Met Office Thursday afternoon weather forecast 11/07/2024

11 July - National weather forecast presented by Annie Shuttleworth.

Transcript

00:00Good afternoon. It's going to stay quite cloudy and overcast for many central areas. But actually,

00:05for many areas, it's going to turn much drier through the next few days. And there is some

00:09sunshine around already today, particularly across southern areas of the UK. This is the

00:13satellite picture from this morning. Let's have a look at the pressure pattern around

00:18that. So, we've got a large area of high pressure out to the west of the UK. That will be building

00:22in through the weekend. But this low pressure out to the east of the UK, still bringing

00:26the remnants of the rain we've had through the week so far. And it's mainly across central

00:31areas where we'll see the bulk of that rainfall through today, but also across northeastern

00:35areas of Scotland. But here, it should turn much drier through the day. And actually,

00:39across northwestern areas, Northern Ireland, Western Scotland, there will be more in the

00:43way of brightness, as well as across the south coast as well. And in the best of that sunshine

00:47across the south, 23, 24 degrees is quite likely. But where you do get a hang on to

00:52a bit more cloud across central areas, still stuck in the mid-teens and exposed to that

00:57northerly wind, despite it turning a bit drier this afternoon, temperatures still pretty

01:01disappointing for this point in July. Now, through this evening, that area of low pressure

01:05still sits to the east of the UK, but it pushes everything a little bit further south overnight.

01:10So, the cloud and rain will push into more southern areas of Wales, into the Midlands,

01:14possibly into the southwest. And there's also a threat of showers through the early hours

01:18across the far southeast, as well as the far northwest of Scotland, first thing. But

01:24for most of us, it should stay dry overnight. There's going to be quite a lot of cloud around

01:28as well. But where the skies do remain clear, mainly across some rural areas of Scotland,

01:32we could be down as low as three or four degrees by tomorrow morning. So, potentially a bit

01:37of a chillier start for some of us, but I think a similar start to recent days for most

01:42of us. And through Friday, it does look like another fairly dry day for most of us. But

01:46still, there's a lot of cloud around. We've not got particularly warm air because we've

01:50got this northerly wind coming in as well. So, it's not going to be particularly warm.

01:54Where we do get the sunshine, though, across parts of the central belt, parts of South

01:59Wales as well, temperatures could climb into the lower 20s. But for most of us, we'll be

02:03in the high teens. There's also a risk of by Friday afternoon, across the far southwest,

02:09we could see some quite torrential downpours. So, that's worth keeping an eye on through

02:13the next couple of days if you are in those areas. And that shower risk will likely continue

02:18into Friday. But all the while, we do have that slightly higher pressure building in

02:23for at least the start of the weekend. So, that means it's looking fairly dry for most

02:28of us, but not particularly warm. You can find out more details on your full weekend

02:32forecast with Aidan later on today on YouTube. And I'll see you soon. Bye bye.