Friday afternoon forecast 19/05/23

19 May - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there. Some big clouds will build across certain parts of England into the afternoon

00:06with the chance of heavy showers, even some thunderstorms developing. It's all tied into

00:10a cold front that's crossed the country during the last 24 hours. It's now come to a rest

00:14across central parts of the UK. Some outbreaks of light rain initially but turning more convective,

00:19that means it turns more showery. The big clouds bubble up and the greatest signal is

00:24for the south Pennines down through the Midlands into parts of central southern England, especially

00:28around Dorset where some of these lively showers will develop, even some thunderstorms and

00:33hails. That could cause some impacts but they'll be hit and miss and either side of this system

00:38some sunny spells, for example, the far east of England, parts of Wales into the southwest

00:43where we get some sunshine, warmish, 18 to 20 Celsius possible. For Scotland and Northern

00:49Ireland, certainly a drier and brighter day compared with Thursday, some sunny spells

00:53across northern Scotland certainly and a marked contrast compared with what's to come through

00:58the weekend here. Now, the showers across central and southern parts tend to drift their

01:03way slowly southwestwards during the evening, so perhaps affecting Devon, Cornwall for a

01:08time but eventually they disappear and then clear spells fairly widely across England

01:12and Wales, some mist patches forming and temperatures dipping in shelter spots down to three or

01:17four Celsius, more generally high single figures. Now, for Scotland and Northern Ireland, a

01:22contrast. We're going to see the cloud thicken here through the night and by Saturday morning

01:27it's a milder start compared with Friday morning but a cloudier start with some light outbreaks

01:32of rain, not a huge amount, but a damp start to the day, especially for Shetland. Some

01:37brightness will emerge though across parts of Northern Ireland into central and northern

01:41Scotland during the afternoon before thicker and lower cloud returns for the west of Scotland

01:47and eventually western parts of Northern Ireland along with a few showers. England and Wales

01:51though after that cool start to the day, plenty of sunshine breaking out and it's going to

01:56feel very pleasant with light winds and temperatures up to 18 or even 22 Celsius, always a bit

02:02cooler there on the North Sea coast because of the onshore breeze but that cooling effect

02:06won't extend too far inland. Then into the evening on Saturday, this thick and low cloud,

02:14some sea fog likely across north-western Scotland will push more widely across Scotland and

02:19Northern Ireland bringing some moderate and persistent bursts of rain in places, particularly

02:23the north-western half of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, England and Wales, the

02:27clear skies continue, some mist patches and it's going to be a cool start once again on

02:33Sunday but the cold front further north, well that tends to bring more showery conditions

02:38for Scotland and Northern Ireland on Sunday and then it disappears entirely for Monday

02:41and actually with this high pressure extending across the whole of the UK for the start of

02:45next week, there'll be plenty more fine and sunny weather and for Scotland and Northern

02:50Ireland, a better chance of seeing sunnier skies and drier weather at times through next

02:56week. Plenty more on social media but that's all from me for now. Bye bye.