Friday morning forecast 19/08/22

19 August - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there. Clouds and outbreaks of rain will continue to cross the country from the North

00:05West through the evening and overnight so that by 6 o'clock that rain affecting Northern

00:11England, parts of Wales, some heavy and steady bursts and then it pushes by late evening

00:16into South West England, the Midlands and eventually after midnight turns up into East

00:20Anglia and the South East. By this stage it's turning more showery and actually clear skies

00:25follow the area of cloud and rain towards the North. There will be some showers for

00:29Central and Western Scotland as well as Northern Ireland, a keen breeze here but out of the

00:34breeze in the North in some sheltered spots, temperatures dropping into the single figure

00:38so fresh starts to Friday. Plenty of sunshine in the North whilst an area of cloud affects

00:44East Anglia, South Eastern England and for a time the rain could pep up for a bit. These

00:50showers could start to get fairly lively during the morning, during the rush hour

00:56affecting East Anglia and the South East, perhaps even a few thunderstorms. But they

01:01do get out of the way by lunchtime and then for many southern parts of the UK, sunny skies

01:07and dry. But in the North further showers continue for Scotland, Northern Ireland and

01:12Northern England of a scattered nature but quite a number of them I think for Scotland

01:16in particular brought in by a keen southwesterly breeze and that will make it feel cool. Temperatures

01:21just a smidge below average for the northern half of the UK, 17 to 19 Celsius and in the

01:27southern half of the UK at around average 22 to 26 Celsius. Then into Friday evening,

01:35turns quieter for a time but what we're going to see is another area of low pressure approach

01:40from the North West, this bringing a couple of weather fronts into Western Scotland and

01:47the isobars will tighten so increasingly wet and windy particularly for the likes of Western

01:52Scotland and Northern Ireland. Initially the showers in the North die away, still be one

01:57or two around by midnight but our attention turns to the rain and the wind that is turning

02:02up by this stage. In fact the winds could just about reach gale force around some exposed

02:07coasts of the Western Isles but it's a wet and windy end of the night and double figures

02:11where we've got that rain falling. But for much of Eastern Scotland, England and Wales

02:16clear spells away from Western coasts and temperatures in urban areas 12 to 14 Celsius

02:21but in sheltered rural parts are single figures. So fresh start but plenty of sunshine for

02:27England and Wales, bright start as well for Eastern Scotland but soon enough the wind

02:31and rain across Scotland and Northern Ireland sinks its way southwards reaching the central

02:35belt as well as parts of Southern Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland by a late morning.

02:40It turns more showery as it sinks south, I think it's a bit narrower, could bring some

02:44heavy downpours actually to parts of Northern England by the late afternoon and there will

02:49also be some showers developing ahead of it so for parts of the Pennines, the Peak District

02:54into the Midlands, Wales and the South West. Away from these showers though plenty of fine

03:00and bright weather in the South even if it does turn cloudier by the afternoon and for

03:04parts of Central and Northern Scotland after that wet and windy start of the day, sunshine

03:08and showers here along with a cool breeze and once again temperatures are just a little

03:13below average across northern parts of the UK, 17 to 19 Celsius whilst they're at around

03:18average further south where we get some sunny spells and still a keen breeze but not quite

03:24as strong as further south. Then into Sunday a fine start for many, some early sunshine,

03:31the cloud builds by the afternoon and in the far west we'll see some rain by the end of the day.