Arctic winds continue to drive frequent showers across the country, with some dry spells in southern and eastern regions. Showers easing overnight for much of the country, becoming isolated to northern and western regions. Temperatures feeling much colder than recent days in the change of air mass. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 11/09/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin..
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00:00Still 11 days until the equinox but it's definitely big coat weather out there.
00:05Chilly winds, some sunshine, but plenty of showers as well. Here's the bigger
00:10picture, the view from space. Satellite image showing this large stripe of cloud.
00:14There's a large area of high pressure over here way out to the west but we're
00:19being controlled by this low pressure system which is bringing in the winds
00:23behind it down from the north or the northwest. And this speckle here, well
00:28they're showers that are feeding in down through the Irish Sea into
00:31northwest England. That's going to continue to drift south across the
00:34Midlands but there's plenty of showers developing elsewhere also. Not too many
00:39for South Wales, southwest England, parts of eastern England may escape dry and
00:43certainly this afternoon much of southeast Scotland will be dry as well.
00:47But elsewhere be prepared for showers to come and go throughout the day. They'll
00:50chug through pretty smartly because of that brisk wind but that brisk wind is
00:54bringing the chill. Temperatures really struggling, 12, 13 at best across the
01:00north, maybe 15, 16, 17 in the south. But add on that wind and it feels colder,
01:06feels more like single digits for many. So yes, a real chill out there today. It's
01:11going to get cold overnight as well. Still plenty of showers around for this
01:15evening's rush hour so yes, lots of spray and surface water on the roads. One
01:19minute it's dry, the next you're in a downpour. But generally the showers will
01:23ease certainly across the Midlands, much of eastern England, southern Scotland,
01:26southern England will have a dry night. And with clear skies and as the winds
01:31ease a touch with the cold air in place, temperatures are really going to tumble
01:35down to 5, 6 degrees in most towns and cities. Rural areas will be not far off
01:40or even particularly across the north a little bit below freezing. So yes, a chilly
01:45start to Thursday. Should be some sunshine around though for many. A
01:49sparkling start over southern Scotland, eastern and southern England. There will
01:53be showers again tomorrow, particularly across north and west Wales, northern
01:57parts of Northern Ireland, northern Scotland. But not as many tomorrow for
02:00southwest Scotland, northwest England looking a bit drier. Come the afternoon
02:03a few across southwest England and the odd one over the Midlands and eastern
02:08England as well. But generally not as many showers as today. A bit more in the
02:12way of sunshine and the winds will be a little bit lighter tomorrow. They're
02:16still coming out from the north so it's still cold air so temperatures are still
02:19going to struggle. Most places again struggling to get into the teens across
02:24the north, maybe 15 or 16 further south. But with the winds being a bit light, it
02:28will probably feel a little bit less cold tomorrow. But it's going to get cold
02:32again on Thursday night in particular and temperatures are below average. These
02:38are the numbers for Thursday, comparing them to average significantly below for
02:42the time of year. So yes, there are real chances that it's going to get cold on
02:46Thursday night as well. Still a few showers around on Thursday evening but
02:49they will tend to fade. The winds will ease down further. We'll have clear skies
02:53so even more likely to see temperatures down to pretty close to freezing on
02:58Friday morning. But then we'll start to see a bit more of a change. That high
03:02pressure down to the west will start to build in across the southern half of the
03:07UK. But low pressure is still in control for the north. Some wet and windy weather
03:10likely across Scotland, particularly so on Saturday. But high pressure dominating
03:15to the south bringing quite a lot of fine weather here actually for the end
03:18of the week. And it will also bring some milder air. So we've got the colder air
03:22in place at the moment. But as this high topples in and the weather comes more in
03:26from the west, we will see temperatures rising slowly but surely through the
03:30weekend and into next week. So yes, it is pretty chilly out there at the moment.
03:35But something a bit warmer on the way through the weekend and for next week.
03:39For more details on that, you can catch our 10-day trend. That'll be available on
03:43our YouTube channel by Wednesday afternoon.