0:00:03 > 0:00:05Hello, there. Earlier in the week we had the warmest day
0:00:05 > 0:00:06of the year so far,
0:00:06 > 0:00:08with temperatures just shy of 34 Celsius.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11We're going to be ending the working week, though,
0:00:11 > 0:00:12on a fresher note -
0:00:12 > 0:00:14so, this is how Friday's shaping up, then.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16After overnight heavy showers
0:00:16 > 0:00:18and thunderstorms for many of us,
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Friday looks like a largely dry day,
0:00:20 > 0:00:21particularly across England and Wales.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Light winds, sunshine and temperatures
0:00:23 > 0:00:25between around 20 to 25 degrees,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27but less humid than recent days.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Northern Ireland and Scotland seeing some sunshine, too,
0:00:30 > 0:00:31but one or two blustery showers.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Now, moving through into the weekend,
0:00:33 > 0:00:35it looks like we'll start off
0:00:35 > 0:00:36with high pressure in charge,
0:00:36 > 0:00:38but it's not sticking around -
0:00:38 > 0:00:40you see this frontal system, that's a warm front,
0:00:40 > 0:00:42which will be heading its way northwards,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44so, pushing out of the near continent -
0:00:44 > 0:00:46and behind that, to the south of that,
0:00:46 > 0:00:47will draw in some fairly warm air
0:00:47 > 0:00:49from France, from Spain, too.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51So, that means temperatures on the rise once again,
0:00:51 > 0:00:53and it will feel quite warm and humid
0:00:53 > 0:00:55across southern areas -
0:00:55 > 0:00:56but we're going to be seeing some cloud
0:00:56 > 0:00:58and some outbreaks of rain.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Now, initially, that rain will be
0:00:59 > 0:01:01for southern counties of England,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04pushing further north through the course of Saturday.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06So, potentially, the Midlands, South Wales
0:01:06 > 0:01:07will see some outbreaks of rain -
0:01:07 > 0:01:09humid to the south of that, 24 degrees or so.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Fresher further north, with just a few showers -
0:01:12 > 0:01:13but actually still a lot of dry weather
0:01:13 > 0:01:15to be seen on Saturday.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Heading through, now, into the second half of the weekend,
0:01:18 > 0:01:20we've still got the influence of this low pressure,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23and a quite active front, I think, at times on Sunday.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25So, some uncertainty about the timing and the detail
0:01:25 > 0:01:26of any of the rain,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28but it looks like we could see rain
0:01:28 > 0:01:31for parts of Northern England, the Midlands, Wales, too -
0:01:31 > 0:01:33either side of that frontal system,
0:01:33 > 0:01:34some drier, some brighter weather,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37and temperatures in the mid to the high teens in the north -
0:01:37 > 0:01:40but further south, still the mid 20s for some of us,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43but there could well be some fairly heavy downpours at times.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46And then Monday, for many of us, is a bank holiday Monday -
0:01:46 > 0:01:47not everywhere -
0:01:47 > 0:01:49but it looks like we're going to be seeing
0:01:49 > 0:01:51a ridge of high pressure in charge
0:01:51 > 0:01:52across much of the UK.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56So, Monday's shaping up to be a relatively fine, quiet day -
0:01:56 > 0:01:58low pressure clearing off towards the east,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00leaving us with lots of dry weather,
0:02:00 > 0:02:01some sunshine,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04and temperatures up to around 23, possibly 24 degrees.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Heading through into Tuesday,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07we've still got the influence of that high pressure,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09but it squeezes a bit further south,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12allowing weather fronts to head into the north-west of the UK -
0:02:12 > 0:02:14so, potentially some rain on Tuesday,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17most likely for northern and western parts of Scotland.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Elsewhere across the UK,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21a good deal of dry and reasonably warm weather.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Now, next week, then.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23The Azores High, as it's known,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25this area of high pressure,
0:02:25 > 0:02:26will be in charge.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28At times it will squeeze further south,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31allowing weather fronts to push a little bit further southwards
0:02:31 > 0:02:32and eastwards across the UK -
0:02:32 > 0:02:33but the high pressure
0:02:33 > 0:02:35looks like it will push further north at times, too,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37and most of those weather fronts
0:02:37 > 0:02:39will be confined to the far north-west of the country,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42so the wettest weather really for parts of Western Scotland,
0:02:42 > 0:02:44perhaps Northern Ireland, dry conditions elsewhere.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46By the end of next week, though,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48we turn our attention to what's happening
0:02:48 > 0:02:49in the western Atlantic -
0:02:49 > 0:02:52this deep area of low pressure, Tropical Storm Gaston.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54It's likely to intensify for a time
0:02:54 > 0:02:55into a hurricane,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58before weakening as we move towards next weekend.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Now, it looks like it'll get caught up
0:03:00 > 0:03:01in our jet stream,
0:03:01 > 0:03:03heading eastwards across the Atlantic,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07but how it's going to influence OUR weather is a little bit uncertain.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09There's a chance that this ex-hurricane
0:03:09 > 0:03:11could head into the north-west of the UK,
0:03:11 > 0:03:13bringing some wet and windy weather here,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15but it could head a little bit further north
0:03:15 > 0:03:16up towards Iceland,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18allowing higher pressure to take charge.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20So, the outlook is fairly mixed, then -
0:03:20 > 0:03:22some rain at times, mainly in the north-west,
0:03:22 > 0:03:25also some sunshine, with the warmest conditions
0:03:25 > 0:03:28over the next ten days or so likely towards the south-east.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29I'll have more tomorrow.