Friday evening forecast 20/10/23

20 October – National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.

Transcript

00:00Hello, the rain is returning to eastern Scotland where it will last for most of Saturday. We

00:05have another Met Office red weather warning in place across parts of Aberdeenshire and

00:11Angus. Let's zoom in on the worst affected areas through Saturday. The warnings, the

00:16amber and the red warnings valid throughout the entire day. There's broader amber warning

00:21area from northern Aberdeen down to Dundee and also covering parts of the Northern Highlands.

00:26And then this red zone covering parts of Aberdeenshire and Angus. In these areas, the

00:32amber and red areas, a further 70 to maybe 100 millimetres of rain is likely to cause

00:37further significant flooding after what has been an exceptionally wet spell of weather.

00:43Please listen to the advice from the emergency services. Keep up to date with the very latest

00:49from the local authorities, from SEPA and of course with the weather forecast. It's

00:53not just eastern Scotland though. Bearing the brunt of the wet weather, it continues

00:57to fall through Friday evening over northeastern parts of England and parts of Wales. There

01:01are other amber and yellow warnings in place through the night. Parts of the south becoming

01:05at least a little bit drier. Still a brisk wind blowing on some of these North Sea coasts

01:10that's exacerbating the rain and also bringing a colder feel. Temperatures in the south dropping

01:16no lower than 10 to 13 degrees but down to single figures further north. On to Saturday

01:22and as discussed it is going to be a very wet day in eastern Scotland. This brisk wind

01:26continuing to feed the rain in here. Should be a drier day though for parts of north-east

01:32England. Even a bit of sunshine through parts of east Anglia. Generally just a few showers

01:37for northern Ireland. Some showers for Wales but again here overall a drier day on Saturday

01:42compared to Friday. We'll see some heavy showers developing across the south. Even a few thunderstorms

01:48possible here blown along by a stiff and gusty wind. But certainly the heaviest most

01:53persistent rain will be in that worst affected part of eastern and northern Scotland where

01:58the rain just keeps on falling. Temperature wise we'll hear single figures and feeling

02:03colder for the south. We should just about stumble into the teens but generally on the

02:07cool side with a lot of cloud and particularly the gusty winds across the south east. Still

02:12a few heavy showers then for parts of England and Wales on Saturday evening. The rain should

02:17start to ease at this stage but of course there's always a lag between the rain falling

02:21and the worst of the flooding as the rain comes down the mountains. But signs of the

02:26rain easing a little on Saturday night across the north-east and elsewhere. Generally clear

02:31spells developing and that will lead into a pretty good looking day for many on Sunday.

02:35Dry, bright, good spells of sunshine. A few showers coming in to north-west England and

02:40south Wales, south-west England too. Won't be completely dry in the north-east of Scotland.

02:45There will be a few showers coming in here but not the heavy persistent rain that we

02:50are seeing through Saturday. Overall many places lighter winds, bit more sunshine, feeling

02:55quite a bit warmer on Sunday compared to Saturday. Please do stay up to date with the latest

03:01Met Office weather warnings. Keep up to date with the progress of all the heavy rain throughout

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