A front tracking south and eastward will bring cloud and rain over the of the UK. This will be less impactful over England and Wales as the front breaks up later in the night. Clear skies follow with cooler temperatures. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 02/08/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00Hello again. Yes, there will be some rain at times this weekend, but also a fair bit
00:05of dry, bright and rather warm weather too. Currently, as we go through the end of Friday
00:11and overnight into Saturday, there is a front making its way southeastwards and that could
00:15bring some heavy pulses of rain to some southern southeastern parts for a time on Saturday.
00:21But then a ridge of high pressure is going to build as we go through Saturday night and
00:25so that should quieten things down for a time. As a result, Sunday is likely to start most
00:29nicely fine before another system comes in from the west. And this is going to bring
00:34some fairly wet and windy weather, particularly across parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland
00:39and then later northern and western parts of England and Wales as we go through the
00:43end of Sunday and into Monday. But back to the here and now. And like I say, we do have
00:48a front making its way southeastwards. Some heavy pulses of rain in this as it makes its
00:53way into England and Wales. But then it does break up. So for many parts of England and
00:58Wales, it's just going to turn a bit cloudier overnight and then a little bit of rain, perhaps
01:03particularly for Devon and Cornwall through the early hours of Saturday morning. Further
01:07northwest, we will have some clearer skies coming in behind that front and it is going
01:12to be mostly dry. But with those clear skies, temperatures are going to dip a little bit
01:16lower than they have done through some recent nights. A bit of a fresh night across some
01:20parts of Scotland could get into mid single figures, perhaps a different story across
01:26more central southern parts of the UK, where we have that cloud coming in. Temperatures
01:31are going to hold up high teens for some places. So another relatively warm night to come.
01:36That front, like I say, does clear away towards the southeast as we go through Saturday, but
01:41it takes a little while to do so. And there could be some wavy features in amongst it.
01:46So do watch out for some heavier pulses of rain mixed in as we go through Saturday. But
01:50many places could actually stay largely dry and a good deal of sunshine across many parts
01:55of England and Wales. For Scotland and Northern Ireland, although it will start mostly fine,
02:00there will be showers in the west and these are going to push eastwards, become more widespread
02:04as we go through the day. And some of them also could be a little bit on the heavy side.
02:09That front, as well as a bit of cloud, bit of rain as it pushes through, will have brought
02:12something a bit fresher temperature wise. And so although it's been a hot day in the
02:17east again today, by Saturday it's going to be quite a bit fresher. Mid 20s, so still
02:22feeling warm in any sunshine. Further north for Scotland, Northern Ireland, we're looking
02:26at high teens really at best. Later on Saturday, there will still be some
02:31showers continuing for a time across Scotland and Northern Ireland. But because of that
02:35ridge that I mentioned, these will generally ease and die out. And so for most, it's going
02:39to turn dry overnight. Maybe some pockets of mist and fog before then some thickening
02:44cloud starts to spill its way in from the west as we go through the early hours of Sunday
02:48morning. Where you have clear skies and the settled conditions because of that ridge,
02:53it could be a bit fresher than some recent nights. But if you're in the west and we have
02:57that cloud coming in, that will stop temperatures from dropping too much. So it still could
03:02be relatively warm for some of us. Then Sunday, a fine start for most of us. Yes, a bit cloudy
03:07at times and there could be the odd spot of rain where the clouds thick enough. But on
03:11the whole, particularly across England and Wales, it is going to be largely dry and there
03:14will be some sunshine around as well. For Scotland and Northern Ireland, a cloudier
03:19story and as that front makes its way in, it is going to bring some rain, particularly
03:23to Northern Ireland and the western parts of Scotland. So turning wetter here as we
03:27go through the latter part of the day and do watch out for the winds as well. They're
03:31going to strengthen, could be quite blustery, particularly in exposed coastal parts towards
03:36the west. Temperatures, well, they look relatively similar to Saturday, really. So again, highs
03:41in the mid 20s towards the southeast and a few degrees lower than this. The further
03:45north and west you go, there will be some wet weather to come as we go through into
03:51next week, particularly across northern and western parts. Some of that rain, though,
03:55could push its way towards the southeast. So it may not stay totally dry here, but it
03:59does look like it will be drier than across the north and west. And with that in the southeast,
04:04we could have some relatively warm and humid conditions again. And then that brings the
04:08risk of some thunderstorms developing. So, yes, definitely not totally dry. Some signs
04:13towards the end of next week that southern parts could have a bit of high pressure building.
04:17So that could settle things down. But we'll get a better idea of that as we get nearer
04:21the time. So do make sure you stay up to date. I'll see you again soon. Bye bye.