Met Office Afternoon Weather Forecast 02/05/24– Risks of more thunderstorms

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Risks of more thunderstorms, chances of heavy and thundery showers in the central areas, dry in the north – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 02/05/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.

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00:00 Hello, very good day to you. Across the south we had some heavy thundery rain

00:04 overnight and there's a risk of some more thunderstorms as we go through the

00:08 rest of today. But starting off looking at what happened through the early hours

00:11 of this morning and a plume of heavy thundery rain that pushed in from France

00:16 brought some torrential downpours and some fairly frequent thunder and

00:19 lightning for southern areas. That's now shifted away towards the west but some

00:23 lingering rain across parts of southwest Wales, southwest England as we go into

00:27 the afternoon. Otherwise across some central parts there will be some showers

00:30 developing, good chance some of these will turn heavy and thundery. Further

00:34 north though it's a drier story and a largely sunny one too across much of

00:38 Scotland, Northern Ireland and a big chunk of Northern England as well. We do

00:42 have some brisk blustery winds coming in from the east and they will play a big

00:46 part in how warm it's going to get. In some North Sea coastal parts where we're

00:50 exposed to that easterly wind it's going to be a little bit chilly perhaps

00:54 especially where there's some lingering cloud. Also where it's quite cloudy

00:58 towards the south-southwest temperatures a bit suppressed here. Otherwise it's

01:01 going to be pretty warm especially in the sunshine temperatures widely high

01:05 teens low 20s could be a little bit warmer than it was yesterday. In fact we

01:09 could get to highs of around 22-23 Celsius across western parts of Scotland

01:13 if we get a bit of a fern effect going on. As we go later on through this

01:18 evening and overnight we're going to see more frequent thundery downpours

01:22 developing across central parts of England and Wales. These could cause some

01:25 localized issues so do take care if you're heading out watch out for some

01:29 hefty downpours. Further north though staying largely dry overnight though a

01:33 bit more cloud developing and a few showers starting to push in from the

01:37 North Sea as we go through towards dawn on Friday morning. Temperatures won't

01:41 drop a huge amount for many of us where we see some clear skies it may turn a

01:45 little fresh but because there'll be quite a bit of cloud around for many of

01:49 us it is going to be a relatively mild start on Friday morning. But a pretty wet

01:54 one across central parts of England and Wales and further outbreaks of rain

01:58 which could be heavy at times. Also some hefty showers pushing westwards across

02:02 parts of northern England and central southern Scotland too could be a bit of

02:05 thunder mixed in with these. As we go into the afternoon staying pretty cloudy

02:10 across many central parts of the UK further outbreaks of rain which could be

02:14 quite heavy for some of us so do watch out for some further downpours. But to

02:18 the north and south of this feature it's likely to be mostly dry and there'll be

02:22 some decent sunshine around especially across a big chunk of Scotland but also

02:26 across southern parts of England as well it's going to be a bit brighter bit

02:30 sunnier than it was today and where we see the sunshine it is still going to

02:34 feel quite warm mid to high teens quite widely in the best of the sunshine

02:37 possibly low 20s perhaps but it won't be quite as warm as today. In the central

02:43 area where it's going to be quite cloudy and wet at times temperatures suppressed

02:46 and feeling a little bit unpleasant where we see some heavier rain. Now

02:49 looking ahead to the bank holiday weekend and there's a fair bit of

02:53 uncertainty I think we can pretty much guarantee that it is going to stay

02:56 relatively unsettled. Most of us at risk of seeing some hefty showers perhaps

03:01 even some more prolonged rain for a time but there will be some brighter weather

03:05 at times and also temperatures likely to remain a little bit above average for

03:10 the time of year. Alex Deakin will have the weekend forecast available on our

03:15 YouTube channel so do check that out if you have any plans otherwise I'll see

03:18 you again soon bye bye.

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