00:00Hello there, welcome to your Wednesday evening weather update from the Met Office.
00:04High heat sometimes comes with thunderstorms. In fact, that will be the case for some places
00:09through the next 24 hours. The Met Office has issued a warning for thunderstorms
00:14extending into the evening across Scotland and then this pushes down towards Northern Ireland
00:19as we head through the night and into Thursday. Now these thunderstorms will be hit and miss,
00:25but if you catch one, you are likely to see some torrential downpours, the risk of some gusty
00:32winds with some heavier downpours and also hail as well as thunder and lightning. And this warning
00:38extends till 10pm. But as I said, many areas could see just some dry weather, some sunshine. And then
00:44on Friday, high pressure builds from the Atlantic. This will mean a bit of an onshore breeze across
00:51more eastern areas into Friday and the weekend. We're chasing cloud here and it turns quite gusty
00:57down towards the southwest. More about that in a moment. Notice a few showers across the near
01:02continent. We could see one or two across eastern counties through this evening. One or two also
01:06just moving in across Wales, the west country. Notice these heavier downpours with that thunder
01:11risk extending towards Orkney overnight. So a quieter spell of weather where you have seen those showers
01:17across Scotland, but they will return. Temperatures then will on the high side. It's going to be a
01:22muggy night, uncomfortable for sleeping into tomorrow morning. Well, first of all, let's pick up on where
01:28the cloud is. Early doors will see cloud across Shetland, Orkney down towards the eastern side of
01:36Northern Ireland. That's Harlow cloud burning back to the coast. More cloud also further west and a few
01:42showers just lurking out there as well. One or two heavier pulses can't be ruled out, but they are
01:47very scattered. Now further east, some brighter weather to start the day. Some sunshine as well.
01:53So through the day, we watch as these showers develop, particularly through the afternoon.
01:58Sunshine for many. The cloud though could just come and go across Wales, the Midlands, the south of
02:05Northern England towards eastern counties. Either side, some sunny spells, but notice then through the
02:09afternoon, some showers developing, particularly across eastern areas of Scotland. They could turn
02:15torrential. So some high rainfall totals associated with some of these more intense bursts. And as I
02:22said, the risk of thunder, lightning and hail, gusty winds as well. Now further south, the scattering of
02:29showers can't be ruled out, particularly for Wales into Northern England. Brighter skies towards the
02:35southeast with some warmth in the air. Certainly very warm as temperatures rise through the afternoon
02:39and warm elsewhere with some sunshine, but always more on the way of clouds across that western side
02:45of Scotland. Now these showers could merge to form a longer spell of rain through into the latter part
02:53of the afternoon. The clouds will break up across central parts of England and Wales, but still one or two
02:59showers just lurking out there. As temperatures arrive, well, we're going to say 28 across eastern England,
03:0429 across the home counties. For mid Wales, probably 25 Celsius, 23 down towards the southwest. And for
03:12Scotland, probably a 24 at the very best, 23 for Northern Ireland. But this warning extends till 10pm.
03:19And despite the fact most places will be dry, if you catch a heavy shower, it could be impactful. Hence
03:25the reason why we do have a yellow warning for thunderstorms in place. So here's your picture through
03:32Thursday evening. Those thunderstorms tending to fade away as we see clearer skies. And then high
03:39pressure builds from the west. Notice this wind just picking up across the eastern strip of Scotland
03:45down towards eastern England. And it turns rather breezy also down towards the west country into Friday.
03:52But for most, Friday's a fine day with some sunshine. One or two showers again developing across more northern
03:59and eastern areas. They'll be fairly scattered and the cloud will break at times. But notice there's
04:04always quite a lot of cloud across the North Sea. So temperatures probably peg back a bit for eastern
04:10Scotland, northeast England, 21, 22, 26 for east Yorkshire down towards East Anglia, but still up into the 30s.
04:19Midlands down towards the southeast, east Wales, 29 and up a tad also for the west country, as well as southern
04:27parts of Wales. You could see a 28 here. For Northern Ireland, it's a mostly fine day with 22 or 23 Celsius.
04:34But this wind will be a feature of the weather through into the weekend and it will keep temperatures
04:38slightly lower across these parts. Into Friday evening, you can see where that massive cloud is.
04:44It will break at times, but it could roll in towards the Midlands, eastern and central parts of Scotland,
04:50down towards the southeast, clearer skies across Wales, West Wales, should I say, the west country, Northern Ireland,
04:57western parts of Scotland into Saturday morning. So a few things to note on Saturday. First of all, it's going to feel
05:04cooler along this eastern strip. That cloud could be quite stubborn in places. Notice one or two light little residual
05:10showers associated with it where the cloud is thick enough. And notice also over the moors, we could
05:16see a quite a gusty wind on Saturday, as well as the hills of southern parts of Wales. So the wind will
05:23be a feature of the weather here. The cloud will break up through the day across Scotland. We could
05:29hang on to more cloud across the far north. And notice that thicker cloud could be quite stubborn
05:33across Lincolnshire, Norfolk, even Suffolk as the cloud burns back across the Midlands through the day.
05:40Here are your temperatures then on Saturday, probably 21 to 29 Celsius. The highest temperatures through the
05:46weekend will always be towards the west. And that's where we'll see the best of any sunshine. I'll see you later.
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