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so this was the story then on saturday with storm betty anchored to the north west, starting to drift its way a little bit further westward. so as we go through the day on sunday, we will have more cloud the further north and west and a few scattered showers to begin with. and then into the afternoon, perhaps some more showers developing across western half of england and wales. further east, drier settled with some sunshine and temperatures, well, 17 to 21 degrees for scotland and northern ireland, perhaps peaking at 2a or 25 degrees, 77 fahrenheit for england and wales into the first part of next week. low pressure will move in from the north and it will bring showers or longer spells of rain across scotland and northern ireland. some blustery winds as well. for england and wales, it stays largely dry with showers fairly isolated and with a south westerly wind direction, those temperatures will start to climb and to feel quite pleasant. in actual fact, temperatures peaking at 26 degr
6am for those on the east coast of the united states in an early wake up call there. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. certainly was quite an eventful start to our weekend with storm betty pushing north, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. a pretty grey and blustery start in northern ireland. here we had 46 millimetres of rain from storm betty, but the story improved and actually we had some sunshine and some warmth coming through by the end of the afternoon, temperatures in lincolnshire peaking at 25.9 celsius. so this was the story then on saturday with storm betty anchored to the north west, starting to drift its way a little bit further westward. so as we go through the day on sunday, we will have more cloud the further north and west and a few scattered showers to begin with. and then into the afternoon, perhaps some more showers developing