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Brighter spells with some showers, Rain moving in – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 21/07/23. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.

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00:00 Hi there, before Saturday's rain arrives there are at least some drier and brighter spells
00:06 out there but also quite a number of showers especially through parts of mid Wales, north
00:10 Midlands, northern England, northern Scotland. Some of these showers will be heavy and frequent
00:16 in nature. One or two showers further south but actually these will be fewer and there
00:20 will be some sunny spells in between. Western Scotland getting away with largely dry and
00:25 bright weather but Northern Ireland sees the rain set in and that will make it feel cool,
00:30 15 Celsius there. But where we've got the brighter spells further south and south east,
00:35 20, 21 Celsius, a bit below average for the time of year. Still a cool breeze into the
00:42 north of Scotland and the breeze picking up towards the west as those spells rain across
00:47 Northern Ireland, spread widely into Saturday, numerous weather fronts crossing the country,
00:52 mostly affecting central Scotland southwards, northern Scotland just on the north side of
00:59 that frontal system so staying largely fine. Into Friday evening though there will be some
01:05 showers for northern Scotland along with a brisk breeze. The showers across northern
01:09 England ease away for a time before the wet weather across Northern Ireland pushes into
01:14 much of central and southern Scotland, northern and central England, Wales and some bits of
01:19 rain for Cornwall and Devon by the end of the night. With all the cloud and the breeze
01:24 picking up as well, well it's not going to be a cold night, temperatures by and large
01:28 staying at 13 or 14 Celsius. The one exception, northern Scotland where it will be a bit cooler
01:33 because of the clearer spells here and we keep the sunny skies across northern Scotland
01:38 throughout much of Saturday, that's the place to be if you're after some sunshine. Just
01:42 a few showers in the far north of Scotland. South east England starts off bright but the
01:47 cloud thickens here, the breeze picks up and there will be some outbreaks of rain pushing
01:51 in by the afternoon but actually the wettest weather will be further west, especially over
01:56 western hills, heavy and persistent and under that persistent rain temperatures lingering
02:00 in the mid teens. I suspect some places will see temperatures throughout much of the day
02:05 at 13 to 16 Celsius. All of this accompanied by a strengthening breeze and that breeze
02:11 will be particularly strong around south western and southern coasts so some strong gusts to
02:16 be aware of if you're heading to the coast or indeed if you're camping. Now the spells
02:22 of wind and rain eventually push through during Sunday morning in some spots but others will
02:29 see the unsettled weather linger. Central and southern Scotland, parts of northern England
02:33 in particular a straddling frontal system here. Some error bars in terms of the position
02:38 of the heaviest rain but it looks most likely that northern England will see large rainfall
02:42 totals through the weekend. Either side of that, once again it's a fine day for northern
02:48 Scotland aside from a few showers and a cool breeze and for the south a brighter day to
02:54 come compared with Saturday but still quite a few showers, a brisk wind as well from the
02:59 south west that continues and where these showers do occur they could be heavy and they
03:03 could be prolonged if they line up into various bands for example along the south west peninsula.
03:09 So plenty going on this weekend, it's going to feel cool because of the various areas
03:14 of weather moving through but actually with the south westerly breeze by Sunday we are
03:19 bringing in some warmer air and so if we get some breaks in the cloud there's always the
03:25 potential for 23 or 24 Celsius somewhere through the Midlands or East Anglia but obviously
03:30 feeling cooler near the coast where we've got that strong wind. Then into the start
03:36 of next week, well more showery weather for a time before another low moves in around
03:41 Wednesday, Thursday. Bye bye.
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