Plenty of rain for Northern Ireland as Storm Antoni brings unseasonable weather. Otherwise showery over Scotland, northern and eastern England ahead of the storm. Wales and the southwest of England will remain fairly dry with sunny spells. Turning unsettled into the weekend as Storm Antoni approaches the UK. This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 04/08/2023. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00 Hi there, we are at the peak of the holiday season and a busy Saturday coming up with
00:06 a lot of people camping and caravaning and so on. And that's why with some more unseasonable
00:11 weather arriving, Storm Antony has been named. The first signs of that there out towards
00:16 the west of the UK on Friday afternoon. But ahead of Storm Antony, actually it's not particularly
00:20 windy but it is fairly showery across Scotland into northern and eastern England. And it's
00:25 across east Anglia and the south east where we will see the heaviest and slow moving downpours
00:30 on Friday afternoon. Drier for Wales in the south west, sunny spells here, highs of 19
00:34 to 21 Celsius clouding over for Northern Ireland ahead of that storm. And the rain sets in
00:41 during the evening across Northern Ireland, initially light to moderate but it turns heavier
00:45 through the night. And of course that rainfall falling onto saturated ground following the
00:49 wettest July on record for Northern Ireland, well that could cause issues by dawn with
00:55 a rainfall warning in force. Elsewhere, western parts of the UK turn wet overnight and breezy.
01:01 So of course temperatures staying up at 13 or 14 Celsius, still a few showers for northern
01:05 Scotland and north east England. Otherwise drier towards the east but increasingly cloudy.
01:11 Here's Storm Antony and again it's going to bring unseasonable weather. We've seen these
01:16 wet and windy systems a number of times in the last few weeks and this one arriving on
01:21 a busy Saturday in August could cause impacts, especially across southern parts of England
01:27 and Wales. But it's the rain initially that will be the most notable thing, some heavy
01:31 downpours affecting Northern Ireland first thing, moving into Wales and western England
01:35 and then sweeping across much of England and Wales through the afternoon. Scotland seeing
01:39 slow moving heavy showers, likewise for Northern Ireland as the skies do brighten up following
01:44 the rainfall. And the skies brighten up for Wales in the south west by the end of the
01:48 afternoon but that's when the strongest of the winds arrive, really picking up through
01:52 the day with inland gales possible in some exposed spots but certainly around coastal
01:57 parts of Wales into southern England. Risk of 60-65 mph gusts for some of the more exposed
02:03 locations. Now these kinds of wind speeds on a busy Saturday with camping, caravaning,
02:08 outdoor activities could cause some significant impacts and our warnings are based on impacts
02:13 and that's why this storm has been named. So just to get that message out there that
02:18 there could be some significant impacts if you've got these outdoor activities planned
02:22 on Saturday do take heed of the warning, the storm name and any advice. Now the rain and
02:30 the wind do eventually clear through on Saturday night pushing east into the North Sea. Showers
02:35 follow and for Sunday as well as the start of next week we'll still see quite a number
02:40 of showers but there are strong signs now that the weather will turn at least a little
02:44 drier and warmer from the middle of next week.
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