0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's that time of day when we take a look further ahead at
0:00:05 > 0:00:07the weather trends for the next six to ten days,
0:00:07 > 0:00:10and whether the heat will continue. It has been another very warm day.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14We had 25 degrees Celsius again in Porthmadog in north-west Wales,
0:00:14 > 0:00:16West Freugh not far behind with 23.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19A little cooler around some of the Scottish coast in the north
0:00:19 > 0:00:22and we were plagued by cloud and showers in the Channel Islands.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Across south-west England it was quite low cloud at times
0:00:24 > 0:00:26and some thunderstorms broke out -
0:00:26 > 0:00:28eventually they rumbled their way through.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Overnight, temperatures will fall back to about
0:00:30 > 0:00:328 to 10 degrees Celsius under a blanket of cloud
0:00:32 > 0:00:33moving in off the North Sea.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36That's likely to be with us across some parts of England
0:00:36 > 0:00:38and Wales first thing Friday morning.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40It is a little bit grey first thing, could be
0:00:40 > 0:00:42quite misty over the hills, certainly for East Wales,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45across the Midlands, into the north and east of England.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Hopefully more sunshine to greet us across parts of Northern Ireland
0:00:48 > 0:00:51but a cloudy start to the day across Scotland with a few showers,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54and that is courtesy of a weak weather front.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56It is not going to produce too much rain on it,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59this cold weather front, but as the name suggests, it is going to
0:00:59 > 0:01:02introduce colder air eventually right the way across the country.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04So still that warm air is to the south
0:01:04 > 0:01:07and we've still got a few showers to contend with, but fewer than we saw
0:01:07 > 0:01:11during Thursday across the south-west and the Channel Islands.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14But we will see notably lower temperatures further north -
0:01:14 > 0:01:15still pleasant enough in the sunshine
0:01:15 > 0:01:17but 10 degrees down on those of Thursday.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Still a lot of sunshine allowing the temperatures to really leap up
0:01:21 > 0:01:24in the south and some unusually strong sunshine, actually,
0:01:24 > 0:01:25for this time of year -
0:01:25 > 0:01:28up into the high category even into Northern Ireland.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30That cold weather front continues its progress southward
0:01:30 > 0:01:34through Friday night. Behind it, the pressure is building, which is
0:01:34 > 0:01:37why we won't see a great deal more than a few drizzly showers on it.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40But what we will find is a much colder night as we head
0:01:40 > 0:01:43towards dawn on Saturday with some ground frost around,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45so gardeners beware.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Then, as we head into the weekend, it looks as if the west will
0:01:48 > 0:01:51see the best of the sunshine, closer to the area of high pressure.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Further east there will be a little more cloud,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55that breeze, just the odd shower.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57But for the majority, even though
0:01:57 > 0:01:59temperatures will be down on what they have been,
0:01:59 > 0:02:03it will feel very pleasant outside the wind in the strong May sunshine.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Yes, the sunshine will just be as strong despite some
0:02:06 > 0:02:09temperatures 10 degrees lower than we've seen in recent days.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Then a very similar story on Sunday.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13So some really usable weather
0:02:13 > 0:02:15if you have the weekend off and you want to get out and about
0:02:15 > 0:02:18but just bear in mind there will be some strong sunshine.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19So it is staying largely dry and fresh.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22There will be variable cloud but some fine days, some sunshine.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24It's just going to be chilly at night -
0:02:24 > 0:02:27there could even be a touch of air frost in some of the Scottish glens.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31But early next we should start to see things warming up a little bit.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34That high pressure moves in, we lose the northerly breeze
0:02:34 > 0:02:37and at this time of year the sun is so strong that it will
0:02:37 > 0:02:39warm things up generally.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41So there is that nose of high pressure coming back in for
0:02:41 > 0:02:45the early part of the week and then low pressure starts to move in.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48As that first one moves away, if you were watching last night,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51John talked about the uncertainty as to where the areas of low pressure
0:02:51 > 0:02:52will come following that.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55It looks as if they are more likely to come towards
0:02:55 > 0:02:57the north-west of the UK, so more cloud, I think,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59around as we head through the latter part of the week.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02But with that high pressure starting to nudge into southern
0:03:02 > 0:03:05parts of the UK, it is here where we will see the more settled weather.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08So it looks like an unsettled start to the week,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11it tends drier midweek as those temperatures starts to rise,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14high pressure comes in, but the north and west I think always
0:03:14 > 0:03:18at risk of seeing some cloud and some rain on those weather fronts.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20As ever, we'll keep you up-to-date here
0:03:20 > 0:03:23and there's more across the website.