This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the weekend 22/08/2024. Once Storm Lilian clears into the North Sea, the weather will slowly but surely improve for most throughout this Bank Holiday weekend. However sunshine will still be limited and i
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00:00Hello, there will be a bit of an improvement to the weather for many of us for this bank
00:04holiday weekend, but it is going to be quite a slow process. Now, Storm Lillian has brought
00:10a very unsettled end to the week across many northern areas, and this active area of the
00:15jet stream will do its work to drive Storm Lillian up into the North Sea throughout Friday
00:20and ahead of the weekend. But we've still got a pretty active area of the jet stream,
00:25and where we are to the north of that, we'll still have some pretty heavy showers coming
00:29in throughout Saturday. And to the south, notice the weather front. That's the rainfall
00:33from Friday returning to southern areas for Saturday morning. So pretty wet start is likely
00:39for many southern areas of England in particular, particularly the southeast, where the rain
00:44may linger towards lunchtime. And once it does clear, there is a risk of some pretty
00:48heavy and possibly thundery showers breaking out. Now, away from this area to the north
00:53and west across Northern Ireland and Scotland, again, quite a few showers breaking out. We've
00:57got a northwesterly wind as well, so it's not going to be a very warm feeling day wherever
01:02you are on Saturday. Across the north and west, temperatures around the mid-teens in
01:06the south and east, 20 or 21 degrees at best, but quite widely, I think, will be in the
01:11teens. And compared to average, the temperatures will be below par for this time of the year
01:17across the board. But it's particularly across the south and east where that rain will linger
01:21through much of the morning, where it's going to be quite a cool feeling day. Now, that
01:25wet weather front will clear away to the east by Saturday evening. And behind it, we've
01:29still got low pressure generally in charge to the north, a fairly cool air mass as well.
01:34So it's going to be a fairly cool feeling day on Sunday, but I think generally a drier
01:39day than Saturday. And there will be more in the way of sunshine across eastern areas
01:44of England in particular. I think sunshine will be more limited as we head into the afternoon.
01:48That's because the next area of wet weather will spread into parts of Northern Ireland
01:52and Scotland through Sunday afternoon. The wet weather is not looking as significant
01:57as anything we'll have seen through Friday and some of those showers through Saturday.
02:01But I think there could still be some fairly brisk winds in there. So temperatures still
02:05limited to the mid-teens for many areas of Northern Ireland and Scotland. While we hold
02:09on to a bit more sunshine across eastern areas of England, we could see temperatures climbing
02:13towards 23 or 24 degrees. So definitely a slightly warmer feeling day for some of us
02:18on Sunday, but not a day of water wall sunshine at all. Now, as we head through Sunday night
02:25and into Monday, we head into a bank holiday for some areas of the UK. There is a weather
02:30front arriving across northwestern areas into Northern Ireland and Scotland through the
02:33day. But elsewhere, we've got fairly brisk winds, but there are southwesterly wind through
02:37Monday. So that does mean it will feel that much warmer. There will also be some sunshine,
02:42particularly for eastern areas where we're more protected from the southwesterly wind.
02:47And there will be some sunshine through the morning. However, across the west, rainfall
02:51will arrive later on in the afternoon. There is some uncertainty with exactly how quickly
02:56this rain will move in. I think it's more likely actually moves in a little later than
03:00these graphics show. So it could stay a bit drier for longer for parts of Wales, the southwest
03:05and some northwestern areas of England. But for Northern Ireland and much of Scotland,
03:09it will likely turn much wetter through the rest of the day. But the south and east should
03:13stay clear of the rain through much of the bank holiday weekend. And it will feel fairly
03:19warm in the sunshine as well. Temperatures are climbing towards the mid-20s across the
03:23south and east for some areas on Monday. Across the north and west, though, where the rain
03:27does arrive, we'll still be closer to those mid-teens. But I think the warmest day of
03:32the weekend is expected on Monday. Things are expected to improve even more for some
03:38of us into next week. But you can find more details about all of that on our YouTube channel.
03:42See you again soon. Bye bye.