Met Office Saturday Morning Weather Forecast 09/03/2024

09 March-National Weather Forecast presented by Annie Shuttleworth

Transcript

00:00Good morning. The best of any dry and brighter weather will be restricted to the far north-west

00:04for much of this weekend. Further south, we're going to see showery outbreaks of rain through

00:08much of the weekend. That's as low pressure is now in charge across many southern areas

00:13with this weather front being pushed further north. That'll wrap itself around the UK through

00:17Sunday before it drifts away to the east through Monday as things slowly start to improve for

00:23the start of next week. But before then, through this weekend, we've still got those weather

00:27fronts to push northwards. And we'll see showery outbreaks of rain through this morning across

00:31many southern counties. That will move into parts of Wales, the Midlands, northern England,

00:36and then into southern Scotland later on by lunchtime or so. Behind that, it will turn

00:40a bit brighter for a time, so there will be some sunny breaks, but there's also a risk

00:44of some quite heavy downpours. Across the north-west as well, where we do see the best

00:49of any dry and brighter weather, it's going to be quite a breezy day with gusty winds

00:53being squeezed over the mountains here. However, in any sheltered sunshine, particularly across

00:59central and southern areas, it will feel fairly pleasant with highs of 12 or 13 degrees. Across

01:04the east coast, though, it's still good. We're going to still have that cold feel we've had

01:08through much of the week with some drizzly rain likely along the coast. Through tonight,

01:13that front pushes up to the north and as it wraps itself around the UK, will bring a more

01:19persistent spell of rain to many central areas of England, as well as parts of southern

01:24Scotland and into parts of Northern Ireland as well. So, it's likely to be quite a wet

01:28start to the day on Sunday. There will be some drier slots of weather for a time, perhaps

01:33sitting across parts of Wales into the south-west for a time on Sunday morning and still across

01:38the north-west of Scotland, it's likely to stay fairly dry through the night on Saturday

01:42night and into Sunday morning. There's going to be quite a lot of cloud around. We've got

01:45mild air wrapped in amongst this weather front as well. So, it's going to be a fairly

01:50mild start to the weekend, at least. The winds will be a little bit lighter on Sunday compared

01:54to Saturday, but rain is much more likely on Sunday for many areas, particularly for

01:59parts of Scotland, Northern England, in through the Midlands as well. That's where we'll likely

02:02see some very heavy and persistent rain. The river catchments are quite sensitive for parts

02:07of the south-west, southern areas of Wales as well. So, we could see some flooding issues

02:11here by the end of the weekend if the rain does turn more persistent. However, even though

02:17rain is much more widespread through Sunday, there's still some drier spells expected for

02:21parts of the south-west. Here though, there is a risk of showers once again and it will

02:26be quite cloudy and cool still across the east coast through much of the weekend. That

02:32rain will push further south and east through Sunday night and into Monday and it looks

02:36like Tuesday will be a much drier and brighter day. See you later.

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