Met Office Friday morning weather forecast 05/07/2024

05 July - National weather forecast presented by Annie Shuttleworth.

Transcript

00:00Good morning, it's a bit of a wetter and cloudy at start out there for many

00:03southern and central areas but there is some sunshine around and actually it

00:07will be a drier and calmer day for many northern areas of the UK. Best the

00:11sunshine first thing this morning across Northern Ireland, parts of Northern

00:15England as well and here it should stay fairly dry and bright through the day. A

00:19few showers still affecting western areas of Scotland but they'll be much

00:21lighter and there'll be more drier slots in between compared to yesterday. Now

00:26this rain across the south will retreat away to the south coast towards

00:29lunchtime and into the early part of the afternoon allowing a bit more sunshine

00:34to develop across North Wales, parts of the Midlands and for Northern England

00:38and with lighter winds we'll feel a little bit warmer out there. Highs of 20-

00:4221 degrees in these areas. A little bit muggy though across the south where we

00:46see that cloud and rain linger for much of the day. We could see temperatures

00:50into the high teens across eastern Scotland as well today. Through this

00:55evening though after a drier spell the rain will return to many central areas

00:59of England most likely lingering then across eastern areas of the UK by

01:04tomorrow morning and behind it we'll see a mix of clear skies and potentially

01:08some quite heavy showers as well. We've got fresher air moving in from the

01:12north and west overnight tonight so where the skies do stay clear

01:15temperatures could fall down into the single figures but for most of us with

01:19quite a lot of cloud around it'll still be a fairly mild start to the day but

01:22that does lead us into a fairly unsettled weekend. A mix of sunshine and

01:26showers for most of us. They'll be moving in from the north and west so still that

01:30fresh feel particularly through Saturday and potentially some more persistent

01:34rain affecting the east coast through the morning and these showers could be

01:37quite heavy as well and I think many of us are likely to see at least one or two

01:42showers so quite a lot of cloud around and a risk of those heavy showers.

01:45Temperatures below average for the time of year 18 or 19 degrees at best but for

01:51some of us into the low teens particularly where you see the most

01:54frequent showers across the north and west. It's a bit of an unsettled start

01:58to the weekend certainly through Saturday. We've still got low pressure in

02:01charge as we head into Sunday as well but it does push away to the north and

02:05east. That allows a bit more of a westerly wind, southwesterly wind in fact

02:09by the end of Sunday to develop so that means showers will be slightly more

02:13focused across parts of England and Wales rather than the north and west.

02:18You can find a full weekend forecast on our YouTube channel with Alex Burkill

02:22and I'll see you later, bye bye.