19 February - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.
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00:00Thanks for joining me for your evening weather update from the Met Office. The
00:04weather's definitely changed. Milder air has moved in and that's brought with it
00:09cloud and rain. We've seen some pulses of rain across the country already and
00:13another band of rain becoming pretty widespread through this evening. Some
00:16heavier rain at times for Northern Ireland this evening and that heavier
00:19rain spreading into Scotland and across Northern England. It's getting a bit lighter
00:23and more patchy through the night but overall an overcast night, a breezy
00:27night and for many a damp night. And it is going to be a mild night. In fact
00:32turning milder as we go through the night. If we rewind the clock and put the
00:36temperatures on, just watch as the rain moves in the temperature actually start
00:41to tick up so that yeah we could dip down to three or four degrees in the
00:45east for a time through the evening but by the time we start Thursday we're up
00:49at seven or eight Celsius and many western areas will start the day in
00:53double figures. So it starts quite mild but it doesn't feel that mild because it's
00:58still pretty breezy particularly in the west and it is cloudy with outbreaks of
01:02rain. That rain likes to be pretty heavy through the morning across Northern
01:05Ireland. Brighter colours there then work into Western Scotland. Northwest England
01:10seeing some heavier pulse of rain along with North Wales. Eastern England may
01:13start dry. Some showery rain that does work in here particularly for Kent and
01:18Essex. Something a bit brighter then develops for Wales. Northwest England
01:22come the end of the day. It cheers up for a time across Scotland and Northern
01:25Ireland but then more showers come packing in here because it will be quite
01:29a blustery and gusty day around these western coasts even though we should see
01:34some sunny spells developing. We'll certainly see the temperatures ticking up. Look at
01:37that 13, 14 degrees. We could even see 15 perhaps even close to 16 degrees in one
01:44or two spots. That's a lot milder than it has been. Now this chart shows how the
01:48temperatures change over 24 hours and you can see that milder air really
01:54moving in and temperatures by Thursday afternoon some six degrees above the
02:01average for many central and northern parts having been a few degrees below
02:04average for about most of February. So yes it's turning milder but there'll
02:09still be plenty of showers around across Scotland, Northern England during
02:12Thursday evening. For many though it will turn drier for a time but look at this
02:17another batch of wet and increasingly windy weather comes in during Friday. The
02:22winds getting really quite gusty around these western coasts. The west coast of
02:25Wales, east coast of Northern Ireland through the early hours of Friday morning
02:30but again those winds are coming up from the south so they're bringing mild air so
02:34many will stay in double digits into Friday morning. But Friday is a wet and a
02:38windy day for quite a few of us. Heavy pulses of rain and those gusty winds
02:43as I talked about the west coast of Wales, the east coast of Northern Ireland,
02:46southwestern parts of Scotland. There's a warning in place and there's also a
02:49rain warning across parts of Scotland because for some here stays very wet
02:53throughout the day. Pulses of rain further south again much of eastern
02:57England probably not seeing too much in Northern Ireland may well turn brighter
03:01but still blustery with a few showers. And look at the numbers again for many
03:05of us getting into the teens 15 or perhaps even 16 at Celsius. Again
03:10perhaps not feeling as mild as those numbers would suggest because of the
03:14strength of the wind. And there's more wet and windy weather to come. Low
03:18pressure continues to dominate moved in from the Atlantic change things up and
03:23then another one comes in for Saturday night and into Sunday. Saturday looks a
03:27lot drier certainly many western areas compared to Friday but by Sunday
03:31another deep low, another weather front, more closely packed isobar so more wet
03:36and windy weather is on the cards. Keep up to date with the Met Office weather
03:40warnings there on the app and on the website and for more details about the
03:43weekend and beyond check out the 10-day trend you can see that on our YouTube
03:48channel.