Rain will continue to push into the south west of England and the south of Wales, moving further inland, whilst most of northern England and Scotland is expected to remain mostly dry and cloudy. Lower temperatures and bright spells expected north of Scotland later this afternoon. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 25/09/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern
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00:00Hi there, following the very heavy thunderstorms that some parts of the UK saw over the weekend
00:06and a slightly quieter start to the week, we've got more rain to come as Atlantic weather
00:12returns. The first signs of that already into parts of Wales and the south west. It's been
00:17a damp start to Wednesday, that band of rain pushing into the Midlands, the south and south
00:22east as well as parts of Northern Ireland by the afternoon. Northern England, Scotland,
00:26mostly dry but it will be increasingly cloudy and there will be a few showers about, particularly
00:31for Northern Scotland where there will be a cold breeze, although some brighter skies
00:35at times for Shetland and for Orkney. So temperatures in the far north, 10 or 11 Celsius. Towards
00:43the south, feeling unpleasant under the band of rain but as the rain clears Devon and Cornwall
00:48it will feel warmer once again with south westerlies and temperatures of 18 Celsius,
00:53although those south westerlies will bring further showers in through the evening, even
00:57some longer spells of heavier rain overnight. The main band of initial rain pushes into
01:03North Wales, Northern England, Southern Scotland and Northern Ireland where it comes to a rest
01:07for some hours and it will turn increasingly persistent and heavy, particularly over north
01:12east England. It just about avoids central and northern Scotland where there will be
01:17some clear skies overnight and with the colder air in place, temperatures dropping once again
01:22into the low single figures, a touch of ground frost around first thing. But in the south
01:26it's a mild night with the south westerlies and the heavy showers around. Those showers
01:32will be with us first thing across the south coast, south Wales as well. Some brighter
01:37interludes in between the showers but across this central swathe of the UK there's this
01:42heavy and persistent rain that will accumulate, particularly through the morning and particularly
01:47for parts of north east England. North York moors, Pennines could see 80mm or so, perhaps
01:53more in one or two spots, 50mm more widely and that could cause localised flooding, transport
01:59disruption. But it does ease later in the afternoon and we'll see again a marked contrast
02:06in temperatures across the UK. We've got the cold air in the north but much milder air
02:10further south with temperatures closer to average in southern England, although with
02:15gusty winds and heavy showers moving through during the afternoon, it's not going to feel
02:19particularly pleasant if you're caught in those showers. Then the band of rain moves
02:23south and becomes lively once again across parts of Wales, the Midlands, East Anglia.
02:29There is the risk on Thursday night and into the start of Friday of 30mm in an hour or
02:36two and perhaps 40-60mm in several hours in some locations. A little bit of uncertainty
02:43about where exactly we'll see the heaviest rain but there is the risk again of localised
02:48flooding and of course that rain hitting areas that have already seen some heavy rain through
02:53the weekend. It's mild though in the south with that rain first thing Friday, colder
02:59further north with northerly winds starting to push south. Those northerly winds will
03:04help to clear the rain but it could be a tricky rush hour through the M4, M5 first thing Friday
03:10before the rain eventually eases. Some heavy showers potentially affecting the south coast
03:14for a time but by the afternoon many places are drier and brighter. There will be showers
03:19coming through on those northerly winds, particularly for northern Scotland, Northern Ireland, but
03:23interspersed by sunny spells and it's going to feel a lot colder everywhere with those
03:29northerly winds arriving and below average temperatures across the board. Having said
03:34that, although it will be colder than normal through the weekend, much brighter skies return
03:39and for many it's a dry weekend with just one or two showers and plenty of sunny spells.