Met Office saturday evening weather forecast 11/05/2024

11 May - National weather forecast presented by Craig Snell.

Transcript

00:00Hello there, welcome to your latest Met Office weather forecast. Well, for some of us, tonight

00:05offers another opportunity to see the northern lights. Geomagnetic activity will be a little

00:10bit weaker than it was on Friday night, but for the northern half of the UK, certainly

00:15another excellent opportunity to get out and look at the northern lights. To the south,

00:20may be a little bit more difficult compared to the night just gone, but if you do have

00:24a long exposure camera, you probably will still see the lights from time to time. So

00:30a little bit more detail on the weather for tonight. For many parts, it's a fine end to

00:34Saturday with some clear skies. Some low cloud and some mist will seep in to the east from

00:40the North Sea as the night goes on. So probably the best opportunities here will be around

00:45midnight before the cloud rolls in. A few showers may well just creep in to the far

00:50west of Northern Ireland too, but for most of us, it should be a dry night and a mild

00:54one. Temperatures in most towns and cities stay firmly in double figures. So we do start

01:00Sunday off on a fairly dry note. Quite murky across some northern and eastern areas, but

01:05the mist and low cloud will burn its way back towards the North Sea. Showers do develop

01:10come the middle of the morning across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. As we go

01:14through the course of the day, showers also develop across parts of Wales and western

01:19and northern England. Some of these showers will be heavy, potentially thundery at times.

01:24Warnings are in force across the UK as we go through the course of Sunday and into the

01:29early hours of Monday. So do stay up to date with the latest warnings on our website. But

01:34if you do have any travel plans, some of these showers will be quite torrential, so do allow

01:38some extra time for your journeys. But in the sunshine, feeling very warm once again,

01:42especially in the east, we could see highs reaching 27 degrees down towards the southeastern

01:47corner. Into Sunday evening, the showers continue to rumble on. Some of these showers

01:54once again will be quite heavy, thundery, potentially torrential downpours in places.

01:59But for many parts, we do turn a little bit drier as we go into the small hours of Monday

02:04morning. But quite cloudy, but mild once again. I think the lowest temperature is generally

02:10around 10 to 11 degrees in the north. So for most of us, I think we'll start Monday off

02:15on a rather grey but dry note. Still some heavy showers around across parts of Scotland

02:20and north-eastern England. But eyes really down towards the south-west. This next band

02:24of rain moves in. Some heavy rain at times across parts of Wales and south-west England.

02:29So a very different flavour of things here compared to recent days. And with winds also

02:34increasing at times. So feeling, yeah, very cool here. But elsewhere, again, cooler than

02:39recent days. But still I think we'll see highs reaching around 20 or 21 degrees in the sunshine.

02:45Still the risk of some showers right throughout the afternoon across parts of Scotland.

02:51Then looking ahead towards Tuesday and Wednesday, really low pressure is going to dominate across

02:55the UK, bringing further spells of rain or showers. In between, we will see some sunshine

03:02and temperatures, although they will trend a little bit closer to near normal for the

03:06time of year. I think in any sunshine, it shouldn't feel too bad out there. But you

03:09can find out more about the weather where you are over the next five days on our website

03:14or our app. And don't forget to follow us on social media. But for me, for now, take

03:18care and I'll see you again soon.