00:00Hello. Very good day to you. Looking ahead to this weekend and a bit of a north-south split.
00:05It's across the far north of the country where there will be some wet and windy weather at times.
00:09Across more central southern parts, it's looking largely fine and increasingly warm.
00:14But before we get there, I want to look at the bigger picture and draw your attention to this area of low pressure currently out in the Atlantic.
00:21It's technically tropical storm Dexter, but it's going to come towards us, but it's going to fill and become less intense.
00:28It's going to lose its tropical storm status quite quickly.
00:31But nonetheless, it will influence our weather somewhat.
00:34I'll come on to the details about that in a second.
00:36For the time being, as we go into Friday, there are various areas of low pressure tumbling just to the north of the UK.
00:43And it's because of these and their associated fronts that we are going to have some rain at times across northern parts as we go through Friday into Saturday.
00:51And worth bearing in mind, look how tightly packed those isobars are.
00:54There will be some blustery winds in association with all that as well.
00:57Further south, like I said, it's actually looking largely fine through much of this weekend.
01:01High pressure firmly in control.
01:03That's going to be building further as we go through this weekend.
01:07And with that, we're going to see some warmer air pushing in too.
01:10That low that I mentioned at the start, what's currently tropical storm Dexter, it's, well, it's this feature here really.
01:17A separate sort of low develops to the north of that.
01:20And then it drives a frontal system that's going to come through as we go through the latter part of the weekend.
01:25Again, bring some wet and perhaps blustery weather to northern parts.
01:29But it doesn't look particularly intense anymore.
01:32But let's look at the details for this coming Friday.
01:34I know it's not technically the weekend, but lots of people often ask for the Friday forecast.
01:38And it is my 10-year wedding anniversary to my wife.
01:41So I thought it's worth taking a glance at.
01:44Across northern parts, like I say, it's quite cloudy at times.
01:46There will be some wet weather at times.
01:48Nothing particularly heavy, but a bit damp.
01:51Some showery rain pushing through and some blustery winds here.
01:54Across more central southern areas, a fine day to end the week.
01:57Plenty of blue skies on offer.
01:59And with that, it's going to feel pretty warm with temperatures peaking in the mid-20s towards the south.
02:03And even further north, high teens or low 20s.
02:06More showery bursts of rain to come for a time as we go overnight.
02:10But it is going to be largely dry for many places.
02:13And because it's going to be largely dry, perhaps a touch cooler than some recent nights, perhaps.
02:17Away from the northwest, where we are going to see another front making its way in.
02:22Like I said, there are various low pressure systems, various frontal systems across northern parts.
02:27And one of these fronts will be pushing across parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland,
02:31and perhaps into the far north of England as we go towards dawn on Saturday.
02:35Further south and east, though, staying dry, clearer skies.
02:38There could be the odd pocket of mist and fog with lighter winds towards the south.
02:42Then that front across Scotland and Northern Ireland does edge a little bit further southeastwards.
02:47There could be some heavier bursts of rain mixed in with this,
02:50but it doesn't look like it would be particularly impactful.
02:52And, yeah, just about bringing some outbreaks of rain to some parts of northern England.
02:57But most places staying dry.
02:58Across much of England and Wales, it looks like a fine day.
03:02Lots of blue sky on offer.
03:03And towards the north behind that front, even as it dies away, there will be a scattering of showers.
03:09And some of these showers could be quite heavy.
03:11Yes, there'll be blustery.
03:12And the odd thundery shower can't be ruled out either.
03:15Temperatures are going to rise as we go through this weekend.
03:17But we're still only looking at highs of around 25, 26 Celsius towards the south on Saturday.
03:22That being said, with the sunshine, it's going to feel pretty warm indeed.
03:25And once again, high teens or low 20s further north.
03:29But where you get those blustery winds, it is going to feel that little bit fresher for sure.
03:33Little change as we go through the end of the day on Saturday.
03:36So still a scattering of showers across northern parts, mostly dry elsewhere further south.
03:41And that's the thing that we take through much of the night.
03:43We'll be at some of the showery bursts across parts of Scotland and maybe Northern Ireland.
03:47They'll be easing a little bit, but still a few coming through at times.
03:50Elsewhere, and it's a largely dry picture, lots of clear skies.
03:54And with those clear skies, well, it may be a bit of a fresher night across some parts of, well, Scotland, Northern England.
04:01Because we don't have that front, that cloud that's pushing in through Friday night into Saturday.
04:06So more dry, clear weather on offer.
04:08But for most temperatures, well, similar to the previous night.
04:11So a little bit fresh for some of us, but not especially chilly.
04:14Then through Sunday, well, it's actually looking largely dry now for the bulk of the day.
04:19The low-pressure centre that I mentioned, which is to do with Tropical Storm Dexter, that's coming in.
04:27So things will be turning cloudier across Northern Ireland and perhaps western parts of Scotland.
04:31But now it looks like it's going to be well into the afternoon, perhaps early evening,
04:35before we see most of the rain arriving across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
04:40And it's really going to be towards the west-northwest.
04:42The winds will have dropped out for a time, but they are going to strengthen a little bit as that system pushes its way in.
04:47But across England and Wales, a fine day, lots of sunshine to go around.
04:52And with that sunshine and some warmer air making its way in, temperatures peaking possibly in the high 20s towards some places.
04:59So it's starting to get a little bit hot towards parts of the southeast.
05:03Further north, again, we're talking high teens or low 20s for quite a few places.
05:07Then, as we go towards next week, and the high pressure is still in the south and day-on-day heating and dragging in some warmer air from to the south of us,
05:18or across the near continent where temperatures are exceptionally high at the moment.
05:21That means that we're going to see our temperatures rising.
05:24Before that, we do have that unsettled spell affecting some northern parts of the UK.
05:28And with that hot air coming in across parts of the south, there's the risk of some heavy, perhaps even thundery showers developing as we go through Monday and into Tuesday across southern areas.
05:38But I think the big talking point will be the heat.
05:41We are likely to see temperatures rising.
05:43Getting into the low 30s looks quite likely as we go through the early part of next week.
05:48Mid-30s, not out of the question.
05:51Whether or not the heat spreads towards northern parts, I'm not so sure here.
05:54Temperatures look set to stay closer to average for the time of year, but hot across the south.
05:59And still some question marks as to exactly how long the heat is going to last.
06:03It could just be a flash in the pan in just a couple of days, Monday, Tuesday.
06:07Tuesday perhaps being the warmest, the hottest day where we could get into the mid-30s.
06:12And then thereafter, some uncertainty as to exactly what those temperatures do.
06:16So one to stay on top of.
06:17It does look like we will possibly have a heat wave of some sorts for some places.
06:22But exactly how severe, how long it's going to last, well, that's what we need to firm up on the details.
06:26I'll see you again soon.
06:27Bye-bye.
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