00:00 Hello again. After a lively night in some places with heavy rain and thunderstorms,
00:07 the weather eases a little during Thursday but we're still going to see some outbreaks
00:12 of rain, even some thundery downpours through the rest of the day. It's a fairly messy situation
00:18 across Europe at the moment, big temperature contrasts and low pressure sitting across
00:22 central Europe. That's the recipe for some heavy rain for some. But an area of low pressure
00:28 to the west of the UK and one across central Europe brings a plume of warmth in from the
00:35 east and as that clashes with the cooler air coming around the low to the west, we've got
00:40 this frontal boundary and that's been the focus for the outbreaks of rain overnight
00:44 and that will continue to be the focus for some heavy downpours through parts of Wales,
00:49 south-west England and further thundery showers potentially moving up across central and southern
00:54 parts of England into mid Wales through the morning. Much of this eases by the afternoon
00:59 although the focus shifts north so north Wales, north Midlands could see some thundery downpours
01:05 by the afternoon. Much quieter across northern parts of the UK, Northern Ireland, Northern
01:10 England, Scotland mostly dry. Some cloud coming into north-eastern parts, north-east England,
01:16 south-east Scotland for example and that's really going to limit temperatures here with
01:20 11 or 12 Celsius possible around coastal parts and that low cloud making it feel quite miserable
01:26 with the wind from the North Sea. Meanwhile, we've got some real warmth to the air mass
01:32 across western Scotland, a lot of sunshine here and in some spots for western Scotland
01:37 we could get up to 20 to 23 Celsius. Likewise for north-west England into the Midlands,
01:43 east Anglia even. Depending on sun amounts, depending on where showers end up, there's
01:49 the potential for low 20s. Cooler though where we've got the outbreaks of rain continuing
01:53 across south Wales and the south-west. And that continued northward shift carries on
01:59 through Thursday evening and overnight. The frontal boundary I mentioned is pushing north
02:04 so Ireland into Wales, parts of the Midlands, that's where the rain will end up by the end
02:10 of the night, mostly north of the M4 I'd say, drying up to the south of that and staying
02:15 dry for northern England, Scotland and northern Ireland with plenty of clear spells towards
02:19 the north-west, further cloud coming in from the North Sea to affect north-eastern parts
02:24 and temperatures in most spots staying up in the high single figures or so. Now we start
02:29 off Friday with a lot of cloud across the central third of the UK and it's slow moving
02:35 this weather front so it's really across southern Scotland, northern and central England. Wales,
02:41 parts of northern Ireland will keep the cloud and will keep this ongoing risk of outbreaks
02:46 of rain and thundery showers going. On and off rain I suspect, hit and miss heavy showers,
02:52 not everywhere will be wet through the day but you can see the persistent nature of some
02:57 of this rain, it will be fairly damp in places. To the south of the M4, well plenty of sunshine
03:02 and a fresher feel I think, a cooler air mass from the south-west. But we've got the warm
03:08 air continuing across Scotland, not going to feel like it in the east because of the
03:12 low cloud but in the west, still the potential for the low 20s, could be the warmest spot
03:17 in the UK on Friday afternoon, somewhere like Fort William or Oban. Now Friday night continues
03:23 with that northward progression of the weather front before another low from the Atlantic
03:27 pushes in for the weekend. So further messy weather this weekend, outbreaks of rain and
03:33 showers around but not wet through the whole period, there will be some warm sunshine at
03:38 times two.
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