Very strong winds from Storm Kathleen, particularly in the western parts pushing northwards – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 06/04/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Ellie Glaisyer.
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00:00 Good afternoon, welcome to your latest weather update from the Met Office.
00:05 Storm Kathleen continues to bring some very strong winds as we go through this afternoon,
00:09 particularly across western parts. It's out towards the west of the UK at the moment,
00:12 slowly pushing its way northwards as we go through the rest of the weekend. It does stay
00:16 close by though, so plenty of showers around, but as it moves away, another area of low
00:20 pressure replaces it out from the southwest of the UK, bringing further wet weather into
00:25 the new week.
00:26 As I mentioned, there will be some very strong winds associated with Storm Kathleen, with
00:30 yellow warnings in force. Those strongest winds are along Irish Sea coast, so for Northern
00:34 Ireland and parts of Western Scotland, we could see gusts of 60-70mph through this afternoon.
00:39 There's likely to cause some travel disruption, particularly for roads in the north, so do
00:43 check your journeys before you travel.
00:46 On to the weather through this afternoon though, and it should be a dry day for most of us.
00:49 There will be some patchy rain across much of England and Wales, and some heavy showers
00:53 across Northern Ireland and parts of Western Scotland, but there will be some sunshine
00:56 mixed in between those showers as well. A breezy day quite widely across the UK, and
01:01 those strongest winds across western areas, but perhaps a little bit lighter across the
01:05 very far southeast.
01:07 With those southerly winds though, it will be bringing in some very warm air. Temperatures
01:11 across the southeast of England, perhaps 21 or 22 degrees, so this making it the warmest
01:16 day of the year so far. Even in the west of the UK, temperatures well above average for
01:20 the time of year, but with those stronger winds further west, that will definitely take
01:24 the edge off those temperatures.
01:27 So through Saturday evening, still remaining windy quite widely, but out towards the southwest
01:32 we see a band of showers pushing its way north and eastwards. This turning particularly heavy
01:36 across Wales and southwest England, we could see some hail and thunder, so perhaps some
01:40 localised flooding. Further showers continue to spread north and eastwards into the early
01:44 hours of Sunday morning, but generally turning a little bit drier as we go towards the start
01:48 of Sunday.
01:49 Still remaining very windy overnight, and that helping to keep temperatures up in perhaps
01:54 the high single figures for most, but even the low double figures across the south of
01:58 the UK.
01:59 So, a briefly drier start for many of us on Sunday morning, but that doesn't last long
02:04 as further showers push their way in from the west, turning particularly heavy across
02:08 western areas, and again we could see some hail and thunder mixed in.
02:11 Southeastern parts of England probably holding on to the best of the sunshine through Sunday
02:15 afternoon, but anywhere could almost see a shower as we go through the afternoon. Still
02:19 remaining very windy, particularly north-western parts of Scotland could see those gusts again
02:23 of 60-70mph, so perhaps some travel disruption through the afternoon.
02:29 It'll be another mild day on Sunday, not quite as mild as Saturday, but still highs of 16
02:33 or 17 degrees across eastern areas, generally a little bit closer to average further north,
02:37 around 10 or 12 degrees across parts of Scotland.
02:42 Through Sunday evening, those showers continue to push in from the west, slowly pushing their
02:46 way eastwards overnight Sunday and into the start of Monday, turning it a little bit drier
02:51 for much of England and Wales, however still remaining quite showery across western parts
02:55 of Scotland.
02:56 But as all eyes out towards the south-west, that next area of low pressure moves in, so
03:00 bringing some further unsettled weather into the start of the new working week.
03:04 There are some hints though that we might see something a briefly more settled towards
03:07 the second half of next week, but you can find out more about that by subscribing to
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03:13 Bye bye!
03:13 Bye!