00:00Hello and welcome to the Met Office forecast for the weekend. A weekend in
00:04transition in many respects. For some of course it's the last weekend of the
00:09summer holidays and we do go from August to September that means the start of the
00:13meteorological autumn. It's almost as if the weather knows because it will be a
00:17weekend in which the weather changes from a very wet start in the northwest
00:21to that rain clearing its way eastwards and introducing showery weather and
00:27and cooler air across all parts by Sunday. In other words it's going to feel more
00:32like autumn on the first day of the meteorological autumn. But it's summer
00:36still for Friday afternoon across southern parts of the country. Warm
00:40sunshine to end the day. Meanwhile very wet weather for western Scotland and
00:44Northern Ireland in particular. That rainfall intensifying through Friday
00:48night. Some horrendous conditions if you're traveling through Friday evening
00:52and also that rainfall tending to build up through the next few days over the
00:56higher ground of western Scotland and Northern Ireland in particular. Could be
01:00some localized flooding. Yellow warning in force. The bright colors there
01:04indicating that rainfall increasing further through the night time and into
01:08the start of Saturday. Now let's take a look at what's causing that rainfall.
01:13It's a weather front but it's a weather front that is very slow moving and it's
01:16where these weather fronts combine called a triple point where the rainfall
01:20will be at its most intense as we start the weekend. So it's in this area at
01:24western Scotland. Northern Ireland particularly soggy to start off Saturday
01:27morning. But by this stage it starts to be pushed along by the winds and that
01:32means that it will bring the wet weather to western parts of England as well as
01:36Wales for Saturday morning. Wet and windy as we begin the weekend in western and
01:42northern parts of Britain. Winds touching gale force around exposed western coasts.
01:47Complete different story ahead of the front though because for East Anglia and
01:50the southeast a sunny start to the weekend only gradually clouding over and
01:55the rainfall tending to peter out as it approaches this part of the country.
01:59Rainfall continuing to be steady and heavy for northeast Scotland through
02:02much of the day. But elsewhere for western Scotland, Northern Ireland,
02:06western parts of England as well as Wales we replace the morning rain with
02:10brighter skies but also frequent lively showers brought in by a blustery breeze.
02:16Behind the weather front as the rain clears away we introduce cooler air so
02:20temperatures in the high teens generally. But ahead of the front it is at least
02:25warm for one more day and in one or two spots the sunnier parts of East Anglia
02:3025 Celsius is possible. Now we clear that weather front completely by
02:35Sunday morning and that means actually it's going to be a fresh start on Sunday
02:39and some shelter spots will be down to the low single figures. But plenty of
02:42sunshine for southern Britain. Meanwhile we're going to see even more showers
02:46piling into essentially the northern two-thirds of the UK. North Wales,
02:50northwards it's a very lively day with frequent heavy downpours, thunder and
02:55hail in some of the livelier showers and there'll be a fair few showers pushing
02:59into western parts of Wales and the southwest as well. In between the showers
03:04some drier interludes not that many though for the north. Meanwhile it's
03:08across central and southern Britain where we see the driest weather and say
03:12into parts of the Midlands, central southern England and the far southeast
03:15some places will largely avoid showers and stay dry through Sunday. It will be a
03:20brisk breeze and it will feel a lot cooler I think in the southeast
03:24temperatures only just making it up to 20 Celsius. So a cooler feel for Sunday,
03:29frequent showers for many areas but of course always the opportunity to enjoy
03:34some dry and brighter weather in between the showers. You can keep up to
03:38date with all the latest through the weekend by following us on social media.
03:42Bye bye.
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