Friday afternoon forecast 25/06/21

25 June  – National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello again. We've started the day with perhaps the most widespread cloud and outbreaks of

00:05rain of the week so far, and we keep a lot of cloud with further rain in places during

00:10the afternoon. But it will brighten up, especially in the south and the west. However, there

00:15is the chance in one or two spots of some particularly heavy downpours and thunderstorms.

00:20Now, the radar and satellite from earlier today really tells a story. You can see this

00:25spiralling band of rain sweeping across the country, and you can almost make out the centre

00:31of the low pressure there pushing through central areas. And it's in that area which

00:36will sink ever so slightly south this afternoon where the greatest risk of some really potent

00:42downpours will be. Otherwise, these bands of rain, they're slow moving. They will bring

00:46further cloud and rain in places during the afternoon, so from west to north Wales into

00:52much of northern England, as well as parts of north-east Scotland staying cloudy and

00:56damp, some showery bits and pieces elsewhere across Scotland, one or two showers for northern

01:00Ireland, and the potential for a few showers as the main area of rain clears, east Anglia

01:05and the south-east. They'll move through fairly quickly, but it's this area here within north

01:12and mid Wales, north-west Midlands around parts of northern England where there is that

01:17threat of some very heavy showers and thunderstorms and hail developing during the afternoon.

01:23It's all dependent on whether we get some cloud breaks and then temperatures get a bit

01:27of a boost. So, some uncertainty, but that's where the potential risk lies. Otherwise,

01:33some decent sunny spells there towards the south-west of England, as well as northern

01:37Ireland and western Scotland, mainly dry in these places. Many places, though, much cooler

01:44compared to yesterday, more than 10 degrees, perhaps 15 degrees cooler across some of these

01:49north-east coasts. You can see that northerly wind bringing much cooler air in, 12, 13 Celsius

01:55at best, compare that to the mid-20s that we saw in north-east England during Thursday

02:00afternoon. 22 in London, any sunny spells, and we keep clear spells into the evening

02:05for the south-east, for parts of the north-west as well, and in these areas temperatures will

02:10dip into the single figures, but otherwise they hold up, double figures generally, a

02:14lot of cloud. Low cloud continues to feed into eastern Scotland with some damp weather

02:18here. Showers elsewhere for the Midlands, Wales, into the south-west. And through the

02:23weekend the main trend is for this low pressure to sink south, and it will then stick around

02:30to the south of the UK early next week, whilst high pressure builds in to the north. So,

02:35although we'll start off the weekend with a lot of cloud cover and further bits and

02:40pieces of mainly light rain for eastern Scotland and the far north-east of England, well it

02:44will tend to dry up in the north, whilst further south, sunny spells, yes, through Saturday

02:49afternoon, but ongoing showers, especially south-west England, Wales, through the Midlands,

02:54parts of East Anglia. These won't be as heavy or as thundery as Friday's potential showers.

03:02And in the sunny spells, temperatures reaching 22 Celsius, but still on the cool side further

03:07north. However, there is a warming trend across northern parts of the UK for later

03:11in the weekend, with a bit more sunshine coming through here. But you can see the return of

03:16some showery rain towards the south on Saturday evening, and well, Sunday looks fairly unsettled

03:22across southern parts of the UK, particularly later in the day, and particularly for the

03:26south-west. Follow us on social media, we'll keep you updated on all the latest. Bye bye.