Initially dry and bright across some eastern and southern areas of England but cloud will thicken with patchy rain possible later in the day. Rain persistent across western Scotland, Northern Ireland and northwest England. – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 20/12/23. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.
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00:00 Hello there, welcome to your Wednesday morning forecast from the Met Office.
00:03 It's wet this morning across the western half of Scotland, the rain extending down towards Northern Ireland, North West England.
00:09 Further east, yes you'll see some clearer skies first thing across Aberdeenshire, borders North East England, but it will be a chilly start to the day.
00:16 Showers for Shetland as well as Orkney.
00:18 This patchy rain across Wales will come and go, North West England as well, and even more cloud across the Midlands,
00:23 but some clearer skies, eastern counties, central and southern England.
00:27 So a bit of a chilly start to the day here, but at least we'll see some brighter weather.
00:31 Towards the west country, a keen breeze and again cloud coming and going.
00:35 One or two shower bursts can't be ruled out.
00:38 Now this is a warm front which is pushing ever eastwards and southwards through the day.
00:43 It's not going to touch Shetland and we won't see much rain across central and southern England, although cloud will increase.
00:49 But one of the features of the weather is that it will turn milder from the west.
00:53 However, western Scotland yet again today getting the brunt of the highest rainfall totals.
00:59 It's going to be a wet day also across northern counties, Northern Ireland.
01:02 Patchy rain across Wales and this rain extending across towards eastern counties through the morning into the afternoon.
01:09 A strong wind across western Scotland, Northern Ireland, North West England.
01:14 Elsewhere in Shelter, you could see some dry skies to end the day, east of the Pennines as well as the Highlands.
01:20 Temperatures here though only eight or nine degrees Celsius, but 10 or 11 further west.
01:25 Here's your wind warning, which kicks in at midnight into Thursday morning.
01:30 Now winds could pick up to severe gale, even touching storm force for a time across the far north of Scotland,
01:37 where gusts could reach 70, 80 miles an hour and some damaging gusts as the winds hop over the Highlands as well as Pennines as we head through Thursday.
01:45 So expect some travel disruption, the risk of ferries being cancelled, a risk to high sided vehicles if you are travelling and there could be some bridge restrictions as well.
01:55 So through Wednesday evening, it remains damp across windward facing coasts.
02:00 More persistent rain by this point across Shetland as well as Orkney.
02:05 But it really isn't until we see the cloud gather across the far north of Scotland and then the rain intensify.
02:11 So we're going to see a bit of a cold front and it's behind this where the winds will really strengthen.
02:17 So overnight, cloudy skies across Wales, the West Country where we see some patchy rain, dry skies towards more eastern areas.
02:24 And then this front becomes very squally.
02:26 The winds become quite violent towards the northeast as those gusts pick up as well.
02:31 Hanging on to milder weather across many areas, but it does turn colder across the far north into Thursday morning.
02:37 So we're going to see some drivings and hazardous driving through the first part of Thursday, depending on where you are in the country.
02:44 Certainly high waves along the coastline and this rain will be fairly intense across the central belt, pushing down towards northern England as well as Northern Ireland.
02:52 We hang on to the cloud and patchy rain across the southwest, but we see brighter skies and blustery showers through the day further east as well as north.
03:00 And those winds will be relentless through the afternoon.
03:04 Well, on the mild side initially, but we see more cold air just come in across Scotland on Friday.
03:09 Elsewhere, the clouds will just come and go with some patchy rain and drizzle and then into the weekend.
03:15 Yet again, it remains rather windy.
03:17 The chance of some showers. For more details about the Christmas period, check out all our social media platforms where we'll keep you updated.
03:24 And I'll see you later.
03:25 later.
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