Met Office Saturday morning weather forecast 18/05/2024

18 May -  National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there. Warm, sunny spells for many of us this weekend. Showers for some and some areas

00:07of cloud to talk about as well. Higher pressure to the west, lower pressure to the east. In

00:12between, very few isobars on the map. That means light winds. But this weather front's

00:18just about influencing things first thing in the far southeast. Some areas of cloud

00:22for East Anglia and the southeast and some outbreaks of rain. That rain turning to showers

00:26during the morning. Some heavy downpours possible across East Anglia into London and

00:30the southeast. But later, the focus for showers drifts westwards into southwest England and

00:36south Wales. Otherwise, it brightens up for many. The cloud early on disappearing even

00:42across eastern Scotland, northeast England where we've got some low cloud and mist during

00:46the morning. That tends to retreat back to the beaches as the sun warms things up. And

00:52for much of the country, it is a fine afternoon. This chart, for example, shows the rainfall

00:56accumulations through the six-hour period up to 6pm. And it shows the speckled nature

01:01of the showers. So where we've got white, very little rainfall if any at all. But some

01:07sharp showers showing up here across southern parts of the UK. And as much as 50mm or more

01:13in a few spots where the heavy showers develop. But some uncertainty as is always the case

01:18in terms of where these showers precisely will develop. Some more prolonged rain through

01:24the Channel just picked up there across the Channel Islands and northern parts of France.

01:29That's indicative of a weather front which, with its associated cloud, could hinder shower

01:34development along the south coast of the UK. So some uncertainty in how this will play

01:40out through Saturday afternoon. Suffice to say, many places dry but there will be some

01:44heavy showers about. Likewise for Scotland, just the central part through the Highlands,

01:48Grampians, the Trossachs, just the chance of some showers developing. But away from

01:53the showers, many places seeing some warm sunshine. Temperatures up to 22 or 23C held

01:59back along the North Sea coast by the mistiness that will come and go through the afternoon.

02:04That will tend to return into Saturday night. This area of low cloud blossoming across eastern

02:09Scotland into eastern England spreading inland. The showers towards the southwest keep going

02:14until around midnight or thereabouts and eventually they die away as well. So most places dry

02:20as we start off Sunday. The best of the sunshine early on will be towards the west and under

02:24those clear skies it will be a fresh start to Sunday with temperatures of 8 or 9C, where

02:29we've got the cloud, 12 or 13C. But of course where we've got the cloud, temperatures won't

02:34rise as quickly on Sunday morning so they'll be a bit more limited along that east coast

02:38through the day and it does tend to stay misty. Also a bit more cloud coming into the northwest

02:43of Scotland at times, perhaps some drizzle across the northwest Highlands. Further shower

02:47developments to the north of the central belt there, again hit and miss. But the focus

02:52for showers, some sharp downpours, most likely down towards the south and southwest once

02:57again. Forming where the winds converge so in places there'll be quite a number of showers

03:02developing along the southwest but other areas could well avoid them through the afternoon.

03:08Temperatures similar to Saturday, we're looking at high teens or low 20s, feeling pleasant

03:11in the sunshine but feeling cool along the North Sea coast where it stays misty. Similar

03:16conditions on Monday so classic mix of sunshine and spring showers. We'll keep you updated

03:22right here.