Thursday morning forecast 18/08/22

18 August - National weather forecast presented by Clare Nasir.

Transcript

00:00Hello there. Over the next few days, our weather will be coming in from the Atlantic with bands

00:05of rain, some fresher winds, particularly towards the northwest. And this rain will

00:10push ever southeastwards. But for the time being, we still have some humid air across

00:15the southeast and an amber warning for thunderstorms. So the risk of some torrential downpours through

00:21Wednesday evening, also the threat of lightning as well as hail and some surface water issues.

00:27But eventually, that threat will wane. It will turn drier. At the same time, more cloud

00:32and rain will arrive around midnight across western Scotland and Northern Ireland. The

00:36winds will pick up some strength here. Cooler inland across mid Wales, northern counties

00:41of England, eastern parts of Scotland. In rural spots, temperatures could dip down into

00:46single figures. So a bit of a showery start to the day across Scotland, windy across western

00:51parts of Scotland. That showery rain extends towards Northern Ireland. Also, some wet weather

00:56just coming and going across the northwest of England as well as Wales. More cloud further

01:01south and east, just a rogue shower clipping the far east there. But some brighter skies

01:07coming through for the west country, eastern parts of England through the morning and even

01:11the far east of Scotland. But through the day, we watch as this band of rain continues

01:16to make inroads down towards England and Wales. And the rain could pep up across the western

01:21side of Wales through the afternoon. At the same time, a scattering of showers for the

01:25south east, east Anglia, an outside chance of thunder here. Showers will then follow

01:31across western Scotland and Northern Ireland with some sunshine, but still a keen breeze

01:35particularly across the western isles. So it's quite a messy picture. That rain disintegrating

01:41into showery bursts through the evening time. And again, some moderate bursts can't be ruled

01:45out across the northwest of Wales as well as northwestern areas of England. Temperatures

01:50then still feeling very warm towards the south east in any sunshine, 27 degrees celsius,

01:55fresher across Scotland and Northern Ireland, 18 to 20 celsius. Now here's your broader

02:01picture. The weather becomes quite mobile, some sunshine interspersed with more persistent

02:07bands of rain. Certainly on Saturday morning, you'll see some heavier rain across western

02:11Scotland with some gales for a time along the coast. Showery rain always pushes down

02:15towards the south east. Some brighter skies to start the day on Sunday, a ridge of high

02:19pressure, cooler in the north as well as the east before more rain arrives across more

02:23western areas later. So here's your city's list for Friday. Still warm in the sunshine,

02:29certainly some showers in the mix as well. And into the weekend, that rain gradually

02:34pushes its way down towards England and Wales, but some sunshine either side. Wherever you

02:38are, stay safe if you do catch those thunderstorms as we head through Wednesday evening. And

02:44certainly if you are interested in the longer term picture, the 10 day trend, check out

02:48our YouTube channel, this week presented by Ada McGiven.