Met Office Friday afternoon weather forecast 03/05/2024

03 May - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.

Transcript

00:00Hello. The rather mixed meteorological May will continue right through the long weekend.

00:06Certainly, we've seen some pretty wet weather over recent days and we've seen some heavy

00:11thundery downpours tracking up from France, Belgium, and particularly the Netherlands,

00:16bringing some heavy downpours earlier today over parts of East Anglia and Lincolnshire,

00:20some flashes of lightning, rumbles of thunder. That's all heading into parts of Yorkshire

00:24and towards the Midlands. I think we'll lose some of the thunderstorms, but nevertheless,

00:28some heavy downpours here. Could see some thundery showers over parts of north-west

00:32England and south-west Scotland too. Staying pretty dull and damp for Wales, much of the

00:36Midlands and East Anglia, further rain here. But in the far south of England, it's a bit

00:39brighter than yesterday, some sunny spells poking through, but it's definitely central

00:44and northern Scotland seeing the lion's share of the blue sky. Another cracking day, particularly

00:49western Scotland, where temperatures getting up to 22, maybe 23 Celsius. Compare and contrast

00:55under that dull and damp weather over the Midlands, struggling to even get into the

00:59teens. Now, wet weather will continue to track its way slowly northwards and will bring some

01:05showery rain to Northern Ireland overnight, extending more into southern Scotland, turning

01:10a bit drier maybe over the Midlands, certainly the rain expected to clear through the night

01:14from East Anglia. Much of the south will have some decent clear spells, which will allow

01:18temperatures to tumble, bringing a chilly start to the long weekend, four or five degrees

01:23in some rural spots, maybe even a touch lower. But the cloud and the rain will keep the temperatures

01:27up over northern England, much of Wales, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland. It does mean

01:32for a pretty drab start to the long weekend here, and many places in this central zone

01:37will stay grey with rain on and off for most of Saturday. The rain should tend to ease

01:42off a little bit, parts of north-east England turning a little drier, certainly a brighter

01:46day across the Midlands and south Wales tomorrow compared to today. Much of southern England,

01:51East Anglia, having sunny spells for most of Saturday, maybe just one or two showers

01:56into the far south-east later on. Yet again, the Western Highlands and the Western Isles

02:00doing pretty well for sunshine, maybe a lot of mist and har at times around the coast

02:05of north-east Scotland up towards the Northern Isles, and that will keep the temperatures

02:09down. The cloud and the outbreaks of rain will keep the temperatures down over southern

02:12Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England. But a warmer feel for East Anglia and the

02:17Midlands tomorrow, 17, 18 degrees. Again, the north-west may get up to 17 or 18 in one

02:22or two places as well. So, we'll continue with that mixed weather as we go through Saturday

02:28and that will continue likely during Sunday and Monday. We'll keep the cloud and the outbreaks

02:33of rain on and off into Saturday evening further south, mostly fine. But notice down to the

02:37far south-west, the threat of thickening cloud and outbreaks of rain, that's from this area

02:42of low pressure. Still some uncertainty about just how that's going to track its way northwards,

02:47this weather front close to the south, the far south on Monday could bring some more

02:51persistent rain here. But generally speaking, with low pressure nearby, it's going to be

02:56a mixture of sunshine and showers this weekend. So, there will be at times some pleasant warm

03:02sunshine, probably brightening up across the north Sunday and Monday as well. But always

03:06the threat of some showers never too far away as well. Please do keep up to date with the

03:11forecast as we go through this long weekend. Best way to do that, of course, following

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