00:00Yeah, the weather's going to take a little bit of a change as we go through the end of today
00:04and overnight into tomorrow, all due to a front that's currently just about fringing into western parts, but it is
00:11making its way eastwards.
00:13It's going to bring some rain and it's being driven by a pretty deep area of low pressure just to
00:18the northwest of us, but fortunately it's staying to the northwest of us.
00:22And so although it is going to bring some strong gusty winds to parts of northwestern UK, it's not looking
00:28as windy or as impactful as, well, when Storm Dave hit just last weekend.
00:34So the other thing that this feature is bringing is much colder, cooler air behind it, and so that's why
00:39we are going to see a bit of a drop in temperatures.
00:41And notice the isobars quite close together as we go through the weekend.
00:45It is going to be quite blustery for many of us, and so that's going to add to the cooler
00:49feel as well.
00:50But looking at the details, a fine end to the day across some eastern parts, and actually towards the southeast,
00:57staying dry here really through much of the night, just a little bit of rain perhaps.
01:02But it's further west where we have heavier, more persistent rain pushing through, affecting Northern Ireland during the evening, and
01:08then affecting much of Scotland overnight, and running into parts of northern Western England and across much of Wales.
01:15There could be some heavier pulses, particularly across northern areas.
01:19Here the rain's going to be quite persistent, quite heavy, maybe 10 to 20 millimetres building up, and with that
01:24colder air digging in behind, well, some sleet and snow, some wintriness is quite likely over modest higher ground.
01:31Probably not reaching lower levels really, but yes, some higher ground likely to see some wintriness as we go through
01:36the early hours of Saturday morning.
01:38Also worth reminding you of those strong gusty winds, maybe gales, possibly severe gales, in some exposed parts of western
01:46Scotland as we go overnight.
01:48We do then have that colder air coming in and some clearer skies, and so across parts of Northern Ireland
01:53in particular, and some western parts of Scotland,
01:55I'm expecting temperatures to drop close to, maybe even a little bit below freezing in some places, so there could
02:00be a bit of frost, but with the blustery winds, that'll probably stop too much frost developing.
02:06Elsewhere, probably a little bit milder than last night because of the cloud, because of the unsettled weather.
02:12This band of rain then, this front, does continue its progress eastwards as we go through tomorrow morning.
02:17It's going to clear much of England and Scotland by around lunchtime, pushing away into the North Sea.
02:24Just towards Shetland here, the rain's going to linger through much of the day, not really clearing until the evening
02:29and early overnight period.
02:31Behind it then, it doesn't turn completely dry.
02:34Yes, there will be some sunny breaks for most of us, but also a fair few showers.
02:38The showers most frequent, heaviest towards western, northwestern parts, central, eastern areas,
02:44have a greater chance of turning largely dry once that rain clears through during the morning.
02:50As I mentioned before, we do have that cooler air, we have those blustery winds,
02:54and so although temperatures are going to be around average for the time of year,
02:58they are a marked drop from what we had earlier on in the week,
03:01and if we look at the feels like temperature, taking those blustery winds into account,
03:06well, it is going to feel pretty cool, pretty chilly indeed,
03:09so you may need to wrap up even though there will be that sunshine breaking through for most of us.
03:14More showers to come as we go through the end of the day.
03:18Plenty in the west, fewer towards the east, actually largely dry here,
03:21but yeah, plenty of showers rattling into some western, northwestern parts.
03:26They will be quite heavy and could be quite frequent as well, particularly over parts of Scotland,
03:31and we will see those winds strengthening again, strong blustery winds towards western, northwestern parts of Scotland.
03:39They could cause some issues as we head overnight Saturday and into Sunday.
03:43Where we get the skies clearing, then we could see temperatures dropping maybe low single figures in a few places.
03:49Generally, though, temperatures not dropping that low because it is going to stay quite blustery,
03:54those winds mixing the air up, stopping temperatures from dropping as low as it would do if we had a
04:00clear, calm night.
04:01Plenty of showers on offer again as we go through Sunday.
04:04Still the showers most frequent, becoming quite persistent with a fair few rattling through over parts of Scotland.
04:12And I just want to highlight that if you get a train of heavy downpours pushing through,
04:18well, you could see some relatively high rainfall totals building up through Sunday,
04:23maybe 30 to 50 millimetres in some places.
04:25And particularly over parts of Scotland, quite readily there will be some hail and some thunder
04:30mixed in with the more intense downpours and some winteriness and further sleet and snow over the modest higher ground.
04:36So pretty unsettled here.
04:38Across southern parts of England and Wales, a fair scattering of showers.
04:42They'll be here to miss and not everyone's seeing them, but a reasonable chance that you're going to catch them
04:47here.
04:48In between, a greater chance of staying dry.
04:51Parts of North Wales, Northern England, maybe some parts of Eastern Northern Ireland,
04:55and avoiding, well, definitely the worst of the showers or the heaviest, most frequent showers.
04:59A lot of dry weather here and even some sunshine breaking through as well.
05:03Temperatures may be a degree or so higher than on Saturday,
05:06but generally for many of us, the winds will be a little bit stronger,
05:10particularly over Scotland where they'll be markedly stronger,
05:13but even elsewhere there will be a bit of a blustery feel.
05:15So not really feeling that much warmer.
05:17But if you get shelter from the breeze, well, not feeling too bad in any sunny spells.
05:22It is spring, after all.
05:24As we go into next week, and I think the showery thing's set to continue, at least to start,
05:29Monday's looking quite showery for both western areas and perhaps some showers fringing into eastern parts as well.
05:35There will be some drier weather around, perhaps fewer showers on Monday compared to the weekend.
05:40And as the low pressure that's bringing the blustery weather clears away towards the north,
05:44we will see the winds easing and we're dragging in our winds from the south.
05:48So that's a milder direction, so we're starting to see our temperatures creeping up.
05:52I think Tuesday's looking a bit drier for many of us and markedly warmer as well,
05:57but chance of some rain arriving by the middle of the week.
06:00We'll have more details about that nearer the time.
06:02Bye-bye.
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