12 October - National weather forecast presented by Alex Burkill.
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00:00Hello, very good day to you. Welcome to your latest weather update brought to you by the
00:04Met Office. Whilst it's quite a cloudy picture across southern parts of the UK today, much
00:09brighter story further north, particularly northern England into Northern Ireland, some
00:13decent sunny spells. Yes, there's some cloud across parts of Scotland and also a scattering
00:18of showers, particularly towards the northwest, where we have some blustery winds too. But
00:22in the south, a grey, murky day here. The cloud will be thick enough for some outbreaks
00:28of drizzly rain as well. Despite that though, it's still relatively warm. Not as warm as
00:32it was earlier on in the week, but temperatures reaching highs of 19, possibly 20 Celsius
00:38and a bit of a muggy feel to things here too, but cooler further north. Many places here
00:43getting to highs of around 12 or 13 Celsius. We have a deep area of low pressure waiting
00:49to the southwest of the UK and it's this that's going to push its way northeastwards as we
00:54go through the end of Thursday, through Thursday night and into Friday. As a result, through
00:58Thursday night it is going to turn increasingly wet and windy across much of England and Wales
01:04as this heavy rain pushes its way in. We also have a low pressure system towards the north
01:09of the UK, so that's going to bring some blustery winds and allow for some showers to push their
01:14way southwards across parts of Scotland and perhaps into Northern Ireland as we head towards
01:18dawn on Friday too. It's also going to bring some colder air in from the north and so across
01:23some parts of Scotland, in the Shelter Glens perhaps, we could see temperatures dropping
01:27into the low to mid single figures, a much milder story further south. Friday then is
01:33going to be a wet and windy day across much of England and Wales. Some heavy rain could
01:38cause some problems on the roads during Friday morning rush hour and it's likely to stay
01:42very wet as we go through much of the day. Some high totals building up, particularly
01:46over the Welsh mountains, but even further south as we go into the afternoon there's
01:50the risk of some heavy thundery downpours perhaps which could cause some problems on
01:54the roads and some localised flooding as well. Further north with that high pressure it's
01:59staying windy towards northern parts and we're going to see some showers filtering their
02:03way southwards. So although there will be some bright sunny spells around, we're also
02:08going to see the chance of some wintriness over the higher ground of Scotland with a
02:12little bit of sleet or snow perhaps, though that's not that unusual for the time of year.
02:17Again a real marked contrast in our temperatures as we go through Friday. Colder air across
02:22northern parts and so some places may struggle to get into double figures. A different story
02:27further south though, here temperatures may even be a little bit higher than today. Highs
02:31around 21 or 22 Celsius, but in the wind and the rain it's not going to feel that warm.
02:38Let's take a closer look at the warning which was updated earlier today. You can see it
02:42covers much of England and Wales. We're likely to see some pretty high totals building up
02:47there's the risk of some flooding, disruption to travel. The highest rainfall totals likely
02:50to be over the Welsh mountains, but as I mentioned before there is the risk of some heavy thundery
02:56downpours affecting southern parts that could cause some problems as we go through evening
03:00rush hour. As we look towards the weekend and colder air is going to become more widespread
03:05pushing down from the north and so it is going to feel markedly colder than it has done recently
03:10for many areas. There will be a lot of sunny weather around, particularly on Sunday, but
03:14on Saturday many places are at risk of seeing a few showers and these could be a little
03:18bit wintry at times still across those mountains in the north. I'll have a more in depth look
03:23at the weekend forecast in our weekend video which will be available on our YouTube channel
03:28later on this afternoon. Otherwise you can keep up to date across the forecast over our
03:32social media channels. I'll see you later.