Friday afternoon forecast 15/07/22

Met Office

15 July – National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin

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00:00Red weather warnings are rare, but we now have a red extreme heat warning in place for the early parts of next week.

00:08Amber weather warnings have also been extended.

00:11What's going on?

00:12High pressure is moving in.

00:13For most, it'll bring a sunny weekend.

00:15But as it shifts to the east, we're going to draw up even hotter air into the early part of next week,

00:21and particularly Monday and Tuesday,

00:23as these temperatures continuing to climb to dangerous, potentially unprecedented levels.

00:29There is a chance that parts of eastern England could see temperatures of 40 Celsius on Tuesday.

00:35Back to Friday afternoon.

00:37It's an awful lot cooler with some showers, actually, across northern England, parts of eastern Scotland.

00:41They are tending to drift away, tending drier across the northwest and a little brighter.

00:45A bit more cloud compared to yesterday across the south,

00:48but some lengthy spells of sunshine for southern England and south Wales.

00:51We'll see temperatures in the mid-20s here.

00:54Further north, though, actually a touch below average,

00:56feeling quite cool with the showers across eastern Scotland and a fairly brisk breeze in the far northeast.

01:02Those showers, though, should fade through the evening.

01:05For many, it's a fine Friday evening and a fine, reasonably comfortable night, actually.

01:10Temperatures, in fact, in some spots may dip down to single figures, low teens across the south,

01:16but certainly a lot cooler and fresher than it was earlier in the week

01:19and a lot cooler than it will be in the nights to come.

01:23Saturday's details, dry and sunny, sums it up for England, Wales, southern Scotland, northern Ireland.

01:28Northern Scotland, though, will see cloud and some rain spreading its way across the northern isles.

01:32A few showers for the highlands and the western isles

01:35and maybe a bit of rain late in the day getting into the north coast of northern Ireland.

01:39But certainly for most, as I said, plenty of sunshine, strong sunshine as well.

01:43UV levels are going to be high or very high and temperatures will be ticking up.

01:48Nothing extraordinary at this stage.

01:50Generally just a pleasant summer's day, low to mid-20s, maybe high 20s across parts of the south.

01:56However, temperatures are going to be rising further over the next few days.

02:01As we go through Saturday night, a balmy summer's evening for England and Wales,

02:05we will see more clouds spilling into Scotland with a bit more rain just pushing in, particularly to the west.

02:10And that will still be around perhaps for a time on Sunday morning before tending to drift away

02:15and the vast majority looking fine and sunny but turning hotter on Sunday.

02:19But the extreme heat really arrives Monday and Tuesday.

02:22As I said at the start, the potential for those temperatures to get up to 40 Celsius on Tuesday afternoon.

02:28Don't get too hung up on the numbers because actually it's all just about the heat building by day and by night

02:33with serious consequences likely.

02:36We don't issue red warnings lightly.

02:38And as I said, the amber warning has also been extended.

02:41Keep up to date with the forecasts and keep up to date with the advice

02:45on how to stay cool during these extreme times.

02:49Best way to do that, visit the Met Office website.

02:51Of course, the very latest will be across social media.

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