Friday morning forecast 17/11/2023

17 November - National weather forecast presented by Aiden McGivern.

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00:00Hi there. If you like crisp, bright autumn weather, you'll like what's on offer today

00:05across most of the UK. It's going to be a cold start to the day, especially for northern

00:11Scotland, minus four to minus six Celsius. A few freezing fog patches for northern Scotland,

00:17northern Ireland as well, and some showers about first thing, but actually they ease

00:21away into the afternoon. For many places, it's blue skies for much of the afternoon

00:26and it's going to feel fresh out there, six to eight Celsius in the north, ten to twelve

00:32further south. But by this stage in the afternoon, the clouds are already gathering across northern

00:36Ireland and Wales, and the south-west outbreaks of rain returning to Cornwall as well as Pembrokeshire,

00:42and that rain through the evening becoming widespread across northern Ireland, Wales

00:46and the south-west, increasingly heavy with a strengthening wind. Initially clear spells

00:51for the first part of the night in the east and the north-east, temperatures dipping in

00:55north-east Scotland down to minus two Celsius before the rain and wind arrive by the end

01:00of the night. As that rain sets in, of course, it's going to turn milder with some places

01:06starting Saturday in the double figures, but it is also going to be windy and wet, so it's

01:10not going to feel very pleasant out there as we begin the weekend. We've got this weather

01:15system moving in, wrapped around an area of low pressure which is heading towards Scotland,

01:20and this weather front is bringing some milder air with it, but as you can see by these

01:25tightly packed ice bars, it's also bringing very unsettled conditions. So a wet and windy

01:30start for most of us on Saturday, the rain falling onto saturated ground towards the

01:33south-west parts of Wales could cause some issues. But the heaviest of the rain does

01:37move through by lunchtime, pushing into eastern and then clearing eastern parts by the end

01:44of the day. Elsewhere, it stays largely cloudy, a lot of low cloud hugging the hills, but

01:50it's also going to stay blustery with further heavy showers pushing into Scotland and northern

01:55Scotland, perhaps the odd rumble of thunder here as well. In between, some drier and possibly

02:00brighter interludes, but all in all it is a windy, cloudy and at times soggy day. But

02:06it's also a mild day, 15 Celsius in the south, 9, 10, 11 in the far north. Now that moves

02:12through and by Sunday we're back to a mixture of clear spells and blustery showers. It also

02:18stays mild on Sunday, but a trend back towards average or perhaps later next week, below

02:23average temperatures are expected.