00:00Whilst many areas have seen plenty of very warm sunshine today, there have been some parts of the UK that have been very wet and we've seen a fair few thunderstorms.
00:09And there's more thunderstorms to come over the next 24 to 36 hours too.
00:13The wettest conditions have been in the west today, a very wet day for Northern Ireland.
00:17The rain's spiralling away from Wales through this evening, pushing into western Scotland.
00:21Still some hefty downpours around though through the course of the evening.
00:24Overall though through the night that rain will tend to ease off as it trickles northwards eventually arriving across the Western Isles.
00:31Still quite breezy, quite gusty out there through the evening but again overnight those winds do tend to ease.
00:37The temperatures won't be dropping too far however.
00:39A warm and humid night, these are the numbers in urban areas, many places staying in the mid-teens.
00:45So a humid start to what will be a very warm day for some on Friday.
00:49Again, many places fine and dry with some hazy sunshine.
00:53Certainly through the morning, much of the Midlands, eastern England, a good part of eastern and northern Scotland having sunshine.
00:59But further west, more cloud and especially around the middle of the day.
01:02Some beefy showers are possible across Northern Ireland, some thunderstorms are possible here.
01:07And then we look down to the south for a further batch of stormy weather drifting northwards.
01:12Initially getting into parts of South Wales and southwest England through the late afternoon.
01:17Possibly one or two heavy downpours drifting up towards the Midlands.
01:20But again, a good chunk of England, southern Scotland will be dry for most of Friday.
01:25And certainly across the east, it's going to be very warm indeed.
01:29Probably the peak of the temperatures in this current hot and humid spell.
01:33High 20s likely, small chance we could get to 30 Celsius.
01:37Not as hot elsewhere, still quite humid in many places.
01:40But with more cloud temperatures struggling to get above the low 20s.
01:44And it will be cooler in the far southwest, particularly as the heavy downpours arrive here come the afternoon and they don't stop here.
01:51We'll see one arm of them moving northwards and another batch tracking northwards from France,
01:56likely to affect East Anglia and the southeast during Friday evening.
02:00So Friday evening, particularly through the rush hour and in towards the later evening, some hefty downpours across the south.
02:07Difficult to pinpoint exactly where, but we do have thunderstorm warnings in place in those yellow warning zones.
02:14The likelihood of a lot of rain falling in a short space of time.
02:17Hail, gusty winds, as well as the possibility of flooding from those hefty downpours.
02:22A lot of spray and surface water on the roads as well.
02:25Those heavy downpours will continue to march northwards.
02:28Some of the thundery showers across the east could spread out into the North Sea.
02:31But we are also continuing to see further downpours working across into North Wales and then into northern England,
02:38perhaps into parts of southern Scotland by the time we get to Saturday.
02:41Again, another pretty warm and humid night, as you can imagine, certainly across the south and southeast with temperatures staying in the mid-teens.
02:49For Saturday, well, this kind of range with these kind of thundery downpours, there's always a bit of uncertainty.
02:55But it does look as if we'll continue to see some heavy rain for Northern Ireland, parts of northern England, and spreading into Scotland.
03:02Although, again, perhaps easing off a touch as it does so.
03:04Further south, we could then spark some afternoon thunderstorms once the sun does come out.
03:10And it should brighten up across a good chunk of England and Wales.
03:13But as I said, the potential for further thunderstorms to break out when it does so.
03:17Temperature-wise, well, we'll be dipping down through the weekend.
03:19It won't be as hot.
03:20Still feeling quite muggy, I suspect, on Saturday morning, but temperatures will be quite a bit lower for the afternoon.
03:26In fact, quite a pleasant afternoon across parts of the east.
03:29Temperatures in the low 20s, and we'll eventually start to lose some of that humidity, especially so as we head into Sunday.
03:36The low pressure bringing all the heavy downpours through Friday night and Saturday starts to drift away and takes away the humid air with it too.
03:45So turning a little fresher by Sunday.
03:47There'll still be a few showers around, but look at this ridge of high pressure building up from the Azores.
03:52That promises to bring quite a few of us some fine weather as we head into next week.
03:57But before we get there, plenty going on in the short term.
04:01So do stay up to date with the forecast.
04:03It's always a bit volatile when we've got thunderstorms.
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