00:00Hi there.
00:01Whilst it's southern parts of the UK where we've seen some hot and sunny weather so far
00:05this week, the heat and the sunshine extends nationwide during the rest of Friday as high
00:10pressure pushes out to the North Sea, establishing a southerly airflow, bringing heat from northern
00:16France but also allowing some instability to arrive from the west.
00:21So we've already seen a few showers into the south-west, they'll tend to drift north-eastwards
00:25into Wales, one or two showers also across parts of northern England and north-east Scotland,
00:31perhaps the odd thundery downport but these will be very isolated.
00:33For the vast majority it's dry, it's bright, some medium-level cloud drifting here and there
00:39but where we get that very strong June sunshine, temperatures reaching the mid to high 20s widely
00:43even as far north as northern mainland Scotland, Northern Ireland and the peak temperatures
00:48through the Midlands, north-west England, 30 to 32 Celsius possible.
00:53We will see some of these showers and they'll continue into the evening for parts of north-east
00:57Scotland and northern England.
00:59Eventually most places are dry overnight and we will have clear spells but some cloud will
01:04arrive into the west where it will stay humid.
01:06The most humid air is in the west, temperatures in places not dropping below 20 or 21 Celsius,
01:13so another uncomfortable night for sleeping.
01:15And then we get off to that very warm start on Saturday, temperatures shooting up quickly
01:19during the morning and into the afternoon.
01:21There's a chance of some showers and perhaps the odd thunderstorm in places particularly
01:25towards the west and south-west but the focus initially is on the rising temperatures and
01:30that very strong June sunshine, summer solstice of course, so it doesn't get much stronger
01:34than this.
01:35And temperatures as a result reaching the low 30s across parts of central and eastern England,
01:40perhaps as high in one or two spots as 33 or 34 Celsius.
01:45Edinburgh 27 Celsius but all that heat may result in some very severe thunderstorms and the main
01:53focus area, parts of north Wales, north Midlands, northern England as we go into Saturday evening
01:58for some serious downpours, large hail, gusty winds, frequent lightning as well.
02:04Not everywhere of course is going to see one of these, they'll be highly hit and miss.
02:08Some places will avoid them entirely even in that main risk area but where they do occur,
02:13there could be some considerable impacts.
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