00:00Hello, very good day to you. There is the risk of some thundery downpours developing, particularly across northern parts as we go through today.
00:08But is that that surprising when we factor in just how hot and how humid it is across the country at the moment?
00:14There is low pressure to the west of us. It's not particularly deep low. It's pretty weak.
00:18But nonetheless, it is helping us drag in that hot air from the south, which is why temperatures are well above average.
00:25With that then, lots of fine weather across much of the country through today, the exception across parts of the far southeast, a few showery bursts here.
00:33And like I said, we could see some heavy, perhaps even thundery showers developing across some far northern parts, particularly the far north of Scotland.
00:40But maybe some parts of Northern Ireland and northern England could see some.
00:44Some question marks as to whether or not we are going to see any of these showers developing.
00:49But if we do, they could turn heavy and they could turn thundery across parts of Scotland.
00:54We have issued a thunderstorm warning because we could be looking at, well, 20 to 40, locally 50 millimetres of rain in a very short period of time.
01:02And that's enough to cause some disruption and factor in some strong gusts and frequent hail as well.
01:07Meanwhile, the temperatures are a big talking point at the moment.
01:10It is hot. It is humid.
01:12And with that, then, we're likely to see temperatures again peaking in the low to possibly mid 30s, particularly across eastern parts.
01:19We're looking at highs of around 32, 33, possibly 34 Celsius across eastern parts of England.
01:25So a couple of degrees hotter than it was yesterday here.
01:28But further west and particularly around coastal areas, a slightly cooler, slightly fresher feel perhaps, but still pretty hot for many of us with temperatures widely in the low to mid or even high 20s across many places.
01:42As we go through the evening and overnight, still some heavy, thundery showers for a time across northern parts of Scotland.
01:48Then the showers kind of fizzle out for a little while, but then they're likely to redevelop again across parts of Northern Ireland into northern England and across parts of Scotland too.
01:56A few showery bursts pushing into parts of Wales.
01:58And all the time, there could still be some showery rain reaching the far southeast of England as well.
02:03But elsewhere, many places having a dry, clear night, but another warm and rather sticky one.
02:08Temperatures not dropping a huge amount.
02:10Most towns and cities holding up in the mid or high teens Celsius.
02:15Then through tomorrow again, the big talking point will be, yes, the heat, but also the fact that there will be these heavy, thundery downpours.
02:22You can see plenty of showers likely to develop across parts of Northern Ireland into northern England and also across parts of Scotland, in particular eastern Scotland.
02:31That's where they're going to be heaviest.
02:33Meanwhile, towards the south of the country, a lot of fine weather here, probably not as grey, as cloudy as it was through this morning across parts of the southwest, a brighter, sunnier picture.
02:43As I mentioned, we do still have some more thunderstorms likely across northern parts.
02:48And so we have another thunderstorm warning for Thursday.
02:50This covers Northern Ireland and the whole of Scotland this time.
02:54And we could see some heavier rainfall rates.
02:57We're talking 20 to 40 millimetres in an hour and perhaps up to 40 to 60 millimetres in an hour in some places.
03:03And again, the risk of frequent lightning and some hail and some gusty winds where we see those downpours.
03:08Always worth bearing in mind when it comes to thunderstorms, when it comes to showers, they're hit and miss.
03:13Many places will avoid them entirely.
03:15But some places are at risk of seeing some heavy, disruptive, thundery rain.
03:21Temperatures are going to be a couple of degrees down for many of us on Thursday compared to today.
03:26That being said, it's still going to feel pretty hot, especially across parts of the east, southeast, where you get that decent sunshine.
03:32But yes, temperatures just pegged back a little bit, perhaps.
03:35And we're looking at low to possibly mid-20s across some western areas.
03:39We may just about scrape into the low 30s across the east of the country.
03:43But it's, yeah, not quite as hot as today.
03:46Then a few more showers to come as we go through the end of the day.
03:49Still some pretty intense one, particularly across eastern parts of Scotland.
03:53And here we could see some further disruption, which is why the warning stays with us until the evening.
03:59But then perhaps a slightly drier, calmer theme as we go through into Friday.
04:04And for this weekend as well, the weather's looking generally fine, not totally dry.
04:09There will be some showery rain pushing through.
04:11And we're actually likely to see temperatures rising again.
04:13So whilst Thursday's looking a touch cooler than some recent days, I think by Friday, Saturday, Sunday,
04:19more likely to be in the low 30s in a few more places as well.
04:22So more hot weather to come.
04:24If you want more information about what's to come looking even further ahead,
04:28well, why don't you check out the 10-day trend, which Honor will be bringing to you later on.
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