Weekend weather forecast: The heatwave will become a wetwave by Sunday (May 10-13)

Hello. Many of us have some fine, dry and sunny weather at the moment. Will it last into the weekend? Yes. Will it last through the weekend? No. Things are going to turn pretty wet as we go through Sunday and into the beginning of next week. However, starting off and if we quickly look through Friday, a mostly dry day for many of us. Yes, some mist and fog patches perhaps first thing, but most of these will clear quite quickly. And then a decent bright sunny picture as we head into the afternoon and like I said staying dry. For the majority of us, one or two clouds can’t be ruled out perhaps and a little bit more cloud some outbreaks of rain for Shetland. Otherwise with the fine sunny weather it is going to feel pretty warm. Temperatures likely to be a little bit higher than on Thursday. In the South SE we’re looking at highs of around 2425 Celsius and even further north across parts of Scotland to Northern Ireland just about getting into the low 20 Celsius. Why is it so settled at the moment? Well it’s because of high pressure. This high pressure has been over the UK through much of this week. However it is going to start to shift away towards the east as we head into the weekend. That being said, we’re still going to be under the influence of it as we go into Saturday. So a quiet start though some low cloud around some North Sea coastal parts and perhaps towards the far northwest of Scotland. Elsewhere a few pockets of mist and fog first thing on Saturday, but these will quickly burn back with some decent fine sunny weather developing as we go into the afternoon. There may be a few showers developing over the higher ground of northern England in particular, and if they do they could turn heavy and thundery, but most places will avoid these and most places will stay largely dry. Again, a decent amount of bright and sunny weather around and with that temperatures rising even further could get to highs of around 25 or 26 Celsius towards the east. Though worth bearing in mind around some coastal parts, it will feel a little bit fresher than this. The high pressure continues to dominate our weather as we go into Sunday, but we are losing the influence of it as it edges a little bit further eastwards and as it does so, we start to see some systems pushing in from the West. Nonetheless, Sunday gets off to a similar start to Saturday for many places. Yes, some low cloud around coastal areas, a few pockets of mist and fog and then it’s going to be fine, especially towards the east into the afternoon. But further West we will see some showery rain developing and this could turn heavy and possibly even thundery. There may not be quite as much showery rain as the graphics behind me are showing, and it may not be quite as intense, but there is the potential for some torrential downpours and like I say some thundery outbursts as well towards eastern areas. A greater chance of staying dry, bright and largely sunny and with that temperatures rising possibly even higher than on Saturday. Highs of around 26 or 27 Celsius. Even elsewhere, temperatures Stillwell above average for the time of year, but obviously it’s going to feel a little that are unpleasant if you do catch any downpours. As we go into the beginning of next week, that high pressure really has drifted away and so we’ve lost its influence and as a result there’ll be very showery rain overnight into Monday before an area of low pressure pushes its way in from the southwest. And that is going to bring some wet and windy weather as we start the new working week. And that’s the theme through much of next week. To be honest, it’s looking pretty unsettled. There’ll be some heavy rain, some strong blustery winds, also some thundery showers too. And temperatures are going to be dropping closer to average for the time of year with the risk of some thunderstorms. As we go through into next week, make sure you check out our weather ready pages on our website for advice on how to stay safe and make the most of the summer months. I’ll see you again soon. Bye, bye.