Met Office Friday afternoon weather forecast 24/02/2024

24 May - National weather forecast presented by Annie Shuttleworth.

Transcript

00:00It'll be a much drier afternoon but it'll stay quite cloudy for most of us, particularly

00:05across the north where we're closer to an area of low pressure that's brought some pretty

00:09heavy recent rainfall. But through this afternoon it'll mainly stay cloudy. There's a risk of

00:13some drizzly rain across many northern areas, particularly the coast and high ground. And

00:17actually across the south it will brighten up as the day goes on. There's a chance of

00:21some sunshine to end the working week and in that sunshine it won't feel too bad across

00:26the south and east with highs of around 20, possibly 21 degrees in the south east but

00:30for most of us will be well below par. Actually some parts of Northern Ireland could be a

00:34good 5 degrees below average for the time of year. So a bit of a disappointing afternoon

00:40for some of us but things will improve as we head into Saturday. That's because this

00:45area of low pressure, you can see the cloud wrapped around it here, will move up to the

00:48north and west through tonight, taking with it a lot of that cloud and the drizzly rain

00:53and introducing clearer skies for a large proportion of the UK. So much of England and

00:58Wales will see a clear and dry night. That will push into parts of southern Scotland

01:01by the end of the night as well into Saturday morning. But it's actually going to be quite

01:05a cold start to the day on Saturday with temperatures dipping down into the lower single figures

01:11for some areas of England and Wales. We could see 3 or 4 degrees for some areas here. So

01:17there is a potential for a localised grass frost. But actually temperatures will increase

01:21quite quickly once the sun comes up because it will be a bright start to the day. There's

01:25a chance of some mist and fog across central areas of England and Wales to start the day.

01:30But for most of us it will be a bright and dry start to Saturday. And Saturday will likely

01:35be the warmest and driest day of the weekend for most of us. There is a chance of some

01:40rain across eastern areas of England particularly into the afternoon and that could turn fairly

01:45heavy as well. But for most of us it's going to be a dry and as I said a warmer day than

01:50today. Highs of around 22 degrees are possible in the south and east and into the higher

01:55teens across parts of Scotland. Now to end the day though things will deteriorate from

02:00the south and west. You can see this band of heavy rain moving in from the south west

02:05and that's going to push north and eastwards through the evening on Saturday. So some heavy

02:10spells of rain across south western England, parts of south Wales as well. And that persistent

02:15rain across eastern England could push into parts of Scotland as well through the evening.

02:20So things are going to deteriorate as we head into Sunday and that's because low pressure

02:24is not going to be too far away and that will drag these frontal systems, these bands of

02:28heavy potentially thundery showery rain across the UK through Sunday and into Monday as well.

02:34So it will turn more unsettled and a bit cooler for Sunday and Monday. However a ridge of

02:39higher pressure does develop from the west by the end of bank holiday Monday. So things

02:44will improve a little bit by the end of the day across western areas. But those heavy

02:50showers on Sunday and Monday could bring some localised impacts, potentially some surface

02:54water and localised flooding. So it's important to keep up to date with the details of the

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