Saturday afternoon forecast 21/10/23

21 October – National weather forecast presented by Craig Snell.

Transcript

00:00Hello there, welcome to your latest weather update from the Met Office. Well after a period

00:04of exceptional rainfall across parts of the UK, the good news is that it should start

00:09to turn a bit drier as we go through the course of the weekend. We're not quite there yet,

00:13still some heavy rainfall across Scotland today as this area of low pressure moves away.

00:17A brief ridge of high pressure moves in for Sunday, settling things down very briefly

00:21but you can see this next area of low pressure lining up for early next week.

00:26Back to the here and now, as I mentioned we have some heavy rainfall for parts of Scotland,

00:30amber and red warnings are in force throughout this afternoon. That rain will just gradually

00:34move its way a little bit further northwards as the afternoon goes on. Combined with quite

00:39a blustery easterly wind it's going to feel quite cold, could even see some mountain snow

00:43too. But elsewhere it is a much drier day compared to yesterday, especially for parts

00:48of Northern England. Some sunny spells for Northern Ireland, Northern England, parts

00:52of Wales, maybe even South West England. But elsewhere, especially for East Anglia,

00:56into East Midlands, South East England, quite a cloudy picture, some outbreaks of rain.

01:01Some of this could turn quite heavy and thundery in places and a blustery wind here too actually

01:05for some English Channel coasts. For most of us temperatures around where they should

01:10be for the time of year but as I mentioned a bit cold under that rain across Scotland.

01:16Temperatures in the north generally around 10 to 12 degrees in the south, potentially

01:20up to 16 degrees in the south eastern corner. So going into this evening, a lot of the UK

01:26turning drier. This heavy rain across Scotland will finally clear the mainland. Could turn

01:31briefly wet for a time across Shetland and Orkney but for most of us it is a drier picture

01:36going into the small hours of Sunday morning. Risk of a few showers across western areas.

01:40Out towards the east under the clearer skies could you see a few mist and fog patches.

01:45Under the clear skies actually turning a little bit cooler than it has been of late. Could

01:49see lows away from the towns and cities falling into mid single figures. But for Sunday as

01:55I mentioned it is the day where it should be largely dry across a lot of the country.

01:59Still the risk of some showers for western Scotland, Wales, south west England not completely

02:04dry here but certainly for areas where I've seen a lot of heavy rain it's a much drier

02:08picture. So certainly a day to take stock if you've unfortunately seen some flooding.

02:12Best of the sunshine also out towards the east and for most temperatures very similar

02:17to today. Maybe feeling a little bit better across Scotland now that rain has fully cleared.

02:24But if you want more information about the warnings over the next few hours you can always

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02:32updates. But that's all from me for now, take care and I'll see you again soon.