Blue skies and bright sunshine for most parts of England and Wales and feeling very warm, locally hot with high UV. The extreme north of England, Northern Ireland and much of Scotland cloudier with patchy rain here. This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 29/07/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill
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00:00Hello, for many of us, there will be plenty of summer sunshine on offer as we go through
00:05today and tomorrow. However, towards the northwest of the UK, there is a weak front here and
00:11this is bringing a bit of cloud and a bit of rain. The bigger talking point at the moment
00:15though will be our temperatures. We have some hot air across us and so they are going to
00:19rise as we go through the next couple of days. This weak front towards the northwest will
00:24push its way southeastwards overnight into Tuesday, but it breaks up and clears away
00:28and then our attention turns to a thundery plume that's set to come up from the south
00:33later Wednesday and into Thursday. Then by the end of the week, an Atlantic system is
00:38likely to come in from the west and so that's going to bring some wet weather and also the
00:43change to something a bit fresher as we go into this weekend. But for the time being,
00:48let's look at the rest of today and as I said, across much of England and Wales, plenty of
00:54summer sunshine, lots of blue skies here, slightly cloudier story across the far north
00:58of England and across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland too. There will be a few
01:03spots of rain around many areas dry, perhaps towards the outer Hebrides, the far west of
01:08Scotland. There will be something a little bit more persistent rain wise, but none of
01:12this looks especially heavy. It is going to be quite cloudy in the northwest and with
01:16that temperatures a little bit suppressed compared to other places. Still high teens,
01:21low 20s, but the highest temperatures will be across England and Wales, particularly
01:25in the southeast, likely to get to highs in the high 20s, low 30s perhaps for some of
01:30us. So feeling pretty hot indeed. With the largely sunny skies, though, do be aware UV
01:36levels for some of us are going to be high. So if you are going to be out in the sunshine
01:40for any prolonged period of time, then you will need to make sure you are protected.
01:45As we go through later on, that front in the northwest is going to gradually edge a bit
01:48further south and eastwards across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. But the
01:52rain is going to be breaking up, so for many it is going to turn largely dry even as that
01:58front pushes its way across. Just a few spots of rain perhaps as we head towards dawn on
02:03Tuesday. Elsewhere and across England and Wales, largely fine, lots of clear skies,
02:07some late sunshine as we go through the evening and then a largely clear night overnight.
02:12There may be a few pockets of mist and fog, but many places will have just generally fine
02:17conditions. In the southeast, I'm expecting temperatures to perhaps be a touch higher
02:22than they were last night. So again, warm and uncomfortable for sleeping. But towards
02:27the northwest, it may actually be a little bit fresher than it was last night, with temperatures
02:32in some places dipping into single figures. Through Tuesday itself, then, any mist and
02:37fog patches will quickly clear away because there will be plenty of sunshine to burn these
02:41back. It is going to be a bright sunny day for many areas, particularly across England
02:46and Wales. Again, here we're going to have the sunniest skies, but there could be a bit
02:51of cloud, bit of low cloud, perhaps pushing in from the Irish Sea at times. And across
02:55Scotland, Northern Ireland, there will be some cloud coming and going, but a brighter,
02:59sunnier picture than today. And apart from a few showery bursts, most likely during the
03:04morning, it is looking dry for most of us across the country. Temperatures are going
03:09to be a little bit higher, particularly across England and Wales. In the southeast here,
03:13we could get to highs of around 32 Celsius, which would make it the hottest day of the
03:18year so far. As we go through later on this week, we do have that risk of a thundery plume
03:24coming up from the south that I mentioned. Bit of uncertainty about the timing. It could
03:27come later on Wednesday, or it could be more a Thursday feature. But nonetheless, some
03:32impacts from that are quite likely. In the run up to that, it's still going to be pretty
03:37hot and humid for some of us, too. Then, as things push in from the west, we're going
03:42to see some wet weather arriving, particularly towards western, northwestern parts, and something
03:47a bit fresher as we head towards the weekend. We will, of course, be keeping you up to date
03:51with the details, and you can find our week ahead forecast on our YouTube channel later
03:57on. I'll see you again soon. Bye bye.