Met Office Saturday afternoon weather forecast 23/03/2024

23 March - National weather forecast presented by Macro Petagna.

Transcript

00:00Hello, we're starting the weekend on a very showery note across the UK. Some of those

00:04showers are quite heavy in nature. That's all down to low pressure being anchored close

00:07by towards the north-east of the UK, tightly packed isobars, so a brisk north-west of the

00:11airstream. A small ridge of high pressure comes in from the west tomorrow, just to quieten

00:15things down. But notice out towards the west, the next Atlantic system gathering, so further

00:19rain coming in as we head into the early part of next week.

00:22Back to the details now for this afternoon. It's a case of sunshine and showers, a real

00:26rash of showers across the UK, some of those quite heavy in nature, some hail and thunder,

00:30even a bit of snow across the hills towards the north there, and quite a keen and say

00:34brisk gusty north to north-west of the airstream. So although temperatures will generally climb

00:38in the range 8 to 10 Celsius this afternoon, which is close to just slightly below average,

00:43add on the effect of that north to north-west of the wind and temperatures will feel more

00:46like 3 to 5 Celsius out and about, so you'll certainly need to wrap up warm if you're heading

00:51out and about this afternoon.

00:53As we head into the evening and during the overnight period, we'll continue to see a

00:55lot of showers across the UK, again feeding in from the north and north-west, still some

01:00heavy ones around for a time. But notice as we go into the early hours of Sunday, the

01:04showers become more focused towards the north and north-west, still a few wintry ones across

01:08the higher ground in Scotland, but with clear spells developing, the winds just starting

01:11to ease down towards the south and east. We will start to see some fairly chilly temperatures

01:15by Sunday morning in towns and cities holding up at 4 to 6 Celsius, but closer to freezing

01:20in a few rural spots, so a touch of frost is likely by Sunday morning.

01:25As for Sunday itself, well, a much quieter day is on the cards across the bulk of the

01:29UK, still one or two showers feeding in from the north and north-west, still wintry in

01:33nature across the hills of Scotland, but with lighter winds on the whole, generally more

01:37on the way of sunshine around, particularly towards the south and east, it should start

01:40to feel a bit warmer out and about, with those temperatures responding to the sunshine picking

01:44up to 10 to 13 Celsius, 13 there in London is 55 in Fahrenheit, which is close to the

01:51seasonal average for late March.

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