Met Office Wednesday Evening Weather Forecast 03/04/2024

03 April - National weather forecast presented by Annie Shuttleworth.

Transcript

00:00Hello, good evening. Thursday will be a much drier day for most areas, particularly in

00:05the north-east where we've seen some pretty persistent rain. It's been quite a miserable

00:09few days up here. That rain's going to still persist through this evening as that pulls

00:13in the colder northerly air as well, still have that cold feel through this evening.

00:18Further south, though, we'll see bands of rain push in from the south-west. These will

00:22be heavy at first, particularly across south-western areas, but as they push further north the

00:26rain should ease, but I think most areas will see at least some outbreaks of rain throughout

00:30the course of the night. Plenty of cloud around, though, so it should be another fairly mild

00:35start to the day away from the far north-west. This band of rain across the south-west will

00:40push into parts of southern Wales. The Midlands into the south-east could bring some travel

00:44disruption first thing, but once it does clear out the way, there's going to be much more

00:48in the way of drier weather, particularly, as I said, across this north-eastern area.

00:52It's still going to be a largely cloudy day, but the winds will be a little bit lighter.

00:56It's still a northerly wind, still a cold direction, but it's lighter than it has been

01:00lately, so it'll be feeling that much milder. In the south, we'll see a mix of sunshine

01:04and showers developing. There'll be a decent amount of sunny breaks, though, and in that

01:09sunshine it will feel fairly pleasant, highs of 15 or 16 degrees. By the end of the day,

01:14though, once again in the south-west, we see the next batch of rain arriving. That will

01:18push north through the course of Thursday night. That could bring some quite gusty spells

01:23of rain, especially up through Irish sea coasts. So, many areas are going to see outbreaks

01:27of rain by Friday morning. As that rain pushes north into Scotland, bumping into that cold

01:32air, it'll likely fall as snow above around 400 metres over the Highlands and Grampians.

01:37The winds are also going to pick up, but behind that area of rain, the temperatures also pick

01:43up quite considerably. So, we'll be starting the day across many areas of England and Wales

01:47at about 11, possibly 12 degrees, so a very mild start to the day, and the temperatures

01:52will only increase as the day goes on and into the weekend as well. So, through Friday,

01:56it's going to be quite a wet day for many north-western areas. However, further south,

02:01for much of England and Wales, it'll actually turn much drier through the day. Yes, it will

02:04be quite a breezy day, but there's going to be some decent sunshine, particularly across

02:08the south-east, and it's going to feel very warm in that sunshine for the time of year,

02:12highs of 17, 18, possibly 19 degrees on Friday. As I said, those temperatures only pick up

02:19even further as we head into the weekend, but we do see a deep area of low pressure

02:24develop to the south-west. Those bring strengthening winds too. So, it's going to be an unseasonably

02:29windy weekend, but also a mild one. We could see 20 degrees for the first time this year

02:34so far. Bye bye.