Further outbreaks of rain across parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland, especially in the south and east and also the far northeast of England. Risk of showers developing in parts of western Scotland, later, perhaps thundery. Heavy showers merging into longer spells of rain across some southeastern parts of England, persisting for much of the day. Across remaining parts of England and Wales, becoming brighter with sunny spells but locally heavy showers developing, especially in the afternoon with a risk of isolated thunderstorms. – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 06/05/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Craig Snell
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00:00 Hello there, welcome to your latest weather update from the Met Office. As we go through
00:05 this new week, the weather is set to change for the better if you're looking for some
00:09 drier weather. That is, we start to say goodbye to areas of low pressure as this area of high
00:14 pressure begins to move in and really dominate proceedings as we head towards the middle
00:18 of the week. Exceptions, the very far north-west of the country, weather fronts here just try
00:24 to move in from time to time, just giving some cloudier and some wetter weather here.
00:28 But for most of us, middle of the week onward looks fairly dry indeed. Back to the here
00:34 and now, that's not quite there just yet. We've still got some heavy rain to contend
00:38 with down towards the south-eastern corner, especially for parts of Kent and Sussex, and
00:43 it's really going to linger here for much of the day. Also quite a cloudy picture for
00:47 parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland with some outbreaks of rain, especially across
00:52 eastern and central Scotland. Elsewhere, there will be some bright spells, but that in turn
00:56 will trigger some fairly heavy showers in places. So if you do have travel plans throughout
01:01 the day today, just do take a little bit of extra time for your journeys because there
01:04 could just be some heavy rain almost anywhere really across the country. But where we do
01:09 see the sunshine, it will feel fairly warm, highs reaching around 18 or 19 degrees. But
01:14 if you're stuck under the cloud, especially across eastern parts of Scotland, north-eastern
01:18 England, feeling fairly cool here, highs only really struggling to reach around 11 to 13
01:23 degrees. So certainly a little bit below par for where we should expect this time in May.
01:29 So into this evening, a lot of the showers gradually beginning to fade away and also
01:33 the area of rain across south-east England just gradually moving towards the continent.
01:38 So by the end of the night, much of the UK turning dry with some clearer skies, especially
01:43 across parts of Northern Ireland and eastern England. The central slice probably remaining
01:47 fairly cloudy with some outbreaks of rain just continuing for Scotland and Northern
01:52 England. But where we do see the clearest skies, we'll see a little bit of mist and
01:56 fog form and also turning quite chilly compared to recent nights. Could see lows falling down
02:01 to about 2 to 3 degrees in the countryside. But for Northern Ireland and eastern England,
02:06 once any early mist and fog clears, a lovely start to Tuesday morning. Elsewhere, a lot
02:11 of cloud around, but I'm optimistic, especially across most southern parts of the UK, we will
02:16 see some brightness break through. But that may in turn trigger a few showers. They won't
02:20 be anywhere near as heavy or as frequent as Monday, but nonetheless, there will still
02:25 be a few around. Scotland, unfortunately, really remaining fairly grey here. Apart from
02:30 the far north of Scotland here, actually, we will see some sunshine as the afternoon
02:34 goes on. Temperature wise, really dictated once again, whether or not you have cloud
02:39 or sunshine. Where you do see the sunshine, highs reaching 20, possibly maybe even 21
02:45 degrees in the odd spot. But stuck under the cloud, especially again across parts of eastern
02:49 Scotland, temperatures really struggling. Only highs of 12 to possibly 13 degrees.
02:55 Then having a look at Wednesday. Wednesday starts to see the high pressure really dominate
03:00 across the UK. So as you can see, not a raindrop on the screen. So a largely dried day on Wednesday.
03:07 Not water or sunshine by any means. There will be a fair bit of cloud around, but there
03:11 will also be some sunshine in places. And highs ranging between the mid-teens, possibly
03:16 the low 20s across the more southern parts of the country. But do watch out for higher
03:21 pollen levels as we go through the week ahead as the settled weather begins to build across
03:26 the UK. But you can find out more about that on our social media channels. And if you want
03:30 a local forecast, check out our app or our website. But for me, take care and I'll see
03:35 you again soon.
03:36 (sighs)