28 April - National weather forecast presented by Jonathan Vautrey.
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00:00Hello there, a very good morning to you. We'll be experiencing an early dose of summer this
00:05week with temperatures set to be on the rise. We can see from these charts just for the
00:09next couple of days where these dark shades of red really set themselves in, indicating
00:14that temperatures could be 9, 10 degrees above average for this point in late April. It's
00:21all courtesy of an area of high pressure that's building its way in from the continent, helping
00:26to keep things settled, but also routing some warm air in play across most areas of the
00:30UK. We do just have this cold front across the far north of Scotland first thing this
00:35morning, so it is quite damp here. Outbacks of rain for the Highlands, parts of the Outer
00:38Hebrides, eventually over towards Orkney as well. Reasonably breezy across the north as
00:43well. Elsewhere though, there'll be plentiful amounts of sunshine developing, particularly
00:47across England and Wales once any early mist and fog does lift its way off. Skies brightening
00:52into the afternoon, particularly for Northern Ireland, central southern Scotland as well.
00:57Temperatures generally ranging between 18 and 24 degrees Celsius, so already starting to
01:01see things warm up. Our band of rain in the north will slowly continue its journey into
01:07this evening and overnight, eventually heading towards Shetland towards early hours of Tuesday
01:12morning. Elsewhere though, it's a fine evening to come, and staying dry again, there'll be
01:16some mist and fog patches developing in places. Temperatures in some rural spots may drop down
01:21to around mid or low single figures, but most of us should see those values holding up generally
01:26around 8 to 10 degrees Celsius, so not too chilly of a start to the morning. And that leads us
01:33into quite a fine, pleasant day overall. Plentiful amounts of sunshine in there once again. It
01:39will be a little bit breezy down towards the far southwest as well as into the far north where
01:43it's always going to be that touch cloudier. Some patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle for the
01:47northern isles at times, but for many of us it really is going to be quite a wonderful day out
01:52there. And those temperatures really responding to that increasing amount of sunshine, more widely
01:57cracking the 20 degrees Celsius threshold now even across Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland.
02:01Mid-20s fairly widely in there for England and Wales, perhaps squeezing 25 to 26 degrees
02:07Celsius. Again noting just how high those are compared to the average temperatures
02:12for this point in late April. We do need to be aware though that with this sunshine the plants
02:19are going to be in bloom and so there is going to be high if not very high levels of pollen around
02:24during the next few days. It's tree pollen out at the moment, particularly oak pollen, so if you are
02:29susceptible to that do be aware when you're heading outside. These fine conditions will be continuing
02:35into Wednesday, Thursday with some signs of a slight change as we head towards the end of the week,
02:41but you can find further updates of what we'll be heading our way during our full week ahead
02:45forecast that will be posted on YouTube later on today. So do subscribe so you know when that
02:50is around. And we'll see you again soon. Bye-bye.