Met Office Friday afternoon weather forecast 12/07/2024
12 July - National weather forecast presented by Alex Burkill.
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00:00Hello, very good day to you. You may be lucky enough to catch a glimmer of sunshine today,
00:05but for many it's going to stay pretty cloudy. There'll be some rain, some heavy thundery
00:08showers around. Starting off looking at the bigger picture, as we go into the weekend,
00:13there is an area of high pressure to the west of us, but that clears northwards, with a
00:16feature trying to push its way in from the east, so some thicker clouds and rain for
00:20eastern parts on Saturday. Sunday's looking a bit dry, but then there's another system
00:25likely to push its way in from the southwest as we go into the beginning of next week.
00:30But let's not worry about that just yet. Let's look first at this afternoon, and we do have
00:35some thicker clouds, some outbreaks of rain across the far northwest of Scotland. Elsewhere,
00:39perhaps some sunshine for the central belt and the Borders area, but otherwise many places
00:44having a pretty cloudy afternoon, and there will be some showery rain. The heaviest showers
00:50will be in the southwest, particularly southern Devon and Cornwall. Here we are likely to
00:54see some thunderstorms kicking off as we go through this afternoon. Hail, lightning, some
00:59intense downpours of rain, all likely to cause some problems. Could be some flooding, could
01:04also be some travel disruption too. Temperatures are going to be a little bit below average
01:09for the time of year, mid to high teens, just about scraping into the low 20s perhaps. Not
01:14feeling too bad where you get any sunshine, but under the cloud it is going to be a bit
01:18disappointing for July. Through the end of the day, still some hefty thundery downpours
01:24causing some problems in the southwest, but most of these will clear as we go through
01:28the evening and overnight. Many places going to stay fairly cloudy, some clearer breaks
01:33perhaps most likely towards the west where you're closer to that area of high pressure.
01:38In the east we have some thicker cloud and some rain pushing its way in. Where we stick
01:43with the cloudy skies, as you would expect, temperatures aren't going to drop a huge amount.
01:47Most towns and cities are going to hold up in double figures, but perhaps where we get
01:51some clearer skies over western parts of Scotland could dip into mid to high single digits,
01:57so a bit fresher here. A damp start then across eastern parts first thing on Saturday morning
02:03and that cloud, that rain is going to feed a little bit further westwards as we go through
02:07the day, so more places turning a bit damp as we go into the afternoon. Further west
02:12and south, it's not looking too bad. Largely dry, just a scattering of showers here and
02:17there, some bright or sunny spells possible, and the showers less likely to be as thundery,
02:23as intense as what we're expecting today, especially in the southwest. But yes, some
02:28persistent rain pushing its way into eastern, northeastern parts as we go through the afternoon.
02:33Where you're stuck under this cloud and this rain and with some blustery winds, it's going
02:38to feel pretty cool, temperatures staying suppressed. Elsewhere, not feeling too bad
02:43if you get the sunshine, but still a little disappointing for this stage in the season.
02:49As we go through the evening, we will see that cloud and rain continuing across some
02:53northeastern parts, but it does ease a little bit as we go overnight and clears away for
02:57a time. And elsewhere, most of the showers will largely die out as we go through Saturday
03:01night into Sunday. And so Sunday actually looks like the driest day of the weekend and
03:06the brightest one. Not for everyone will there be lots of sunshine around, and in fact, we'll
03:10probably see a bit more cloud bubbling up as we go through the day. But many of us will
03:15see a bit more sunshine on Sunday compared to today and Saturday, and there will be fewer
03:20showers and a bit less rain around. So it does look like it will be a bit drier. That
03:24being said, there will still be some showery bursts to watch out for here and there. Temperatures
03:29picking up a little bit low 20s, 22, 23 Celsius, perhaps more widely high teens or low 20s.
03:35So feeling a bit warmer, especially if you do catch any of that sunshine. We will, of
03:40course, be keeping you up to date with the forecast as we go through this weekend. So
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