Met Office morning weather forecast 17/04/24 -
Strong winds and showers move south from northeast Scotland down eastern England throughout the day, into the southeast this evening. Showers across Wales, but sunny inland England with some frost in the early morning, dry elsewhere. Cloud, rain and drizzle in Northern Ireland and spreading into the southwest later today. – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 17/04/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.
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00:00 Hello there, welcome to your Wednesday morning weather update from the Met Office.
00:04 Now through today it's a chilly start, showers particularly across central and eastern areas,
00:09 more cloud and rain towards the west, all courtesy of this week feature here, delivering
00:12 that cloud and patchy rain and drizzle down towards Wales as well as the West Country
00:16 through the afternoon, leaving Northern Ireland later.
00:19 Come Thursday this feature here will bring more cloud to Scotland, Northern Ireland,
00:23 eventually far north of England as well as Wales, brighter skies further south.
00:26 However, if you're stepping out first thing this morning, it is chilly outside.
00:31 Add to that a strong wind across the north and north east of Scotland with frequent showers,
00:36 showers also running down this east coast.
00:38 Inland though, some pockets of frost to start the day, at least you'll see some sunshine.
00:42 The cloud has thickened across Northern Ireland and the Western Isles and here we'll see some
00:46 outbreaks of mostly light rain and drizzle.
00:48 And a legacy of showers continues through the morning across Wales and one or two just
00:53 pushing down towards the West Country as well as the Channel Islands.
00:56 However, for the bulk of the country, it's a mostly dry start with some sunshine.
01:00 These winds will be strongest through the morning across the east and the north east
01:04 of Scotland and then the winds will pick up along the east coast of England as we head
01:08 through the morning into the afternoon coupled with some showers.
01:12 Clouds will build generally across the country as we head through the day today and we'll
01:15 see a scattering of showers.
01:17 More cloud and outbreaks of rain continue across Northern Ireland through the morning
01:21 and you can see here migrating southwards just clipping the Isle of Man, West Wales
01:26 down towards the West Country later on today.
01:28 Now for Western Scotland, particularly mainland Scotland, you should see some hazy sunshine.
01:33 Showers become more scattered across central and eastern areas of Scotland and showers
01:37 will develop across Northern England, the Midlands and the South East.
01:41 Those winds though will be strong through the afternoon along the east coast making
01:44 it feel cold.
01:45 Inland, we could see a 13.
01:47 So the clouds and the rain tends to ease across Northern Ireland through this evening and
01:51 overnight but we will see some wet weather across central and western parts of Wales
01:56 as well as the West Country.
01:57 Eventually it will clear.
01:59 And then the bulk of the country under some clearer skies, quiet conditions.
02:02 You'll notice these blues just slowly migrating northwards and southwards.
02:06 Here's some patchy frost before the next system comes in towards the north west as we head
02:11 through into Thursday morning.
02:13 Before that though if you're stepping out on Thursday morning, like this morning, it's
02:16 going to be rather chilly, at least though some brighter weather.
02:20 Quiet conditions with a slight ridge across England and Wales whereas further north the
02:24 winds will pick up again on Thursday as this weather system moves down towards eastern
02:28 counties.
02:29 A legacy of showers through Friday then across eastern counties before high pressure slowly
02:34 asserts itself into the weekend from the west.
02:38 Weak features in terms of clouds and rain always skirting the far north of Scotland.
02:42 So let's have a look at Thursday in more detail.
02:44 Thickening cloud brings outbreaks of rain.
02:46 The rain will be persistent across the western side of Scotland.
02:49 A little bit of rain also for Northern Ireland.
02:52 That rain pushing in across the central belt by around lunchtime pushing down towards Cumbria,
02:55 Northumberland, Lancashire and Yorkshire.
02:58 And perhaps just clipping Gwynedd as well as Flintshire through the afternoon Anglesey
03:02 and the Isle of Man.
03:03 We hang on to brighter weather across southern counties of England and it will be dry here.
03:07 And your outlook then through the next few days.
03:09 So Friday a few light showers particularly in the east and then turning drier for many
03:13 but also some chilly nights.
03:15 I'll see you later.
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