:00:00. > :00:00.fellow, I'm sure you have heard about it, the remnants of
:00:00. > :00:09.ex-hurricane Bertha which will bring the potential for intense rain. More
:00:10. > :00:11.details on that with the national forecast with Jay.
:00:12. > :00:17.It is quiet overnight. The script is changed tomorrow. Rain in the
:00:18. > :00:21.forecast which could turn out to be heavy. Warnings have been issued A
:00:22. > :00:25.wet start today in the extreme south-east. It moves further inland.
:00:26. > :00:28.A wet start in Northern Ireland as well. The central swathe may well
:00:29. > :00:32.start on a dry note but it won't take long for heavy showers it get
:00:33. > :00:36.going into the afternoon. Not all doom and gloom. I suspect the north
:00:37. > :00:41.and east of Scotland doing well, in temples largely dry kvenlts western
:00:42. > :00:43.Scotland will see wetter weather. The rain pushes through Northern
:00:44. > :00:47.Ireland. Brightening up in the afternoon. Northern England down
:00:48. > :00:51.through the Midlands towards East Anglia, some showers will be heavy,
:00:52. > :00:56.thundery and slow-moving. A lot of rain in a short space of time. Nasty
:00:57. > :01:00.conditions on the roads. Not doom and gloom again. Southern counties
:01:01. > :01:04.doing well. Largely dry conditions across the south and west. For the
:01:05. > :01:09.Test Match at Old Trafford it should start dry. There is a high chance of
:01:10. > :01:12.jouns pours bringing interruptions to play during the afternoon.
:01:13. > :01:15.Saturday looks lively across the North Sea. Not pleasant for the
:01:16. > :01:19.North Sea ferry crosses. For the bulk of the mainland, bright and
:01:20. > :01:20.breezy. A scattering of showers further west.
:01:21. > :01:23.bulk of the mainland, bright and breezy. A scattering of That's the
:01:24. > :01:27.fist part of the weekend. What about the second part? You have to look a
:01:28. > :01:32.long way out into the Atlantic to see what is heading our way. This
:01:33. > :01:36.mass of cloud which once was a hurricane T isn't now but the
:01:37. > :01:39.remnants are he had hadding towards the UK. The track uncertain but it
:01:40. > :01:43.threatens the south in particular with Hovery rains, strong winds and
:01:44. > :01:47.potentially large waves. You can see Bertha is on the move across the
:01:48. > :01:51.Atlantic. It is several days away from getting to our shores and it
:01:52. > :01:55.is' several hundred miles if not thousand miles out into the Atlantic
:01:56. > :01:59.A will the of time between now and except it is expected on our shores
:02:00. > :02:01.and things could change quite dramatically but current thinking
:02:02. > :02:04.takes the storm down to the south-west approaches during the day
:02:05. > :02:06.on Saturday. Different computer models are doing different things
:02:07. > :02:10.with the centre of the storm. However the consensus from the Met
:02:11. > :02:15.Office is the most likely scenario at the moment is it'll track across
:02:16. > :02:19.the south-eastern corner bringing the threat of heavy rain, strong
:02:20. > :02:23.winds and large waves but this forecast is not set in stone. The
:02:24. > :02:28.centre could be further south which means the risk of widespread impacts
:02:29. > :02:30.is lower however it threatens the southern-most counties. My