Met Office Evening Weather Forecast 20/02/24 - Drier to the north, rain from the south
A cloudy evening towards the south, clearer in the North, until rain arrives early in the night from the southwest reaching south Scotland by early morning. The rain clears eastwards restricting to the southeast during the afternoon. 20/02/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.
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00:00 Hello there, welcome to your weather update from the Met Office. More wet
00:04 weather on its way from the southwest through Tuesday night and into Wednesday.
00:07 The Met Office has issued warnings for heavy rain across western and southern
00:11 parts of Wales and the West Country. A slight ridge into Wednesday morning
00:15 brings cold air towards the northeast and this is your warning zone. You could
00:19 see 50 to 70 millimetres of rain over the hills but it clears quite swiftly
00:22 towards the east as we head through Wednesday afternoon. Still blustery
00:26 though and the air turns colder particularly across more northern and
00:29 western areas. This is an active cold front through Thursday will bring some
00:33 heavy pulses of rain with heavy showers to follow towards the north and the west
00:37 turning wintry over the higher ground. Now let's backtrack to Tuesday evening.
00:43 The legacy of cloud and rain remains across central and southern parts of
00:47 England and Wales. Colder air towards the northeast of Scotland as showers become
00:52 confined to Shetland and then you can see here that cloud and rain arrives and
00:56 pushes quite quickly northwards and eastwards. So a wet and windy end to the
01:01 night across many areas. Some heavy pulses of rain can't be ruled out. Mild in the
01:06 south, a cold start to the day towards the northeast where we're seeing more
01:09 cloud. Perhaps some brighter skies for Shetland, certainly dry here with a
01:13 driving wind. But that rain marches towards these parts quite quickly
01:16 through the day. Again these bright echoes representing some heavy pulses of
01:20 rain so some high rainfall totals associated with this but notice a
01:23 clearance coming in from the west around lunchtime for Northern Ireland. Western
01:27 Scotland as well but that rain just lingers on across more central and
01:31 eastern areas again associated with a strong wind. And then through the
01:34 afternoon brighter skies from the Midlands northwards. Showers across the
01:37 north and west of Scotland clipping Northern Ireland. We hang on to more
01:40 cloud across more southern areas. Even the odd pulse of rain can't be ruled out
01:44 here. Temperatures will go around 12 degrees Celsius. Now through Wednesday
01:50 evening and overnight some clearer skies, certainly chilly in shelter across
01:55 eastern parts of Scotland, North East England. Whereas further west the wind
01:59 picks up again and this is an active cold front which will move across
02:03 Scotland and Northern Ireland towards Northern England and Wales. At the same
02:06 time more cloud and rain returns to more southern counties so a wet end to the
02:10 night here. But notice this front here is active. We're going to see a lot of heavy
02:16 rain for a time. It's moving from the west towards the east through Thursday
02:20 morning. So again some tricky conditions on the roads through Thursday morning
02:24 rush hour. This is the cold front associated with it. It's clearing
02:28 Scotland and Northern Ireland but showers will follow and these showers
02:31 could turn wintry over the higher ground but more wet weather to come through the
02:35 morning into the afternoon across England and Wales. Even with the odd
02:38 rumble of thunder and certainly we could see some thunder and lightning
02:41 associated with these showers towards the far northwest. In between some
02:45 quieter conditions even some sunshine. Eastern Scotland not doing too bad
02:49 towards the end of the day but further showers running in across England and
02:53 Wales. As we see this rain become confined to the Midlands, East Anglia as
02:57 well as the southeast. But showers always the name of the game across more
03:01 northern and western areas. So wherever you are you're likely to see some wet
03:05 weather over the next few days and some of it could be impactful certainly if
03:08 you are traveling. I'll see you later.