00:00Hot and sunny for most today and the heat will rise a little further over the next couple of days, probably peaking on Saturday.
00:08UV levels and pollen levels are also going to be high or very high, all thanks to high pressure, keeping the clouds at bay.
00:16There's been quite a cloudy zone across northwest Scotland from a weather front.
00:20There is low pressure out in the Atlantic and that will just push this chain of clouds,
00:25which contains a few thunderstorms just up towards western areas later today.
00:30But for the vast majority, as I said, dry and sunny sums it up.
00:33The cloud in the far northwest provided the odd spot of drizzle over the western isles, but that should tend to melt away.
00:39Certainly for most of England, Wales, Northern Ireland, plenty of hot sunshine this afternoon.
00:44Bit of a breeze on some north sea coasts, keeping things a touch cooler here and with more cloud across northern Scotland.
00:50Temperatures aren't exceptional here either, but elsewhere we are seeing those numbers.
00:55Ticking up, certainly for England and Wales, widely into the mid to high 20s and a few places ticking over 30 degrees Celsius for the first time this year.
01:05Now, as we go through the evening and overnights, the cloud just increasing a bit across northern Ireland.
01:10So the chance of a rumble of thunder here, perhaps heading into southwest Scotland through the night.
01:14And later in the night, we could also see that cloud increasing the far southwest of England, southwest Wales.
01:20And again, you might just get woken up by a rumble of thunder or a flash of lightning.
01:24But for most places, it's a dry night. It's a clear night. It's a really warm night across the south and southwest.
01:30Temperatures in towns and cities holding up in the high teens, 18, 19 Celsius as a low.
01:36That's going to be pretty uncomfortable for sleeping.
01:39So a warm start to a hot day on Friday.
01:42There will be more clouds higher up in the sky tomorrow.
01:44So the sunshine a little more hazy for most of England and Wales.
01:48And again, we could just spark one or two isolated thundery showers, parts of Wales, southwest England, late in the day across parts of northern Scotland.
01:57The possibility of a storm being created here, too.
02:00But they'll be, I say, very isolated.
02:02The vast majority having another dry and sunny day and another hot one.
02:07Temperatures likely to get up more over 30 degrees Celsius, perhaps 31, perhaps 32.
02:13Depends exactly on how much of that higher cloud we see.
02:16But a hotter day for Scotland and northern Ireland noticeably as well.
02:20And the heat likely to peak, as I said, on Saturday.
02:24But Friday evening is going to be very warm indeed.
02:26Again, a difficult night for sleeping.
02:28Still one or two of those showers and perhaps thunderstorms across northern Scotland rumbling on into the evening.
02:34And the cloud thickening in the southwest again, as well as that low pressure just edges a little bit closer, pushing the high pressure a little further away.
02:42Between the two, the winds wafting up from the south.
02:45That's why the heat is continuing to build into Saturday.
02:49But through the weekend, the low pressure winds out and we could well spark further thunderstorms on Saturday.
02:55Some big ones are possible.
02:57And look at how the winds have changed direction.
02:58By the time we get to Sunday, they're much more coming in from the west.
03:01So a cooler Atlantic flow.
03:04So we will see those temperatures dropping away.
03:07In fact, if we rewind, you can see the heat continuing to build through Friday night and into Saturday.
03:13That warm air wafting up from the south.
03:15But then as the low pressure takes in and the winds switch direction, the heat gets pushed away during Sunday.
03:21So temperatures will be dipping off by Sunday.
03:23But certainly before that, plenty of hot and sunny weather.
03:26Saturday is likely to be the peak of the heat.
03:28But also, that's one of the greatest risks of some nasty thunderstorms spreading up from the south.
03:33Wales, the Midlands, northern England, southern Scotland.
03:35In this zone, the potential for some quite lively downpours that could cause a few issues.
03:40So that's something we need to keep a close eye on.
03:43A developing situation as we go through the weekend for the possibility of some big thunderstorms.
03:48As I said, Saturday likely to be the peak of the temperatures across the east.
03:5133, again, it depends on the amount of cloud.
03:54We could see 34 by that stage.
03:56Not as hot for the west, but it'll still be pretty warm and humid until that fresher air arrives as we head into Sunday.
04:04Plenty going on.
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