but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. a bit unsettled with lots of showers. certainly friday no exceptiont to that theme. you can see the extent of all those showers moving across the uk, and they brought with it some dramatic skies. a double rainbow spotted around the southend—on—sea area of essex, and a little bit further south in sussex we had this dramatic bolt of lightning coming from one of the storm clouds with some hail mixed in as well. over the next few hours, showers moving eastwards across england, only slowly clearing here. the showers will then tend confined to the north—east of scotland, where it will stay cloudy all night. temperatures 3—7 degrees. now, as far as the weekend goes, we are going to see an improvement in the weather. spells of sunshine and for quite a few of us, it will stay dry. showers around, particularly across the north and east, but with lighter winds, it will feeljust a little bit warmer. here's the area of low pressure that's been bringing the showery weather over the last couple of d

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.w cloud around the coast but that will melt readily away and we could see some showers lingering in the northern isles, with a light southerly breeze, clear skies and lots of sunshine, temperatures are going to respond, perhaps the low 20s through central and southern scotla nd 20s through central and southern scotland and as high as 27 degrees in the south—east, 81 fahrenheit. we will see a subtle change as we move through thursday, when the front will bring more cloud and outbreaks of showery rain through northern ireland, western scotland, maybe north—west england. it stays pretty warm and humid through the south—east and that could trigger offa south—east and that could trigger off a few hundred downpours possibly by the end of the day. here, temperatures will still peak at 26 or 27 degrees, a good bit cooler and fresher further north and west. so to summarise the end of this week, widespread warmth for a few days, the chance of a few thundery downpours, fresher, though, by the wee

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.ot the whole story. there has been some patchy rain toward the south, perhaps more notably, some really hefty downpours further north, some of those will continue into the evening. the showers most plentiful across eastern and southern parts of scotland, showers tending to fade from northern ireland but they will continue across north—eastern parts of england, with thunder and lightning likely. could see quite a lot of rain in a short space of time if you catch one of these downpours, some showers also getting down into east anglia. further south, quite a lot of cloud on the chart, keeping a fair amount across southern areas through tonight. still one or two of those showers are lingering close to the east coast, the further north and west you are across the uk is where the skies will be clearest and temperatures lowest. parts of scotland and northern ireland likely to see a touch of frost. tomorrow, high pressure will be building in from the north—west, but at the same time, an area o

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. storms were quite impressive. the radar picture shows just how widespread those showers were, nowhere immune from seeing several downpours through the day. but some of the showers were particularly impressive. from this mammatus cloud — the sign of very active convection in wiltshire — to pea—sized hailfalling from those thunderclouds in buckinghamshire, and further north in scotland, we had this funnel cloud dropping from stormclouds in dumfries and galloway. now, over the next few hours there are still a few showers dotted at around northern england, wales, northern ireland and northern scotland, too. it's not too cold, though, for most of us. temperatures around 4—7 celsius. low pressure then still in charge of our weather and as we head into friday and it's another day where nowhere is immune from seeing a shower or two. even across souther england there will be some further showers driven along by a fairly brisk wind here but the heaviest showers throughout the day will be across

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.pared with saturday. there will still be some sunny spells around, but actually for a large part of england and wales, it'll be a cloudier day compared with saturday. that's because this frontal system is bringing at least some cloud up from the south, and to start the day across parts of southern england and south wales, there may just be a bit of patchy light rain around. it does mean more cloud across a large part of england and wales compared with saturday. still sunny spells, though, for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, but this is where some showers are going to break out. some of those may be heavy and possibly thundery. you may also see a few towards north wales, the midlands and east anglia on through the afternoon. as for temperatures, mostly in the mid—teens. looks like a cooler day across northern and eastern scotland compared with saturday, especially where you're seeing some showers, and notice how some of these will continue as we go into the night across

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. complete u—turn next weekend, as we'll see in a moment. it will be pleasant where there are some some sunny spells during monday, still a chance of catching a few showers, particularly across parts of eastern england, whereas elsewhere it is high—pressure in control, so it looks dry. one or two showers for south—east scotland to start the day. they're going to clear. a frosty start in northern scotland. a few spots in northern ireland. scotland and northern ireland though, seeing abundant afternoon sunshine. you can see where the showers are, merging to give longer spells of rain and showers across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, showers developing in east anglia and parts of the midlands too, into the afternoon, some of which could be heavy. much of southern england, west midlands, wales, north—west england staying dry, a warmer day with sunnier skies compared to sunday. the breeze starts to pick up across southern parts during the day. turns quite windy overnight into tuesday morn

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. day. in fact we could see a few sharp showers developing more than persistent rain as it comes into the south—east, potentially thundery downpours here, torrential downpours before it clears away. righteous quys before it clears away. righteous guys follow where we could get damp and foggy weather for much of the day. because we have changed the air across the uk, it won't be as warm. still warm enough strong may sunshine. there is more change of foot as we go through thursday night into friday, you can see this deep area of low pressure and seasonably area of low pressure and seasonably area of low pressure and seasonably area of low pressure will wind itself up the windy weather is due on friday and some rain, to the north—west highlands will see most of the rain but we will notice a much cooler feel, of the rain but we will notice a much coolerfeel, particularly of the rain but we will notice a much cooler feel, particularly with those gale—force winds in the north—west. welcome to

you're watching monday in parliament with me alicia mccarthy.r announced a quarantine would be introduced for people coming into the uk, to stop covid—19 being brought in overseas. returning uk holiday—makers orforeign visitors will be expected to self—isolate for 11; days. the scheme will come in next month. travel firm say it will do more damage to an industry already hardheaded. —— hard—hit. the transport committee, the conservative had a suggestion. can i ask if you will consider that those entering the uk coming from countries where the infection rate is below the rate of one will not be subject to quarantine? will boost confidence in aviation travel where it is most needed. secretary of state. i should say, an answer to a previous question that the final details that the final details of the quarantine scheme will be released soon and come in next month. it is the case that we should indeed consider further improvements. for example, things like airbridges enabling people from other areas who have achieved lower levels of coronavirus infec

i hope you canjoin alicia mccarthy on bbc parliament at eleven o'clock on monday evening for the latestmb over the next few days, peaking around the middle of the week with highs of 26 or 27 degrees in the south. a lot of dry weather as well, but the further north and west you are across the uk, the greater the chance of seeing some outbreaks of rain. that's certainly the case on sunday — this frontal system passing across the northern half of the country, but that front running up against this area of high pressure, which will be keeping things dry down to the south, and the squeeze between that high pressure area and the frontal systems pushing in from the west will drive the air up from the south — an increasingly warm feel over the coming days. so, for sunday, we see some rain across the northern half of the uk. parts of north wales, northern england, just the odd spot of drizzle, which should tend to peter out during the day, and the rain across northern ireland and northern scotland will tend to fizzle around lunchtime but we expect more wet weather from the west into the late aft

but until then, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.now, on friday, the strongest gust of wind reached a good 60mph across the north coast of northern ireland, into parts of scotland and in north—west wales, we had a gust into the low—70s mph. these strong winds have been bringing large and battering waves to the coastline. many of our beaches are unpatrolled for understandable reasons and with similar rough seas expected this weekend, it's probably best to stay well away. on the weekend, we have more rain and strong winds thanks to this slow—moving area of low pressure. the strongest winds always closest to the centre of the low passing just toward scotland, and through the day on saturday, although we start off very windy across the north—west, to slowly space out, the low pressure starts to get a bit less intense through the afternoon and the winds will start to lose some of their strength. here are the temperatures as you start the day on saturday, but blustery winds first thing in western scotland, gusts here still reaching a good

i hope you canjoin alicia mccarthy on bbc parliament at eleven o'clock on monday evening for the latestly chilly out there at the moment, but nowhere near as cold as the last couple of nights. last night in northern ireland, it was down to —6 degrees celsius, the coldest may night there in nearly a0 years. this morning, most major towns and cities will be generally above zero, but it is cold air that's sitting on top of us at the moment. you can see the pale blue colours there. the really cold air‘s to the north of us, but we're certainly in that chilly air mass. we'll have to wait before the warmer air from the southern climes arrives, and that's not going to happen for a few more days. so, the forecast for friday morning, well, early hours of the morning shows some clear weather, but also patchy cloud. temperatures in norwich close to freezing. that does mean a ground frost outside of town, but more generally speaking, we're talking around 4—6 degrees. so, a bright start to the day. i wouldn't go as far as saying it's going to be a sunny day on friday, but it is going to be a bright o

i hope you canjoin alicia mccarthy on bbc parliament at 11pm on monday evening for the latest from westminsterrecast. first, most of the wet weather will be found across the northern half of the uk. further south, it'll be largely dry, and quite widely it'll become very warm for a time around the middle of the week. the end of the week will feel a bit different. it'll be cooler, windier and more unsettled for all of us. now, you can see frontal systems which will be pushing across northern areas over the next few days, bringing cloud. yes, this cloud producing some outbreaks of rain, but it is to the south of those frontal systems that things will turn increasingly warm and increasingly sunny for just about all of us by wednesday. but, as far as monday goes, some rain to start off across northern scotland. that will increasingly become confined to the northern isles. the north of the mainland will brighten up, with some sunshine. we will see quite a lot of cloud persisting across southern scotland, north—west england and northern ireland. patchy rain here, which could become heavier from the w

i hope you canjoin alicia mccarthy on bbc parliament at eleven o'clock on monday evening for the latest after, there is some in this forecast, eventually for all. if it's rain, that's only coming for some. now saturday's weather looks to be a complete repeat of what we had on friday. warm sunny spells at times, from cloud, the chance of a shower. things are though steadily changing. we're going to bring warmer air into the uk, as the weekend goes on, more widely into next week. there will be a bit of rain in places as that transition takes place, more especially though across parts of scotland and northern ireland. let's take a look at things first thing for saturday morning. not as chilly to start the day. there's still the chance of a touch of ground frost in one or two spots. so by day and by night, temperatures are heading up. gardeners and growers can relax, unless of course you're waiting for some rain. there will be a bit of rain at times, across the far north of scotland, into orkney. a few showers to northern and western scotland. south—east scotland staying mainly dry. cloud b

but until then, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye.ad, but it does look fresher for all. the south and the east held on to the sunniest weather and the warmth at 28 celsius, but for most it felt a little fresher during the day on thursday. this huge swirl of cloud will be responsible for the transition and for the rain. now, as that comes and it's really quite deep for this time of year so it will bring some unseasonably windy weather, gales are being warned about all ready for part of northern ireland, scotland, met office warning in force here. and it hangs around, as you can see, for much of the weekend, bringing further strong winds and more rain. it looks as if parts of northern ireland and the north—west of scotland could see the highest rainfall totals. in fact, in some of the highlands we could have a months worth of rainfall over the coming few days. look at the strength of the wind, really, anywhere from north wales northwards, 50mph gusts of wind, which with the trees in full leaf is clearly a concern. very mild to start our

but until then, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.close to mid—20s celsius across parts of the south—east. but generally, much of the country will be dry and sunny thanks to the influence of this area of high pressure. but through the day, these weather fronts will start to play a part in the weather across the north—west of the uk to bring outbreaks of rain and stronger winds. a fairly fresh start to the day today. we had temperatures in single figures in places, a little bit of early mist and fog across western areas, which will tend to burn away quickly through the morning. many places will be dry and sunny, england and wales, eastern scotland, but then western scotland, lots of northern ireland will stay windy and cloudy and wetter later in the day. that will impact the temperatures around the mid—teens in the north—west, closer to the low 20s and the mid—20s in the south—east. now, that band of cloud and rain across the north—west moves its way south—eastwards during monday night, tending to fizzle out, though, as it reaches part

but until then, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.nd and wales did stay dry, with plenty of sunshine. most of the rain was in western scotland — it was extremely wet, with over three inches falling on saturday. sunday, less windy, a lot of cloud around in the morning thanks to this weather front bringing outbreaks of rain to the north—west of the country. but high pressure will continue to build in across the south, so that will turn things dry as we head through sunday afternoon. we start the day off, though, with temperatures in double figures for most. that's because we'll start with quite a bit of cloud cover around, and still a fair old breeze out there. it will be quite wet, western scotland in towards north—west england initially, and it looks like the cloud will tend to break up with increasing amounts of sunshine, especially across england and wales, and into the afternoon across northern ireland. these are the mean wind speeds, so you can see quite fresh out there but nothing as strong as what we had on saturday. with slight