Met Office Thursday afternoon forecast 29/08/2024

29 August weather forecast presented by Annie Shuttleworth.

Transcript

00:00Hello. The evenings are starting to cool off, but the days for the next few days will be

00:05quite fine and dry, pretty widely across the UK. That's as high pressure is starting to

00:10build in. It's been a pretty sunny start across much of England and Wales. There'll be more

00:14sunshine through the rest of the day. As I said, high pressure is starting to build in.

00:18It's building in from the south and west, but we've still got low pressure in charge

00:22across the north. That's brought some pretty heavy showers already this morning, and we'll

00:26see more of them across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland in particular through

00:30the rest of the day. They bring a risk of hail, potentially some thunderstorms as well.

00:35There's also a risk of showers pushing into some areas of Northern England, parts of Wales

00:39too, but most areas of England and Wales should stay dry through today, and there will be

00:44plenty of sunshine. Now, it's going to be a cooler day than yesterday, particularly

00:48across England and Wales. Temperatures are a good five or six degrees lower than they

00:51were yesterday. A similar feeling day across more north and western areas, but it will

00:56still feel warm enough in any sheltered sunshine. Temperatures are around average for the time

01:02of year. Now, as I said, it is going to cool off quite quickly through this evening. A

01:05cooler night to come than last night, quite widely clear. Showers becoming much more restricted

01:10to the far north of Scotland, so northern areas of Scotland and the Northern Isles still

01:14seeing a bit of a breeze and a risk of showers overnight. But for many of us, a dry and clear

01:19night to come. We could see some mist and fog developing, particularly for rural areas

01:23of Wales, south-western England by tomorrow morning, particularly also across parts of

01:28the Pennines. And as I said, it is going to be a cold night, particularly for the time

01:32of year. Temperatures could be down as low as three or four degrees rurally in some areas

01:38of north-east England, for example. So, a fresh start to the day. Could be some dew

01:42on the ground, as well as that risk of mist and fog, but it will clear up quite nicely

01:47as there will be plenty of sunshine, particularly through the morning, but lasting through much

01:51of the day. So, a fine day, quite widely, particularly across western areas of Scotland

01:56where we are seeing that unsettled weather today. It is going to be a much better day

01:59tomorrow. But I would like to draw your attention to this area of thunderstorms across northern

02:05areas of the near continent. We will start to see the threat of those thunderstorms and

02:09increased cloud cover pushing in across south-eastern areas as we head into the weekend. But elsewhere,

02:15it should stay fairly dry. So, potentially a bit more hazy sunshine by Friday afternoon

02:20across the south and east. Temperatures climbing to about 24 degrees as a max, but widely we

02:24are into the low 20s across southern areas, high teens across more northern areas. But

02:28we could reach the 20s actually for some parts of Scotland through Friday in some sheltered

02:33areas. As I said, we start to see that threat ever increasing across southern areas, just

02:38bringing an increase in level of cloud at first. But it does look like another fairly

02:42cool and clear night to come on Friday night and into the start of the weekend and in fact,

02:48the start of the last day of summer on Saturday as autumn begins on Sunday. Now, if you'd

02:54like any more details on your full weekend forecast, Alex Burghill will have a full forecast

02:58for you later today on YouTube. So, why not check it out? Bye-bye.