Met Office Thursday Evening Weather Forecast 04/04/2024
04 April - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hi there, it might not shock you to hear that we're going to see more rain overnight. The
00:05spells of heavy and persistent rain will move north and bump into cold air leading to hill
00:11snow in places. But for much of the UK it's simply rain and it will be heavy and persistent
00:16across Northern Ireland, western parts of England and Wales and then into central and
00:19southern Scotland after midnight. But as it mixes with that colder air some significant
00:25and potentially disruptive snow will affect mainly the hills of central and northern Scotland.
00:31A few flakes of snow are possible further south for the southern uplands as well as
00:35the tops of the Pennines but mild rare soon arrives so that by dawn it's really the hills
00:41central belt northwards. Elsewhere across the UK, heavy spells of rain at times, a blustery
00:47start to Friday but with that wind coming in from the south west across many parts,
00:5111 or 12 Celsius, a mild start in the south. Zero in the far north of Scotland so Apache
00:57frost perhaps before the cloud and the precipitation arrives later. But it is going to be a cold
01:04start for Scotland, that wind coming in from the north east to bring showers, some of these
01:08will be wintry for Shetland and Orkney. Some clear spells first thing for the far north
01:12of the mainland, some wet weather potentially causing a lot of surface water through the
01:17central belt, yellow rain warning in force here but above 250 metres for central Scotland
01:22that's where we'll see some snow accumulating, 2 to 5 centimetres and above 300 metres we're
01:27likely to see in places 10 centimetres. Could cause tricky conditions for some higher routes.
01:32Drying up for a time for southern Scotland, northern Ireland, northern and western England
01:36as well as Wales, further showers following, the main band of blustery rain that moves
01:40through the east midlands and eastern England first thing. Once that's out of the way, brighter
01:44skies follow for much of England and Wales, sunny spells and showers, some heavy downpours,
01:48gusty winds as well. Longer spells of rain return for northern Ireland and much of Scotland
01:52but actually we've got milder air in place by now so much of this will be rain rather
01:58than rain and hill snow. It's going to be gusty and it's going to be very mild if not
02:03warm across some southern and southeastern parts up to 18 Celsius for the likes of East
02:08Anglia but you can see the contrast. Further north across Scotland we've still got the
02:12cold air, that becoming increasingly confined to the far north of Scotland but nevertheless
02:17in some parts of northern Scotland not much higher than 3 or 4 Celsius through the day.
02:23Further wet weather moving north across Scotland on Friday night. Another bout of rain moves
02:27up across England, Wales, northern Ireland reaching Scotland after midnight once again
02:31and this turns heavy and persistent as the night goes on. So a very wet start for Scotland,
02:36for northern England, showers elsewhere and the wind picking up as well. That's going
02:41to lead to a mild night for many parts of the UK, 12 or 13 in the south, still on the
02:46chilly side in the far north but perhaps a little less so. And that wind is brought about
02:53by Storm Kathleen, named by Met Eireann because the strongest winds as you can see by the
02:57tightly packed isobars will be affecting the Republic of Ireland. Risk of 50 to 70 mph
03:04winds for western Britain and northern Ireland though the strongest winds affecting coasts.
03:08There will be large waves so the risk of some localised coastal flooding with those
03:13waves. So certainly a blustery day on Saturday with that strong wind particularly across
03:18western parts where early rain is replaced by showers. The wettest weather hanging on
03:23across the north and north west of Scotland. Elsewhere brighter skies do emerge by the
03:26afternoon and although it will be windy, the wind is bringing warm air in and temperatures
03:32could reach 20 or even 21 or 22 Celsius somewhere like Norfolk or Suffolk. Elsewhere mid to
03:38high teens even across parts of Scotland where it's been so cold this week we're likely to
03:43see those temperatures rebound up to 15 to 17 Celsius. So a remarkable uptick in temperatures
03:50by Saturday albeit tempered by that strong wind courtesy of Storm Kathleen. Another bright
03:56day to come on Sunday but further showers and gusty winds as well but it will stay relatively
04:02warm for the time of year.