00:00Hello there. After all the warmth of the middle of the week, things turning pretty chilly overnight.
00:05A cold start to Friday morning. Temperatures significantly lower than they were first thing on Thursday morning.
00:12Cold enough for a touch of frost over northern England, northern Ireland, parts of Scotland in rural areas,
00:16and even further south, not far of freezing in some locations.
00:19Most towns and cities, single figures, low single figures as well.
00:23So it will be a chilly start. We're going to see outbreaks of rain through Thursday evening, clearing away from
00:28the southeast.
00:29Plenty of showers coming in behind across western Scotland, northern Ireland, some snow on the hills in Scotland.
00:34A few showers for northern England and Wales, but they tend to fade, and even the showers further north becoming
00:39fewer and further between as we head towards dawn on Friday.
00:43The clouds increasing a little across the south. Quite a high cloud here, so it'll make for a hazy start
00:48perhaps to Friday morning.
00:50But generally a sunny start for Scotland and northern England. It will be a cold start though, don't forget.
00:55Still one or two showers over the northern Isles. They'll continue into the morning, especially across Shetland.
01:01But elsewhere, many places actually having a dry and a fine Friday.
01:04The main exception to that will be out west, where the cloud thickens.
01:08After a dry morning, it turns wet in northern Ireland and increasingly windy.
01:11There'll be some outbreaks of rain pushing into the west coast of Wales,
01:14and we'll see some outbreaks of rain at times over southwest England as well.
01:18Look at the winds really whipping up around these western coasts, around the east coast of northern Ireland and into
01:23the western side of Scotland.
01:25Elsewhere, the winds will only slowly pick up a little bit through the day,
01:28and with some hazy sunshine not feeling too bad, these temperatures are a little below the average for most of
01:35us.
01:35Only single figures across Scotland and northern Ireland.
01:38And further south, we might squeak into the teens, but we're a long way from the mid-twenties that we
01:42saw on Wednesday.
01:44Now, as we go into the evening, that rain is going to intensify in northern Ireland.
01:48It's turning very soggy here and feeling pretty grim, I suspect, with the strength of the winds.
01:53Some gusty conditions around the west coast of Wales, but particularly for the eastern side of northern Ireland.
01:58Strong, gusty winds which will then extend into western parts of Scotland.
02:03So a very windy spell, quite a wet spell on Friday night.
02:05Bear that in mind if you are heading out.
02:08That zone of rain then works its way into England and Wales, with the winds picking up for all of
02:13us as we head into Saturday morning.
02:15Yes, there'll be a bit more snow over the higher ground as that rain moves its way in,
02:19all circulating around an area of low pressure sitting up to the northwest.
02:24Temperature-wise, well, it won't be as cold, but still dipping down into the low single figures across northern Scotland.
02:31We'll see this zone of rain then crossing through England, Wales, eastern Scotland on Saturday morning.
02:37Slowly trying to work its way eastwards, but taking its time and kind of fizzling out as it does so.
02:43And then showers will follow on behind.
02:45Some bright spells, but plenty of showers blown along by a stiff and gusty wind.
02:49It means the showers will tend to zip through, but they could be heavy.
02:52You may even see some hail mixed in and certainly some more wintry weather over the tops of the Scottish
02:57mountains.
02:57Temperature-wise, well, again, around or a touch below average might squeak into the teens when it brightens up across
03:03parts of the south.
03:04Not too many showers here, but it will be a blustery day and certainly feeling cooler further north when those
03:09showers come along.
03:10And there will be plenty of them.
03:12That low pressure system dominating our weather then, not just through Saturday, but even into Sunday as well.
03:19Quite a mature area of low pressure, as we say.
03:21A lot of isobars around it.
03:23The strongest winds close to the centre of the low, which means northwest of the UK will see the gustiest
03:28winds.
03:28The isobars open up a little bit as we head into Sunday, but still likely to be another breezy day
03:33with a mixture of sunshine and showers.
03:36For more details on that, you'll want to watch our full weekend video with Alex Birker.
03:40That is available on our YouTube channel.
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