Met Office Thursday evening forecast 29/08/2024
29 August - National weather forecast presented by Annie Shuttleworth.
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00:00Good evening. A widely settled day to come on Friday. Plenty of sunshine to end
00:05one of the last days of summer. This evening though we'll chill off quite
00:09quickly. We've got high pressure building in bringing clear skies for
00:12many of us through the next couple of days but as we approach the weekend
00:16we'll start to see the threat of some more unsettled weather building up
00:19across southern areas on Saturday and then from the north and west as we head
00:23to the latter part of Sunday as high pressure pushes away to the north and
00:28east of the UK. But through this evening there's still actually some wet weather
00:32to come and a bit of a brisk breeze across the north and west of Scotland in
00:36particular where it's been a fairly unsettled day in fact and those showers
00:40will become more restricted to the far north and northern isles, the far north of
00:43Scotland throughout this evening. Elsewhere it will turn dry and clear for
00:49much of the UK. We could see some mist and fog developing for parts of the west
00:52country, rurally in Wales, eastern areas of England even and across the Pennines
00:56could see some fog patches first thing tomorrow and it is going to be a fresher
01:00night tonight compared to last night. Rurally we could be down as low as
01:04around three degrees for some areas but many towns and cities actually dipping
01:07down to single figures. However it will warm up relatively quickly because it is
01:12going to be a bright start to the day on Friday. Now I think the best of the
01:15sunshine will be through the morning, a bit more cloud will develop as we head
01:19into the afternoon but we'll also see the sunshine turn a bit hazier to the
01:23south and east potentially as a threat of the nearby thunderstorms does come a
01:27little bit closer but it's going to stay dry for most of us, actually dry across
01:31the far north of Scotland even by the end of the day. So it's certainly a more
01:35widely warm and settled day, plenty of sunshine across the whole of the UK.
01:39Temperatures across northern areas in the high teens still feeling quite warm
01:43in that sunshine though with light winds. In the south temperatures climbing
01:47towards 24 or 25 degrees so a slightly warmer day across southern areas
01:51compared to today with a bit more in the way of longer-lived sunshine but
01:56that cloud will gradually melt away through Friday evening to end the week
02:00on a settled note, another clear night to come and that will allow temperatures
02:05to fall away perhaps even lower than tonight. But notice across the south
02:10we're starting to see that threat of thunderstorms come ever closer. Now there
02:13is some uncertainty in exactly where we'll see any of these showers but I
02:18think if you're across the south you can expect cloud to build in by Saturday
02:22morning. Elsewhere though another clear and bright start to the day and as I
02:27said another fresh start as well. So it should stay quite dry and sunny through
02:32much of the day across northern areas, Northern Ireland, much of Scotland,
02:35northern areas of England, anywhere north of the Midlands really but
02:39anywhere south of the Midlands are likely to see some cloud building in
02:42through the afternoon and just a chance of some heavy showers but I think most
02:47of us should get away with a relatively dry day. So these showers I want to keep
02:51an eye on in the forecast through the next few days as then we will get a bit
02:55more certainty on them through the next 24 hours or so. So in the sunshine still
02:59a warm day actually across northwestern Scotland we could see temperatures
03:02climbing into the 20s and some northern western areas of England, North Wales too.
03:07Further south with a bit more of a breeze temperatures will be in the lower
03:1120s but still feeling relatively warm and that will lead us into another
03:16potentially quite fresh night on Saturday night into Sunday. There'll be
03:20more widespread showers on Sunday and Monday potentially but if you'd like any
03:24more details on that check out our weekend forecast on YouTube. Bye bye.