00:00Hello there, welcome to your Saturday afternoon forecast from the Met Office and high pressures dominating this weekend, a bank holiday weekend for much of the UK, meaning lots of dry weather to come.
00:11There will be some rain in the forecast, we'll come on to the details for that in a moment.
00:16And then as the weekend goes on, the winds turn southerly thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Erin slowly approaching the UK and it allows temperatures to rise further.
00:24But this is a sign of things to come as we move through next week, an increasing chance of some much needed rain across parts of the UK.
00:33It's a fairly cloudy afternoon across the UK for Saturday, we've got lots of grey skies out there.
00:39The best of some glimmers of sunshine will be across south-western parts of the UK and also perhaps across north-east Scotland.
00:45But the clouds should break up at times to allow a little bit of brightness, but also thick enough at times of some light rain and drizzle,
00:51particularly across the Pennines, across into Northern Ireland.
00:54In fact, one or two heavier showers possible here this afternoon and a few splashes of rain across western fringes of Scotland too.
01:01So it will feel fairly cool under the cloud, temperatures struggling at the high teens to low 20s, which is around average for the time of year.
01:09In the best of the sunshine towards the south-west, we could approach 23 or 24 degrees and cool along the east coast like we've seen of recent days too.
01:17As we head through into this evening time, I'm hopeful the cloud will break up a little bit so we could see a few glimmers of brightness before dusk.
01:24And then overnight for much of England and Wales, it stays largely dry.
01:29There'll be some mist and fog patches forming in places.
01:31The cloud could be thick enough for some light rain and drizzle along the eastern coast.
01:35And then a weak weather front does push across Northern Ireland into western Scotland through the early hours to give some splashes of rain here.
01:41And generally, it won't be as cool tonight, temperatures 14, 15 Celsius, perhaps just a little lower way.
01:49We've got the clearest skies across south-west England.
01:51We could see single-figure temperatures here.
01:54So less of a fresh start tomorrow morning.
01:57Some brighter sunny spells around, though cloud's thick enough for some light rain and drizzle.
02:01We've got the rain across western Scotland.
02:02This only very slowly through the day pushes a little further north and eastwards, a few heavier bursts possible.
02:08But overall, through Sunday, there should be a better chance of seeing some sunshine.
02:13The sunshine will be hazy at times and there will be quite a lot of cloud around.
02:17So it will come and go, not wall-to-wall sunshine.
02:20But with just a bit more brightness around, a bit more sunshine, it should just feel a bit warmer.
02:24Temperatures higher, a bit more widely getting into the low to mid-20s, 25, 26 Celsius possible across central southern parts.
02:32And generally, across the north-west here, where it stays cloudy, are the high teens to low 20s.
02:38So for most of us, a better-feeling day on Sunday.
02:42Into the evening time, cloud melts away once more.
02:45We see some mist and fog patches forming overnight, taking us into Monday.
02:49But high pressure generally holding on.
02:51So Monday, we should, again, see plenty of sunny spells, if not more sunshine across England and Wales.
02:56And this will boost temperatures further, 27, 28 Celsius possible.
03:01For those on a bank holiday, it will be a lovely day to come.
03:05But as I mentioned, sort of the increasing chance of some rain moving in as we move through the rest of the week.
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