20 March - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.
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00:00Good morning, it's the vernal equinox this morning and it'll certainly feel
00:05like spring for many of us out there this afternoon. But first thing, still a
00:09bit of a chill in the air, frost across Scotland and the far north of England
00:13too. That disappearing along with any mist and fog patches and for most places
00:17it's another cracking day. There'll be a bit more cloud round at times over parts
00:22of England, Wales, Northern Ireland, very small chance of a light shower but the
00:25vast majority staying dry and staying fine. Still a bit of a breeze blowing
00:30across the southwest of England and the breeze will pick up a little in
00:34Western Scotland too. But for most places the winds pretty light so yes a bit of a
00:38chilly start but temperatures soon rising. Probably the warmest day of the
00:43year, first time we're going to get over 20 Celsius, might squeak up to 21
00:48somewhere just to the north of London perhaps. East coast a little bit down on
00:52these numbers but actually this is quite a bit warmer than it was yesterday.
00:57Let's compare these temperatures to the average for March and you can see that
01:01we are well above across much of England and Wales but closer to average where
01:07it's still a little cool on some of those North Sea coasts. As we go through
01:11the evening and overnight we'll start to see a bit of a change. The breeze
01:14picking up further across the southwest of England but still most places will
01:19stay dry. It's the threat of some showers coming into parts of Cornwall and the
01:24Isles of Scilly through the early hours. But still as I say most of the places
01:27staying dry. Could be some mist and fog around again but as that breeze starts
01:32to pick up once more we'll notice that bringing a cooler feel again along some
01:37of those North Sea coasts. But generally a lot milder than many nights this week
01:42particularly in the south. Look at that some places may stay in double figures and
01:45across Scotland nothing like as frosty as the night just gone. So still for
01:51tomorrow many places dry and bright but we will see that change further west.
01:55Some showers coming into Devon, Cornwall, Pembrokeshire and spreading at times
02:00into parts of Northern Ireland. A bit of a question mark about how widely these
02:03showers spread and how heavy they are but something just to keep an eye on
02:06through tomorrow. We could see some developing elsewhere in southern England
02:10late in the day. For the vast majority though it's another dry and bright day.
02:13Sunshine may be a little hazy with a bit more high cloud around but that
02:18breeze will be strengthening again. So on the coast again feeling rather cool but
02:24still these temperatures in land and towns and cities a touch above average
02:27and with some sunshine. 1819 across the heart of England and we could see
02:31something similar across the northwest of Scotland as well. Again if we compare
02:35the temperatures to the average for the time of year many places around six
02:40degrees above average and Friday in particular a warmer day across the
02:45highlands of Scotland. So that's when we'll temperatures likely to peak here
02:49as I said we could reach into the high teens. Cooler again along some of those
02:52North Sea coasts and a bit cooler with the cloudier conditions across the
02:55southwest of England from this area of low pressure and that really changes
02:59things for the weekend. The dry and bright weather isn't going to last as
03:03that low moves in it will bring increasing chance of showers during
03:07Saturday and Sunday. For more on that you can watch Aiden's 10-day trend from
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