Saturday morning forecast 21/10/23

21 October – National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.

Transcript

00:00Good morning. A red weather warning is in place throughout today across parts of eastern

00:05Scotland covering southern Aberdeenshire and Angus. A further 70 to 100 millimetres of

00:12rain is expected and after a couple of days of exceptional rainfall that is likely to

00:18exacerbate the problems in this area. It's not just the red area however we have a broader

00:23amber warning area from northern Aberdeenshire down to Dundee and covering parts of the northern

00:29Highlands. Serious flooding has already occurred and the rain falling today is likely to exacerbate

00:35the problems. Please heed the advice from SEPA local authorities and from emergency

00:40services if you are in this area. Why so wet? Well the winds coming in from the east bringing

00:47in the moisture and it just keeps on coming all day long. So it's just a very wet day

00:51across eastern Scotland and northern Scotland. Not as wet as yesterday over parts of north

00:57east England particularly Yorkshire and some brightness at times over east Anglia. But

01:01there'll be heavy showers elsewhere over the Midlands, western England and Wales particularly

01:06through this afternoon over parts of the southeast. Some thunderstorms are possible and things

01:11could get very gusty as well along the Channel Coast. So some wet and windy weather here

01:16but the main focus as I said will continue to be across eastern and northern Scotland

01:21where temperatures are going to struggle to get out of single digits. Elsewhere 11 to

01:25maybe 15 Celsius. Feeling quite cool really for the time of year. Still the risk of some

01:30heavy showers in the southeast this evening and still that rain keeping going over parts

01:34of eastern Scotland. Showing signs of easing during this evening although there's always

01:39a bit of a lag between the rain stopping and the worst of the flooding as the water takes

01:44a while to come down from the mountains in some locations. But the rain at least showing

01:49signs of easing overnight in the north east and for many places actually much of the night

01:52will be dry and clear which means it'll be a little cooler to start the day on Sunday

01:58perhaps. But overall a much brighter and drier day to come tomorrow. We'll see some decent

02:04spells of sunshine. Still some showers across the north east so it's not completely dry

02:09but it won't be the heavy and persistent rain that we're seeing today. A few showers will

02:14feed into western Scotland maybe one or two for northwest England and one or two scattered

02:18showers in the south as well. But for most places it's looking a lot drier and a lot

02:23brighter on Sunday. The winds will be lighter as well and although temperatures will only

02:27be a degree or so higher it'll probably feel quite a bit warmer on Sunday also. Do please

02:33keep up to date with everything to do with the weather through this weekend. The best

02:37way to do that of course is to follow us on social media. Check out those weather warnings

02:41for yourself constantly being monitored and updated. If you want a longer range forecast

02:45maybe you're on half term. It does look fairly unsettled but again keep up to date and follow

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