This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the weekend 15/02/2024.
Friday should be largely dry for many places and that’s how Saturday will start. However, drizzly rain will push into the west followed by a band of heavier and more persietent rain that will sweep eastwards across the UK. Once this clears Sunday should be drier with some sunshine developing. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
Friday should be largely dry for many places and that’s how Saturday will start. However, drizzly rain will push into the west followed by a band of heavier and more persietent rain that will sweep eastwards across the UK. Once this clears Sunday should be drier with some sunshine developing. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00 Hello. I'm going to try and sugarcoat it. Yes, there will be some heavy rain around
00:04 this weekend, but there will also be some brighter, drier weather at times too. We end
00:10 Friday on that drier note. A few outbreaks of rain around, but most places looking like
00:15 a largely dry end to the day, and there will even be some breaks in the cloud. But we have
00:21 mild air across the country, and so temperatures aren't going to drop much. It should be relatively
00:26 mild if you are heading out late on Friday. Looking ahead to Saturday though, and the
00:31 weak ridge of high pressure that brings the mostly fine weather on Friday, gradually pushes
00:36 away towards the east. We have a zone of cloudier, drizzly weather pushing in, before then this
00:41 area of wet weather is likely to make its way across the country, bringing some heavy
00:46 rain for a time. So, looking at a bit more details on Saturday morning, the best chance
00:51 of any sunshine will be towards the east before some thicker cloud feeds its way in from the
00:56 west. And like I said, that cloud could bring some drizzly outbreaks of rain, mainly over
01:00 higher ground towards western areas. But it's this feature that I pointed out before that's
01:05 going to bring the heavier, more persistent rain, initially across parts of Northern Ireland,
01:09 but then spreading into western parts of Scotland, England and Wales as we go through the afternoon.
01:15 Staying mostly dry across the southeast, but turning increasingly cloudy here. It is still
01:20 going to be pretty mild, exceptionally so for the time of year, dragging in our air
01:24 from the south. And with that, could get a bit of a fern effect. So perhaps over parts
01:29 of North Wales, maybe we could be looking at highs of around 15 or 16 Celsius, but quite
01:34 widely several degrees above average for the time of year. As we go through Saturday evening,
01:39 this band of rain then continues to push its way eastwards. And so, although in the southeast
01:44 it's going to be a largely dry day, the rain is going to arrive here. So pretty wet end
01:49 to the day here. Different story though for Scotland and Northern Ireland, the rain clearing
01:53 through so whilst it will stay pretty cloudy and there may be a few showery outbreaks around,
01:58 it is going to be much drier than during the daytime. Staying mild though, in fact even
02:02 milder than through Friday evening. So by 10 o'clock, many places holding up in double
02:07 figures, obviously not necessarily feeling that pleasant in the wind and the rain. Looking
02:12 ahead to Sunday and that feature then clears away towards the east. Bit of uncertainty
02:17 as to exactly how quickly it does so. So it is possible that that rain will linger across
02:23 parts of the southeast a little bit longer than this may suggest. Behind it, something
02:27 a bit drier, just a few showers to watch out for. But on the whole, Sunday does look like
02:32 a drier day for many of us compared to Saturday. There may not be a huge amount of sunshine,
02:37 but I am expecting some breaks in the clouds, so some sunshine at times. And the showers
02:42 look fairly well scattered and pretty light for most of us. So definitely looking like
02:47 the driest day of the week. And once any rain in the southeast clears away, there may be
02:52 perhaps a bit more sunshine developing as we go through into the afternoon. So you may
02:57 have a better chance then of seeing some sunny spells. Again, it is going to be mild. A slight
03:01 change in our wind directions coming more from the west southwest means it's perhaps
03:06 in the southeast where we have the greatest chance of seeing the highest temperatures
03:09 again around 16 Celsius. But if that rain does linger in the southeast, which is quite
03:15 possible, then those temperatures will be lower than this suggests. As we look ahead
03:20 to next week and after a drier start, things are going to turn much more unsettled with
03:25 some heavy rain likely to come through as we go through the middle part of the week.
03:29 But all the time, temperatures are likely to stay relatively mild, at least for the
03:33 time of year. We will obviously keep you up to date with the forecast as we go through
03:37 the weekend and into next week. So make sure you follow us on YouTube. Bye bye.