Met Office Friday evening weather forecast 05/07/2024

5 July - National weather forecast presented by Alex Burkill.

Transcript

00:00Hello, very good evening to you. It is going to be a bit showery and a little bit cool

00:04this weekend, but before then there is some heavy persistent rain around. Through today

00:09we've had a waving front across southern parts bringing some persistent rain here. A pulse

00:14within this is then going to make its way north-eastwards as we go through this evening,

00:18so many parts of England seeing some heavy persistent rain for a time. And there'll also

00:22be a system lying across some northern parts of Scotland too, bringing some heavy rain

00:27here, could be some flooding, which is why we do have a warning out. Elsewhere, yes there'll

00:31be some hefty showery rain around, but also some clear skies and where we get any clear

00:36skies with some cool air across us at the moment, temperatures are going to take a little

00:40bit of a dip, particularly in rural spots dropping well in two single figures. Many

00:44towns and cities are holding up in double digits. So a bit of an unsettled start for

00:49some of us first thing tomorrow morning. Still some heavy persistent rain affecting some

00:53parts of northern Scotland. Totals could build up in excess of 50mm perhaps, so that's

00:57why we could see some impacts. Otherwise, as we go through the day, a lot of the heaviest,

01:02most frequent showery rain is actually going to clear away, but there will still be plenty

01:06of showers following in behind and some of these could still be heavy. Some rumbles of

01:10thunder, a bit of hail, many of us likely to catch some of these, especially towards

01:14the north and west. Across many parts of England and Wales, by the afternoon the showers are

01:19going to be a bit more hit and miss in nature and so a greater chance of staying largely

01:23dry with some bright or sunny spells around. But there will be a bit of a breeze and blustery

01:28winds around and we do still have that cool air across us and so temperatures are on the

01:33low side for the time of year and it is going to feel pretty cool for the fact that it is

01:37July. As we go through the end of the day, we are going to have more showers for a time.

01:42Still some late sunshine in a few spots, but the showers are largely going to die out overnight

01:47and that means it is going to turn largely dry for a time. Some clear skies, particularly

01:51towards more central and eastern parts and under those clear skies it could be perhaps

01:56a little bit fresh again for some places, so dropping a little bit lower than you might

02:01expect at this time of year. But again, towns and cities generally holding up. And then

02:05Sunday gets off to a fine start across eastern parts. Showers already in the west from first

02:11thing and those showers are going to become more widespread across much of the country

02:16as we go through the day. Again, some of these showers will be heavy, they will be

02:20thundery at times, there could be some hail mixed in with them and they are going to be

02:24pretty frequent. So frequent in fact, I think there is a reasonably good chance or reasonably

02:28high chance that we are going to see some showers affecting play at Wimbledon and there

02:32is a reasonable chance we could see some showers affecting the British Grand Prix at Silverstone

02:37as well. Still temperatures are going to be a little bit on the low side, but the winds

02:42will have eased a little bit compared to Saturday. I mean, Saturday is not looking very windy

02:45but a bit blustery, but the winds are looking lighter on Sunday and so it should feel ever

02:50so slightly warmer perhaps when you get any sunny spells away from those hefty showers.

02:56There is more unsettled weather to come as we go through into next week, so do make sure

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