Met Office Evening Weather Forecast 22/08/2024 - Storm Lilian to bring strong winds
Storm Lilian will move across the UK through Thursday night into Friday bringing unseasonably wet and windy weather. Strong winds, particularly across northern England and heavy rainfall, across parts of southwest Scotland and Aberdeenshire coast, are likely bring some disruption. Storm Lilian will pass through quickly on Friday leaving a drier and brighter day for many. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 22/08/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00Hello again. It's not autumn yet. It is still August, but there will be some very unseasonable
00:05weather around through tonight and into tomorrow because of Storm Lillian. Now, that feature
00:10is currently just to the west of us, but it is quickly going to bring some very wet, very
00:14windy weather initially across parts of Northern Ireland through this evening, but then all
00:18of that unsettled weather is going to feed into England, Wales and Scotland overnight.
00:23With the unsettled conditions, temperatures aren't going to drop a huge amount, generally
00:27holding up in the mid to high teens for some places, especially towards the southeast.
00:32But obviously when we wake up, yes, it's going to be mild or perhaps even warm for some of
00:35us first thing on Friday morning, but it is going to be pretty unpleasant with all that
00:39wind and rain around. Now, we could see some impacts from the unsettled weather. In terms
00:44of rainfall, the greatest likelihood of impacts will be across parts of South West Scotland
00:48and around the Aberdeenshire Angus coast as well. Here we could see totals quite widely
00:53reaching 20 to 30 millimetres, perhaps locally 40 to 50 millimetres. And so some localised
00:58flooding and travel disruption is relatively likely here. It's probably the winds, though,
01:03that are going to have a greater impact, especially across northern parts of England into North
01:07Wales, South West Scotland as well. And here quite widely, we're looking at gusts of 50
01:12to 60 miles per hour as we go through Friday morning and locally in some exposed spots
01:17towards the coasts and the higher ground, gusts could reach 65 to 75 miles per hour,
01:22perhaps even a little bit stronger than this. So these kind of winds, particularly at this
01:25time of year, could cause some damage to property. There could be some flying debris around and
01:30also some further travel disruption. So do take care overnight and first thing tomorrow
01:34morning. But Storm Lillian does actually clear through relatively quickly, so a very unsettled
01:39start to the day. But then as it clears away towards the North Sea, things will be turning
01:43dry and a bit more settled later on. Yes, there will be quite a few showers across Scotland,
01:48Ireland, northern parts of England, and some of these could be quite heavy. But across
01:53more central southern parts of England and much of Wales, it's looking largely dry and
01:57a decent amount of sunshine, more sunshine than we've seen through today for some places.
02:01And with that feeling a little bit warmer as well, good chance that we'll get to the
02:05low, possibly mid 20s towards the southeast, but markedly fresher than this further north
02:10and west. Some places struggling mid teens at best. More showers to come across the northern
02:15parts as we go through Friday evening and overnight and generally fine end to the day
02:19for much of England and Wales. But quickly it will turn cloudy and wet across southern
02:25counties as we go overnight into Saturday. Temperatures won't be quite as high as through
02:31this coming night. But nonetheless, with the cloud, the rain in the south southeast, many
02:35places staying in the mid teens further north where we get some clear skies and lighter
02:39winds than through this coming night, it is going to turn a bit fresher. Some places away
02:43from the towns and cities dropping to mid single figures perhaps. Then Saturday is going
02:47to be a very wet day across southern and southeastern parts. We could see some impacts from this
02:53rain because it is going to be heavy and persistent. But worth bearing in mind, it has been pretty
02:57dry in this area through the last few weeks. Elsewhere, whilst that rain clears away through
03:02the day, there will be some sunny breaks around. But again, also plenty of showers, these most
03:07frequent towards the northwest of the UK. But even elsewhere, we will see a few showers
03:11passing through at times. We do have slightly fresher air coming in behind this system and
03:16so temperatures won't be as high as on Friday. Just about getting into the low 20s towards
03:21the south of the UK and further north, some places struggling in the low to mid teens
03:25Celsius. That front in the southeast does clear away as we go later Saturday into Sunday.
03:31Then through the long weekend for many of us, there will be some dry weather around
03:34but also some spells of rain at times too and some stronger winds. Notice a feature
03:39coming through during the latter part of Monday. Some uncertainty about the timing
03:43of this and it may not be as potent a feature as Storm Lillian is going to be, but it could
03:47cause some further issues. For more information about that, do head to our YouTube channel
03:51where you will find our weekend forecast presented by Annie. I'll see you again soon. Bye bye.