Weekend weather 22/02/2024 – Something drier on Saturday but more rain to come – Met Office weather forecast UK
This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the weekend 22/02/2024 .
After a blustery a showery day on Friday, it will turn a little chilly overnight. Although there will be some mist and fog at first and showers for some, Saturday is looking largely dry. Sunday then looks largely dry again in the north, but potentially very wet and windy in the south. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
After a blustery a showery day on Friday, it will turn a little chilly overnight. Although there will be some mist and fog at first and showers for some, Saturday is looking largely dry. Sunday then looks largely dry again in the north, but potentially very wet and windy in the south. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00 Hello, very good day to you. Many of us are getting pretty fed up with the rain at the
00:04 moment and there is good news for most that there will be something a bit drier for a
00:08 time this weekend. But starting off looking at Friday and I'll brush over the day itself
00:13 because this is the weekend weather forecast, but we do have low pressure to the north of
00:18 the UK and that is going to bring some tightly packed isobars, so a blustery theme and also
00:23 a showery theme for many too. It's worth noting what's happening the other side of the Atlantic
00:28 though. Here there is an area of low pressure which is going to push its way towards the
00:32 UK as we go through the weekend and likely to bring some pretty wet weather to southern
00:37 parts in particular on Sunday. I'll have more about that in a second. Going back to Friday
00:42 evening and like I said a showery picture for many, so if you are heading out you may
00:46 need to dodge some wet spells, but the showers will be easing a little bit as we go through
00:51 the evening and there will be some clear skies. Under those clear skies temperatures are going
00:55 to take a bit of a dip. It is going to be chillier than it has been recently with temperatures
01:00 by 10 o'clock already in low single figures for many places. As we go through the night
01:04 though many areas staying largely dry. Still some showers around and some of them could
01:08 be quite heavy, particularly around western coastal areas, perhaps the far north of Scotland.
01:13 Greatest chance of seeing some showers here. Elsewhere though mostly dry and there'll be
01:17 some clear skies still and under these temperatures dropping further. Likely to see a touch of
01:22 frost in some places. Watch out for a few icy patches if there are any wet surfaces
01:27 and also some mist and fog first thing on Saturday morning. So a real change to things
01:32 due to some chillier air that we have across the UK compared to earlier on in the week.
01:37 As we go through Saturday itself and like I said there's a fair amount of dry weather
01:41 for many places, especially across the northern half of the UK. Quite a good deal of sunshine
01:45 here perhaps across England and Wales some thicker cloud for a time. This should burn
01:49 back a bit and so we will see some bright sunny skies but just a little bit cloudier
01:54 than perhaps further north. Albeit there will be some cloud coming and going here and there.
01:59 Still some showers around for places. This is highlighting that there'll be some showers
02:02 across central southern Scotland into northern England, northern Ireland and particularly
02:06 across southern parts of England too. Elsewhere you can't rule out a few showers but likely
02:10 to stay mostly dry and in the southwest although we will have some showers through the morning
02:16 I am expecting the showers to ease a little bit as we go into the afternoon. Like I said
02:20 though a chilly feel to things. Temperatures lower than they have been recently but they're
02:25 only around average for the time of year. So it's not especially cold and in fact we
02:30 should still just about scrape into double figures towards the southwest. Later on as
02:35 we go through Saturday evening and it's looking like a bit of a drier evening than Friday
02:40 and it's probably not going to be quite as chilly. That being said there will still be
02:45 some clear skies around so it will turn a little bit chilly for some of us. Temperatures
02:48 again dropping to low to mid single figures but perhaps not quite as cold as it will be
02:53 if you're heading out on Friday. And worth noting in the southwest here some thicker
02:58 cloud and perhaps some more persistent rain starting to push its way in. That's in association
03:04 with that system that I highlighted at the start. So an area of low pressure making its
03:08 way eastwards most likely somewhere towards the south of the UK. Bit of uncertainty as
03:13 to the timing of this rain and how far north it's going to get. Some models want to keep
03:18 this area of low pressure a bit further south in which case we wouldn't see much if any
03:23 rain across the UK. But I think the greatest likelihood is that we'll have a fair amount
03:28 of rain pushing across southern parts as we go through Sunday. The wettest area is likely
03:32 to be south of the M4 corridor but we could see some rain pushing into more central parts
03:38 of England and into Wales as well. But always remember there's the potential that the worst
03:43 of the rain, the heaviest rain stays to the south of the UK. It does look like further
03:47 north it's going to be a mostly dry picture. Perhaps the greatest chance of some sunshine
03:50 will be across central western parts of Scotland. Watch out for a few showers here and there
03:55 but yeah a drier picture than is likely further south. Also some strong winds in the south
04:01 in association with that low pressure system so it could be a pretty unsettled day. It
04:05 is still going to be a little chilly. Temperatures staying around average for the time of year
04:10 similar to Saturday. Perhaps a touch milder in the south, highs around 10 or 11 Celsius
04:15 but in the wind the rain is going to feel pretty unpleasant. Looking ahead to next week
04:21 and any wet weather we see on Sunday should clear away as we go through Monday and so
04:25 we are likely then to see something a bit drier for a time but that does bring the risk
04:30 of some frost and some fog patches too. Then further wet weather is likely as we go later
04:36 in the week from Tuesday onwards. Some of it could be a bit heavy at times and whilst
04:40 there will be some drier spells in between we do need to watch out for some heavy bursts
04:44 of rain. But temperatures staying near normal for the time of year. That being said there
04:48 will be perhaps something a little bit milder for a time but always the chance of some frost
04:53 and some fog forming during any quieter nights. We will keep you up to date with the full
04:57 forecast as we go through the weekend and into next week so do stay up to date. Bye
05:02 bye.
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