00:00Hi there. Many places need the rain at the moment, but of course a lot of rain falling in a very short space of time could cause issues.
00:09A thunderstorm warning in force for Friday night and into Saturday for parts of southeast England.
00:15But before that happens, we do have a weather front moving into the north and west.
00:20That's bringing a lot of cloud cover ahead of it.
00:23Heat and humidity continues to build. A hot day to come for East Anglia and the southeast.
00:28Scattered showers for Scotland, Northern Ireland, some western and southern parts of the UK.
00:35Cloudy skies to the west, but it's where we've got that sunshine in the east and the southeast where we'll see the highest temperatures, the mid to high 20s widely.
00:44And up to 30 to 32 Celsius somewhere from London to the wash.
00:48But of course that heat and humidity with low pressure moving into the northwest likely to spark some heavy showers.
00:54And the main focus for the evening and the latter part of the afternoon is Lincolnshire into Yorkshire, parts of the far northeast of England where these thunderstorms, where they develop, could bring frequent lightning, hail, as well as some very heavy rain for a short space of time.
01:13Elsewhere across the UK, showers tending to ease later on, but further downpours likely to develop over parts of northern France and drift north into southeast England as the night progresses.
01:25And it's this area that is the main cause for concern because it's within this area where there is a highly populated region of the UK.
01:35And the risk of 100 millimetres falling in less than three hours and that amount of rain, yes, we need it, but in less than three hours could cause serious issues falling onto dry ground, of course, as well.
01:51And so the amber warning there in force for parts of southeast England.
01:55And yellow warning more broadly across much of England as we go through the night because this area of very heavy rain, frequent lightning, large hail, gusty winds likely to then drift north and expand into a more general area of heavy rain across much of England, particularly towards central and eastern parts.
02:15And then moving into southeast Scotland and eastern Scotland by Saturday afternoon.
02:22So a very wet spell of weather to come for eastern parts of the UK.
02:26Further west, we've got further showers developing.
02:28Humid still, very warm where the sunshine comes through, but temperatures limited where we do see that rainfall.
02:35And as we go into Saturday, well, the latter half of Saturday, the main cause for concern then changes to parts of eastern Scotland where persistent heavy rain followed by further showers.
02:45Now, that system tends to push into northeast Scotland by Saturday night.
02:54Another system moves into the southwest by Sunday, an area of low pressure, bringing strong winds and further heavy rainfall for some southwestern parts with the risk of, again, localised flooding because of the amount of rainfall we're likely to see in some places falling in a short period of time.
03:14So, yes, of course, we need the rain, but we don't need it to all fall at once in less than three hours.
03:20And that's why there's an amber warning and the risk of localised flooding for southeastern parts of the UK overnight tonight.
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