00:00Welcome to your latest update from the Met Office. Hot for some, downpours for others.
00:05Plenty going on with the weather today and indeed into the weekend.
00:09Here's the bigger picture, the view from space.
00:11The thickest cloud is across the western half of the UK, closest to an area of low pressure.
00:17And the winds go anti-clockwise around low pressure, so we're wafting up air from the south.
00:23Hence why it's warm and hence why it's humid.
00:25And that's why we've also got these thundery showers that we've seen drifting up from the south.
00:30It's been a very wet start for parts of southwest England and Wales.
00:33More rain to come here and the rain getting heavier across Northern Ireland, which could cause some problems.
00:38So we have Met Office yellow warnings in place.
00:41Heavy rain will continue to drift its way northwards, losing some of the thunderstorms.
00:47But still the potential for one or two, particularly in Wales later on.
00:50We'll see a few showers developing over northern England, perhaps parts of the West Midlands.
00:55Much of eastern England, a good chunk of southern England as the south-west turns drier.
01:00And most of Scotland actually having a fine day out there with some good spots of sunshine.
01:04There's quite a gusty wind blowing, particularly close to the heavier downpours.
01:08But also coming in from the North Sea, quite blustery conditions here,
01:12bringing a little bit of ha at times around the coasts of the far north-east.
01:16And certainly bringing a cooler feel on some of those coasts.
01:19But for many, it's really quite warm.
01:20It's really quite humid.
01:21Even if you've got the cloud and the rain in the West, it is quite sticky.
01:25But temperatures with some sunshine across the south-eastern corner of the UK getting into the mid-twenties,
01:32perhaps a little higher in one or two places.
01:34Now, the rain will continue to push northwards through this evening.
01:36Still some heavy downpours.
01:37Parts of North Wales, north-west England, south-west Scotland seeing some heavy rain for a time this evening.
01:43But it all does tend to melt away, staying a bit wet across the far north-west of Scotland into the dawn period.
01:49One or two scattered showers further west.
01:51But many places actually having a dry night.
01:54And many central and eastern parts will be largely clear.
01:57Those brisk winds in the east will start to ease down.
02:00And what won't ease down are the temperatures.
02:01These are the numbers through the night.
02:03Urban areas staying in the mid-teens.
02:05So quite a warm, quite a humid night.
02:07A tricky night for sleeping, perhaps.
02:09Now, many places will have a fine start to Friday.
02:12Quite a bit of clouds in the west, but generally dry.
02:15Certainly a drier morning for Wales and south-west England compared to today.
02:19A few heavy showers likely to break out across northern Ireland.
02:22We'll need to watch those.
02:23They could turn into thunderstorms.
02:25And then all eyes down to the south as we start to see another round of storms drifting up from France.
02:32Perhaps getting into the south-west of England by the end of the afternoon.
02:37And certainly spreading quite a bit of cloud ahead of them.
02:39But certainly much of northern England, eastern England having a fine day.
02:43And in the east, peak of the temperature is likely to be in this spell.
02:47Well, 27, 28, perhaps 29 degrees Celsius.
02:50A small chance we could get to 30.
02:52Many other areas further west with more cloud.
02:54Not as hot.
02:55But probably feeling quite a bit warmer on some of these north sea coasts.
02:57Because the winds will be lighter and have switched directions.
03:00So a warmer, more humid feel here.
03:03That heat and humidity will then trigger further thunderstorms spreading up from the south.
03:07So again, an area, or a few areas we need to watch.
03:11Clutch of storms, perhaps for East Anglia and the south-east of England.
03:15And some further heavy rain for Wales and south-west England.
03:17Coupled with today's rain, that could cause some further disruption.
03:20Potential for flooding.
03:21A lot of rain falling in a short space of time.
03:24And with the thunderstorms, lightning, an extra hazard as well as the potential for hail.
03:29And all that wet weather continues to move northwards during Friday night.
03:32So you may get woken up by the rain or even a crack of thunder or a flash of lightning.
03:38So warnings in place also for Friday night and into Saturday.
03:42From the area of low pressure that's pretty much sitting over us by then.
03:46So some heavy rain around on Saturday.
03:48But low pressure does tend to drift away.
03:51Although there'll be a few showers on Sunday, it does look drier.
03:54And notably, cooler air is wafting in from the Atlantic by this stage.
03:58So we'll lose that humidity too.
04:00Onour will have a full weekend forecast on our YouTube channel by Thursday afternoon.
04:06So check that out for more details of the weekend.
04:08But there are warnings in place.
04:10So see our app for those and our website for all the latest.
04:14And also on our website, if you search up weather ready,
04:17you can find how you can be prepared for thunderstorms or for heat during the summer months.
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