Friday morning forecast 20/10/23

20 October – National weather forecast presented by Alex Burkill.

Transcript

00:00Hello, very good morning to you. Storm Bebette has already brought a significant amount of

00:05rain and some very strong winds and will continue to bring some exceptionally wet and unsettled

00:10weather as we go through today, particularly across eastern parts of Scotland. Here we

00:14have a red warning in force. Some places could see 2 to 250 millimetres of rain. This isn't

00:21usual autumn weather, even for Scotland. It's an exceptional event. We are likely to see

00:26some further significant impacts with severe flooding, damage to properties and communities

00:32could be cut off for several days. But if we look at the details and across the rest

00:37of the country, it's also a wet picture for many of us. Heavy rain across parts of northern

00:42England into North Wales and Northern Ireland could lead to some treacherous conditions

00:46on the roads through this morning's rush hour, especially when you factor in those strong

00:50easterly winds. Gusts of around 60, 70 miles per hour around eastern coastal parts as we

00:56go through the day. Always towards the east, that's where we're going to see the heaviest

01:00rain because of the direction our winds are coming from. Into the afternoon, perhaps some

01:05bright sunny weather across the far northwest of Scotland and some sunshine towards the

01:09south-southwest of England, perhaps Wales too, but also a scattering of showers here.

01:15Temperatures in the south will be a little bit above average for the time of year. Highs

01:19of 16, possibly 17 Celsius, but it will be windy and further north it is going to be

01:24markedly cooler and feeling unpleasant in the strong winds and the heavy rain. The wet

01:30weather continues as we go through this evening and overnight. Heavy rain, particularly for

01:34eastern parts. Further wet weather spilling into eastern Scotland again, so that is likely

01:39to lead to some further issues here as we go overnight into Saturday. Some drier spells

01:44towards the south and west, but a largely cloudy picture and with the wind, the rain

01:49and the cloud, temperatures aren't going to drop much again. Again, it's going to be a

01:52mild night for many towns and cities, in particular in the south, staying in double figures, a

01:57little bit cooler further north. Saturday then, a wet picture again, particularly for

02:02eastern Scotland and northeast England. Whilst the rain won't be quite as heavy as through

02:07today, it is still going to be pretty heavy for some of us and coming so close to the

02:12exceptional rain event in association with Storm Bebette, we are likely to see some further

02:16issues, particularly for eastern Scotland. Elsewhere, and as we go through the day, it

02:20should turn a little drier for many places and the winds will start to ease down as well.

02:26Still a scattering of showers for Northern Ireland and some heavy, perhaps even thundery

02:30showers for southern coastal parts of England, but we should see some bright or sunny spells

02:34developing and in these, temperatures getting to a little bit above average for the time

02:39of year, perhaps a touchdown compared to today for some of us. There's more information

02:44on the warnings across our social media and our website, so it's worth keeping up to date

02:49with those as they are going to get tweaked and updated as we go through the next few

02:53days. I'll see you later.