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This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the weekend, dated 12/10/2023.

As cold air moves in from the north, temperatures this weekend will be markedly lower than last weekend. There will be showers around, especially on Saturday with some wintriness over higher ground in Scotland, before Sunday looks drier for most.

Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.

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00:00 Hello, you've probably heard we have some colder weather on the way this weekend.
00:04 But how cold?
00:05 Well, some places will be 10 degrees lower than they were last weekend.
00:09 Starting off looking at Friday quickly, and we have a wet picture because of a weather
00:12 system crossing England and Wales, bringing some wind and rain.
00:16 And low pressure towards the north will bring some blustery showers across parts of Scotland.
00:21 But it's because of this low pressure towards the northeast and then high pressure towards
00:25 the west and the fact that we end up sandwiched in between those two, we are going to drag
00:30 in some northerly winds.
00:32 And it's on those cold northerly Arctic winds that we're going to see our temperatures plummeting
00:37 as cold air pushes its way southwards into the weekend.
00:41 Looking at the details for Saturday, and it's a bright sunny picture for many of us to start,
00:45 but showers feeding in on that cold northerly wind.
00:48 Some hefty ones across parts of north northeastern Scotland, risk of some thunder here, and otherwise
00:53 showers feeding in through the Irish Sea.
00:55 But they are going to become more widespread and penetrate further inland as we go through
01:01 the afternoon.
01:02 Still quite scattered though.
01:03 I think many places will see some showers, but they'll be fairly hit or miss and there'll
01:07 be some decent bright sunny spells in between those showers.
01:10 Across parts of Scotland, we could see some wintryness over the higher ground in particular,
01:15 but perhaps even some wet snow reaching lower levels of Orkney and Shetland.
01:19 And here it's going to be windy.
01:20 You could see gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour.
01:23 And generally across Scotland, it's going to be a windy picture and that will add to
01:27 the cold feel.
01:28 So feeling pretty chilly as some places see temperatures struggle into single figures.
01:33 A little bit milder further south and lighter winds here, but notice those temperatures
01:38 much lower than they were this time last weekend.
01:41 As we go into Sunday, we're going to continue to see high pressure starting to edge its
01:45 way in from the west.
01:46 We continue with that northerly wind and so it is going to stay cold, continuing to bring
01:50 our air in down from the Arctic.
01:52 But that high pressure will start to settle things down a bit more.
01:56 As a result, Sunday morning, lots of clear skies and it is going to be quite chilly as
02:00 a result of that.
02:01 So a touch of frost quite likely, especially in some northern areas, but plenty of bright
02:06 sunny skies first thing on Sunday morning.
02:09 There will be a few showers around, particularly across parts of Wales, perhaps Northern Ireland
02:13 too, and a system toppling to the north of that high pressure will bring some cloud and
02:18 showery rain across parts of Scotland, continuing as we go through the day, perhaps edging a
02:22 little bit further southwards.
02:24 Otherwise, because of the high pressure, many places going to have a fine settled day, much
02:29 fewer showers than on Saturday.
02:30 In fact, many places not seeing any showers at all.
02:33 Plenty of sunshine, though it could be a little bit hazy at times and a bit more cloud perhaps
02:38 towards the west and southwest of the UK.
02:41 Despite the sunshine, temperatures aren't going to rise particularly high.
02:44 In fact, for some of us, they could be a little bit lower than Saturday in the south, looking
02:48 at highs around 12 or 13 Celsius.
02:50 And again, some places in the north likely to stay in single figures, though the winds
02:55 here not quite as strong, not as blustery as it will be on Saturday.
03:00 We continue with the largely clear skies as we go through Sunday night and overnight into
03:04 Monday.
03:05 Still a bit of cloud and some showery rain, perhaps a bit of sleet or snow over parts
03:09 of Scotland.
03:10 And across the bulk of England and Wales and parts of Northern Ireland, often clear skies.
03:15 As a result, we could see a bit of mist and fog developing, particularly towards some
03:18 coastal areas.
03:19 And you can't rule out one or two coastal showers, but for many it will stay dry.
03:24 Under those clear skies, though, it's going to be chilly, probably a little bit chillier
03:28 than Saturday night.
03:30 And so first thing Monday morning, you'll really notice it.
03:33 You may need to scrape your windscreen on your cars because it is going to be a chilly,
03:37 perhaps even frosty start.
03:39 As we look ahead to next week and well, high pressure to start off with, so largely fine
03:43 but cold.
03:44 Before then, I am expecting something a little bit more mobile to push its way in from the
03:49 west so we could see some rain arriving, particularly towards southwestern parts as we go through
03:53 the week.
03:54 And that will also lead to our temperatures rising.
03:56 We'll have more information on the forecast through the weekend and for next week across
04:01 our social media channels on our website and our app.
04:04 I'll see you later.
04:04 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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