd as well as Kerry Digion. Elsewhere more cloud to start the

02:09day on Friday, that cloud again a bit stubborn towards the east but some fine weather further

02:14west across Scotland as well as the eastern side of England for a time. Before we see

02:20this increasing risk of thunderstorms extend across England and Wales on Saturday. Again

02:26the wind will be a feature for travel as well as tourism and slowly that rain pushes up

02:31towards the far north of Scotland on Saturday. So a windy day here on Saturday with further

02:36showers to follow but then this ridge extends on Sunday across England and Wales so fewer

02:41showers more in the way of sunshine and some higher temperatures remaining breezy though

02:45across the north as well as the west. So let me add some detail on Friday for you. You

02:49can see this yellow wind warning here and here are those heavy thundery showers migrating

02:55slowly northwards through the day. You could see a couple of hours of wet weather before

03:00it pushes slowly further northwards but even so some prolific downpours are likely extending

03:06towards Northern Ireland and Wales as well as the southeast but a fine day across much

03:10of western and southern parts of Scotland with some sunshine coming through and then

03:15that rain extends towards more northern areas on Saturday. Temperatures typically just coming

03:20in the high teens if not the low twenties. Further south across England and Wales yes

03:24there will be some showers in the mix but also some sunshine and temperatures still

03:29relatively high towards more eastern counties. I'll see you later.