Thursday afternoon forecast 18/08/22

18 August - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello. The very lively weather from the hit and miss of intense thunderstorms of recent

00:05days is now clearing away. And in its wake, more typical weather for the UK. Low pressure

00:12from the Atlantic arriving, swinging a weather front into much of northern and western UK,

00:19bringing a lot of cloud cover and some outbreaks of rain. Those outbreaks of rain on the showery

00:25side I think with some heavy bursts over the Pennines perhaps into southern Scotland by

00:31the end of the afternoon. But otherwise, it's light to moderate. It's steady over the hills

00:36but on and off elsewhere. Still the potential for one or two showers in East Anglia and

00:41the South East but not on the same scale as recent days. And with some sunshine away from

00:45the showers, 26 Celsius is possible. Feeling cooler elsewhere with a fresh breeze and temperatures

00:51of 19 Celsius in Scotland, 21-22 across northern England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Now those

00:58outbreaks of rain, a few heavy bursts across parts of Scotland into the evening as well

01:03as parts of the Midlands and South West. They do travel South Eastwards and turning more

01:09showery really by the end of the night. Clear spells replace the rain across Scotland, Northern

01:15Ireland, much of northern and western England as well as Wales and temperatures into the

01:19double figures but not as warm as recent nights. 17-18 Celsius possible in the South East

01:26first thing Friday. And here there could be some sharp showers, perhaps even a rumble

01:30of thunder across East Anglia during the morning as the showery rain gets out of the way. Eventually

01:37it moves through so that by late morning skies are brightening across much of the southern

01:41half of the UK. Sunny spells but further showers affect northern England, Scotland and Northern

01:45Ireland. Quite a few showers coming along on a brisk southwesterly breeze and also we're

01:52going to see some heavy downpours towards the far north west. But on the whole it is

01:57looking like the south will stay dry and sunny spells will lead to 26 or 25 Celsius in the

02:05south, high teens, low twenties further north. Then into Friday evening the winds start to

02:11pick up across western Scotland, a blustery night to come here with the risk of gales

02:15for exposed coasts of western Scotland and some longer spells of rain coming along for

02:20the start of weekend here. But clear spells elsewhere and a fine start to the weekend

02:25for southern parts of the UK where it will stay largely dry on Saturday. A dry start

02:30for many on Sunday before further rain comes along later.