Met Office Afternoon Weather Forecast 19/08/2024 - Wet and cloudy
Rain across the Northern Ireland, Scotland and the west, pushing eastwards throughout the day. Some strong winds in the northwest. Cloudy ahead of the rain across the rest of the UK, except in the far southeast where it will remain sunny for a time. This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 19/08/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00Hello, very good day to you. There is going to be quite a changeable, if not autumnal
00:05feel to the weather this week and we're going to start to see that change as we go through
00:09today. Already, yes, it was a bright start across southern southeastern parts but we
00:14have seen cloud pushing in from the west through this morning and with that then plenty of
00:19rain has started to make its way across parts of Northern Ireland into Western Scotland
00:23and we're starting to see some rain in the far west of England and Wales as well. That's
00:27because of a frontal system that is pushing its way eastwards and will continue to do
00:31so as we go through today. So many northern and western parts turning pretty wet for a
00:36time. In the east-southeast, there's still some brightness as we go into the afternoon
00:40and here we're going to have the highest temperatures, still warm, getting to highs of around 25
00:44or 26 Celsius. A few degrees fresher than this further west and where we have the cloud,
00:49the rain and some strong winds, it is going to feel markedly fresher than this. But as
00:54we go through this evening, that cloud, that rain across northern western parts will continue
00:58its progress eastwards. So although it will be a dry end to the day in the southeast,
01:02it is going to turn wet here overnight and the rain could be a little bit heavy at times
01:06through the early hours of tomorrow morning. Otherwise, some clear spells following in
01:10behind. Notice clear spells across parts of the Midlands, South West England, Northern
01:14Ireland. All the time though, there will also be some showery bursts, particularly across
01:19parts of Scotland but even elsewhere, some showery bursts are quite possible. Temperatures
01:24won't drop a huge amount because of the blustery conditions many of us will have. Particularly
01:28in the southeast, they're going to hold up highest. Some places only dropping to lows
01:32of around 17 or 18 Celsius. So a bit of a cloudy, damp start across parts of the southeast
01:38first thing tomorrow morning because of that front that will still be lingering here. But
01:43that is going to clear away and then behind it, plenty of showers and some blustery winds.
01:48So those showers should rattle through quite quickly if you get any, but they could be
01:52quite heavy, particularly across parts of Scotland and towards northwestern parts of
01:57Northern Ireland and England as well. In between the showers, there will be some sunny spells
02:01but a bit of a fresher feel to things compared to of late. And especially when you factor
02:07in those brisk winds, it's not going to feel much like summer. It will feel more like autumn.
02:12Temperatures only getting to highs of around 23 Celsius towards the southeast and mid-teens
02:15at best across some parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Later on as we go through
02:20the rest of this week, there's more changeable unsettled weather to come, particularly towards
02:25the northwest on Wednesday into Thursday. That's when we could see the remnants of what
02:30was Hurricane Ernesto bringing some very wet and windy weather for a time. Otherwise, there
02:35is still more unsettled weather to come and there will be some strong winds pushing through
02:39and that will add to the relatively cool feel. So yes, not really feeling much like the end
02:44of summer. If you want to know a bit more about what we can expect through the rest
02:48of this week, do head to our YouTube channel later on this afternoon when Aidan will have
02:53a more in-depth outlook. I'll see you again soon. Bye bye.