00:00Hi there. Following a very long dry spell and much needed rainfall in places, we saw
00:06some hit and miss rain as we ended the weekend and that will continue to be the case on Monday.
00:11Large rainfall amounts in some places, courtesy of showers and thunderstorms, other areas
00:16escaping entirely dry and it's because this area of low pressure moving up from the south
00:21and that's going to bring a zone of instability, especially through parts of Wales, the Midlands
00:26into the southeast of England and that's where the greatest risk of some very lively showers
00:31and thunderstorms will occur. 40-50mm of rain in a couple of hours, hail, gusty winds, lightning,
00:38all of that is a risk because that amount of rain, of course, on dry ground could cause
00:45some serious impacts, but not a guarantee because these showers and thunderstorms will be hit
00:50and miss even in the greatest risk area, which, as I say, is Wales, the Midlands, into the
00:55southeast of England. Scattered showers and thunderstorms could also occur, particularly
00:59towards North Devon, Somerset and Cornwall and one or two are possible towards northwest
01:05England, southwest Scotland, perhaps Northern Ireland, but these will be even more isolated
01:11because of drier air further north and much of Scotland is simply sunny and dry and eastern
01:18England escaping dry as well because of a breeze coming from the North Sea, keeping things a little
01:25cooler. Inland, though, temperatures reaching the mid-twenties where the sunshine continues
01:31and it's going to be feeling humid in many places with an increase in cloud cover compared
01:37with much of spring so far. Now, showers and thunderstorms will continue for a time until
01:43the sun goes down, although overnight always the chance of one or two showers here and then
01:47again in the same sort of places. Otherwise, it's clear spells for many through the hours
01:53of darkness. Some low cloud coming into the northeast of the UK, temperatures dipping to
01:58the high single figures, low double figures. Now, we start off Tuesday with that low cloud
02:03hugging the northeast coast of Scotland, northeast England as well. It tends to retreat back to
02:08the beaches, by and large, by mid-morning. Elsewhere, sunny skies, but the line of instability
02:15remains. It's sinking south somewhat, so it's south Wales into central southern England and
02:22towards the southeast of England, where we're likely to see a few showers and thunderstorms
02:27developing by the afternoon. A notch down compared with Monday's activity, but still could be
02:32fierce where they occur in places. Otherwise, away from those areas, sunny skies return fairly
02:39mildly. Mid-20s, still possible, most especially towards northwestern parts of the UK, a little
02:44cooler and less humid further south and southeast. Going into Tuesday evening, these showers and
02:51storms tend to fade away. Once again, it's a clear night for many. Again, some low cloud
02:57hugging the northeast coast and coming inland across Scotland as well as northeast England.
03:03As we go into Tuesday night and Wednesday, high pressure reasserts itself. Always the chance
03:09of a few showers continuing on Wednesday in the far southwest. But as that high pressure
03:14builds, we're going to see widely sunny skies and dry conditions return. So, not doing farmers
03:20and growers any favours with the hit and miss very heavy showers potentially as we start the
03:26week and then turning much drier again as we end the week. So, no sign of useful rain in
03:33sight for the time being.
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