Met Office Thursday afternoon weather forecast 09/05/2024

9 May - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin

Transcript

00:00Hello. Quite rare to have been talking about warm spring sunshine over recent weeks, even

00:06rarer to talk about it being widespread. But that's what we've got for the next couple

00:10of days and temperatures ticking up into the weekend. Now, it's not been gloriously sunny

00:14everywhere so far today. Misty, murky conditions across parts of the south and the satellite

00:19picture showing thicker cloud across the northwest of Scotland. Bit of a drab one here and there

00:23will be some rain at times, especially over the Western Isles. But for most places, it

00:28is dry, often fairly cloudy over northeast Scotland and parts of northeast England. But

00:32even here, it is relatively bright. And so for many, it's fine and it's sunny and it

00:37is warming up. Temperatures getting up into the high teens, low 20s pretty much everywhere,

00:43perhaps a little bit cooler with that thicker cloud and some patchy rain over the far northwest

00:47that will spread into parts of Caithness and Sutherland through this evening and then across

00:51the Northern Isles overnight. A little bit of showery rain possible in Aberdeenshire

00:55too. But for most, it'll be a dry night. Mist and low cloud could again return to parts

00:59of eastern England and some fog patches possible over parts of southern England and South Wales.

01:05But for most, it'll be a dry night, a fine night, dipping down to single figures in some

01:09spots, particularly in the countryside, but many towns and cities staying in double digits.

01:14On to Friday and a cracking day for the most part. Yes, it could start a bit misty and

01:19murky again over eastern England, some low cloud clinging to the coast, possibly here

01:24through the day. A bit of a damp start maybe in Shetland, but even here that rain clearing

01:28away by mid to late morning and sky starting to brighten. A brighter day in northwest Scotland.

01:33Plenty of sunshine here in most places, joining in with sunny spells by the afternoon. Late

01:38in the day, just the possibility over the hills of northern England, we might just spot

01:43one or two very isolated showers. But as I say, for most places, warm spring sunshine

01:49is the order of Friday and temperatures getting up into the 20s, 23, 24 possible across the

01:55southeast. A little cooler around some coasts, but even here, mostly getting into the high

02:00teens. Depends if that mist and low cloud returns. This map showing temperatures compared

02:05to average. Most places in that area between three and six degrees above average. Some

02:12coasts, as I said, will be closer to average, particularly if it does stay a little bit

02:15misty. But for the most part, pretty, pretty warm in that sunshine and staying fine through

02:20Friday evening as well. So if you've got plans, light winds, plenty of sunshine. We all see

02:26the cloud thickening a little bit more once more in towards the northwest later in the

02:30day. Perhaps that a sign of change as we go through the weekend. But still, most places

02:35will have some warmer weather through Saturday and possibly into Sunday as well. For more

02:40details on that, you can catch our full weekend forecast that will be available on YouTube

02:44by Thursday afternoon.