07/08/2014 BBC Weather

fellow, I'm sure you have heard about it, the remnants of

ex-hurricane Bertha which will bring the potential for intense rain. More

details on that with the national forecast with Jay.

It is quiet overnight. The script is changed tomorrow. Rain in the

forecast which could turn out to be heavy. Warnings have been issued A

wet start today in the extreme south-east. It moves further inland.

A wet start in Northern Ireland as well. The central swathe may well

start on a dry note but it won't take long for heavy showers it get

going into the afternoon. Not all doom and gloom. I suspect the north

and east of Scotland doing well, in temples largely dry kvenlts western

Scotland will see wetter weather. The rain pushes through Northern

Ireland. Brightening up in the afternoon. Northern England down

through the Midlands towards East Anglia, some showers will be heavy,

thundery and slow-moving. A lot of rain in a short space of time. Nasty

conditions on the roads. Not doom and gloom again. Southern counties

doing well. Largely dry conditions across the south and west. For the

Test Match at Old Trafford it should start dry. There is a high chance of

jouns pours bringing interruptions to play during the afternoon.

Saturday looks lively across the North Sea. Not pleasant for the

North Sea ferry crosses. For the bulk of the mainland, bright and

breezy. A scattering of showers further west.

bulk of the mainland, bright and breezy. A scattering of That's the

fist part of the weekend. What about the second part? You have to look a

long way out into the Atlantic to see what is heading our way. This

mass of cloud which once was a hurricane T isn't now but the

remnants are he had hadding towards the UK. The track uncertain but it

threatens the south in particular with Hovery rains, strong winds and

potentially large waves. You can see Bertha is on the move across the

Atlantic. It is several days away from getting to our shores and it

is' several hundred miles if not thousand miles out into the Atlantic

A will the of time between now and except it is expected on our shores

and things could change quite dramatically but current thinking

takes the storm down to the south-west approaches during the day

on Saturday. Different computer models are doing different things

with the centre of the storm. However the consensus from the Met

Office is the most likely scenario at the moment is it'll track across

the south-eastern corner bringing the threat of heavy rain, strong

winds and large waves but this forecast is not set in stone. The

centre could be further south which means the risk of widespread impacts

is lower however it threatens the southern-most counties. My