00:00High pressure leading to high temperatures, also high UV and high grass pollen levels across the country for the next few days.
00:09Lots of sunshine around through the course of Thursday.
00:11The main exception has been northern Scotland, where a weather front has been providing thicker cloud and drizzly rain.
00:16Still across Shetland, so well into the night, but it is tending to pull away.
00:20So it's going to be a sunnier day across the north of Scotland on Friday.
00:25Once more, though, through the Irish Sea, mist, low clouds, sea fog is likely to develop more widely and thicken up along some coasts,
00:33particularly the east coast of Northern Ireland may be a bit grey first thing on Friday morning,
00:38but also maybe Anglesea, the Isle of Man and around the coast of southwest Scotland.
00:43Quite a comfortable night across northern Scotland.
00:45Temperatures here, certainly rural spots, dipping down below the teens.
00:49But elsewhere, we will be in the mid-teens for most, and towns and cities in the south, the high teens.
00:55Cardiff, London may stay at about 18 Celsius, so a warm start to what will be a hot Friday for most.
01:01It will be a grey start for some in and around the Irish Sea, so the east coast of Northern Ireland in particular,
01:08parts of the southwest of Scotland, the north coast of Wales too.
01:12It should shrink that mist and sea fog to reveal some sunshine for pretty much all parts by the afternoon.
01:19As I said, a sunnier day for the Highlands and the Western Isles compared to Thursday.
01:23It's going to be a hotter day for many, with more sunshine across the north of Scotland.
01:27Temperatures quite a few degrees higher, but generally the warmth is spreading northwards.
01:32The coasts will always be a bit cooler, where we'll see some pleasant sea breezes.
01:35But inland, temperatures getting into the 30s more widely over the Midlands and East Wales.
01:41Then through Friday evening, a balmy summer's evening for most.
01:44Notice this thickening cloud out into the North Sea this time.
01:47And that could just develop more widely and start to drift inland as we head into the weekend.
01:52And again, it will be a warm start to the weekend.
01:56If anything, further north of Scotland and Northern Ireland, a warmer night, particularly so over the Highlands of Scotland.
02:03And temperatures in many areas in the mid to high teens to start the weekend.
02:07But again, we should have lots of sunshine on Saturday.
02:10Probably the peak of the heat.
02:12But not necessarily on the East Coast, because here there could be some mist and low cloud.
02:16Again, I'm hopeful it will shrink away from land.
02:19Just linger out to sea to reveal quite a bit of sunshine by the afternoon.
02:22But some coasts might just keep that mist and low cloud sticking by as we start to see a bit more of a breeze coming in from the sea.
02:29But for most, the winds are light, which means the temperatures are really going to rise on Saturday.
02:35Probably peaking in this zone across East Wales or West Midlands, 32, 33.
02:40Small chance we get to 34.
02:42On Saturday, northern parts of Scotland may get up to 30 degrees Celsius.
02:47The Murray Firth, the Highlands in particular.
02:50Again, some coasts will be cooler.
02:52And particularly if that mist and low cloud is a bit more stubborn, some of those East Coasts could be quite a bit cooler.
02:57So that's something to take note of into the weekend.
03:00This map is showing the anomalies compared to the mid-month average.
03:04So you can see that East Coast may actually be close to the average temperature, whereas most places are going to be above.
03:11Parts of Wales, western parts of England, northern Scotland will be well above.
03:16Now, by the time we get to Sunday, temperatures are starting to dip down.
03:20More notably, again, in eastern areas, but not as hot.
03:24That's probably a couple of degrees lower in most areas.
03:27Likely still to get to 30 Celsius in one or two places.
03:30And notice northern Scotland is showing the highest anomalies.
03:34The temperature's more above average here compared to other areas.
03:38So lots of sunshine to come this weekend.
03:40As I mentioned, UV and pollen will be high.
03:44If you're not a fan of the hot weather, want to know how to cope with it better,
03:47deal with UV and high pollen, then there's lots of good advice on the Met Office website if you search for weather ready.
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