Met Office Afternoon Forecast 22/11/23 – Dry South, Unsettled North
Mild temperatures for most of the UK, with high pressure dominating in the South creating drier conditions. Rain expected to move southwards into most parts of Scotland. – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 22/11/23. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Annie Shuttleworth.
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00:00 Good afternoon. Well, it'll be turning more unsettled across northern areas through this
00:05 afternoon. But for the south, the drier interlude is set to continue for the next few days at
00:10 least. That's because high pressure is in charge across southern areas. In the north
00:14 though, we've got this weather front lying close to the northwest and that will become
00:17 an increasing feature through the next few days. Now, you probably will have heard some
00:21 cold weather is on the way. But if we have a look at our air masses for now, we can see
00:25 we've got this milder air dominating across the UK for now. You can see that by the oranges.
00:31 You can't help but notice the deeper blues to the north though, and that will, that colder
00:36 air will shift southwards as we head towards Friday and into the weekend. But for now,
00:41 we're in that milder air mass. As we've got quite a big difference in the temperature
00:45 of the air, we've got these stronger winds, quite a strong jet stream at the moment, and
00:48 that's going to allow for some strengthening and gusty winds as we head through Thursday
00:52 into Friday, particularly to the east of high ground. We'll see these gusty winds through
00:56 the next couple of days. And then on Friday, the winds really pick up across the North
01:00 Sea, bringing some potentially larger waves to eastern coast through Friday. But for now,
01:05 we've got that cloudier, milder air mass across the bulk of the country through this afternoon.
01:09 So quite a lot of cloud around, some spots of drizzle here and there. But the bulk of
01:14 the rain will be restricted to Northern Ireland and northern areas of Scotland where we're
01:18 closer to that weather front. We've got the gusty winds starting to pick up, so to the
01:22 lee of the Pennines, we could start to see the winds strengthening through this afternoon.
01:27 Some sunshine will poke out here and there, and temperatures will be close, similar to
01:31 yesterday across southern areas. Across the north though, temperatures are on the rise
01:35 a little bit with that milder air mass, highs of around 13 or 14 degrees across northeastern
01:41 areas of Scotland. That mild theme will continue through tonight, so it's going to be a milder
01:46 night than last night. Temperatures not falling much below 7 degrees across southern areas,
01:51 a bit of a difference from the 2 degrees we reached last night. So quite a lot of cloud
01:56 around though, and some rain and drizzle, particularly over the hills of Wales, the
01:59 Pennines, as well as parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. The rain will be more persistent
02:03 as well across northwestern Scotland. Rain total starting to build up around 40 or 50
02:08 millimetres here. So as I said, a milder night tonight, temperatures not falling much below
02:14 10 degrees in towns and cities. But it will be colder across northern areas. That cold
02:20 front has finally started to shift southwards tonight, so that will bring the colder air
02:26 to the Shetland Isles as well as northwestern Scotland. So temperatures starting to drop.
02:30 We could see some showers of sleet and snow starting to fall as well, but any snow will
02:35 be restricted to high ground. And then through Thursday, southern areas seeing a very similar
02:41 day ahead of that weather front, a lot of cloud around, some sunshine likely across
02:46 southeastern areas. It will be a similar feel to today though. Across the north though,
02:50 quite a difference as that weather front has cleared through and we could see some of those
02:55 showers starting to fall across the hills of Scotland, those snow showers starting to
02:59 fall. The rain will become more persistent across Northern Ireland as well as central
03:03 areas of England too. And you can start to see that colder air being introduced as well.
03:09 The colder air will then sink southwards into Friday. So it's Friday when I think you'll
03:13 notice the biggest difference. Daytime temperatures not reaching double digits in many areas at
03:18 all. It's likely to stay cold as we head through the weekend as well. It's likely to be fairly
03:23 dry, so plenty of frost around. You can find more details about our forecast by subscribing
03:29 to our YouTube channel. I'll see you later.
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