Met Office Friday Afternoon Weather Forecast 23/02/2024

23 February - National Weather Forecast presented by Annie Shuttleworth

Transcript

00:00Hello there, good afternoon. It is a drier day than yesterday for many of us, but there

00:04is a risk of some quite blustery showers through the rest of the day. They've been most frequent

00:09across the west so far, but this afternoon they will spread into more eastern areas,

00:13particularly into the southeast by this afternoon and the evening. Across northeastern areas

00:18of Scotland and northeastern areas of England as well, it should stay largely dry through

00:22the day and here we'll see the best of the sunshine. But in the west, exposed to that

00:26westerly breeze and we do get caught in any of those showers, it's going to be feeling

00:30much colder than of late. But these temperatures are actually much closer to seasonal average.

00:36The showers will continue across the south and east through this evening, but further

00:40west and north, it should turn drier as the evening progresses. But you can't rule out

00:45the risk of the odd shower here and there. But for many of us, it will be a largely dry

00:50and clear night that's going to allow for quite a widespread frost to develop by Saturday

00:55morning, particularly across parts of Scotland and northern England. Here it could be as

00:59low as minus six by tomorrow morning. So there is a risk of ice on any surfaces that are

01:03wet from any showers through the day. There could also be some quite extensive mist and

01:08fog across central and eastern areas that could be fairly slow to clear through Saturday

01:12morning. But away from that, it's going to be a dry and sunny start to the weekend. The

01:17best of the sunshine will be through the morning as cloud will bubble up as the day progresses.

01:22That will allow some showers to break out here and there across the UK. But showers

01:26will be much fewer and further between, and they will be much lighter than today. So many

01:31areas should get away with a dry Saturday and in the sunshine. Yes, it is colder than

01:36it has been lately, but it's not going to be feeling too bad at all as the winds will

01:39be fairly light. It stays quite settled through Saturday evening, so it will be a dry end

01:44to the day. But temperatures will fall away quite quickly once again. So it's going to

01:48be another very cold night and start to the day on Sunday. But we'll see a clearer sky,

01:55so less of a risk of any mist and fog developing on Sunday morning. So a cold start to the

01:59day on Sunday should stay largely dry across northern areas. But it's in the south where

02:03there's a chance of some quite wet weather. There is some uncertainty in the details of

02:07how far north this rain will push. It's most likely across the south and east, but it could

02:11spread further west into parts of south Wales and across the Midlands as well. So keep up

02:16to date with the details on that if you are in those areas on Sunday. And you can do that

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