Tuesday morning forecast 26/10/21

26 October-National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hello, and welcome to the latest from the Met Office. Rain in places on Tuesday, mainly

00:06in the north and then for all it's going to be fairly cloudy, windy and mild because we've

00:13got this south-westerly airflow across the UK for the next few days. Having said that,

00:19the showers on Monday easing overnight, becoming restricted to western shores. Clear spells

00:25then for central and eastern parts of the UK, north-east Scotland, and a chilly start

00:29in some places as we begin Tuesday. Perhaps a touch of grass frost, but otherwise a few

00:34missed patches first thing, soon lifting because the breeze will pick things up and that breeze

00:39will push areas of cloud and some outbreaks of rain in from the west. A warm front crosses

00:45the country effectively and you can just about make it out there. As it extends south, some

00:51thicker cloud and some light outbreaks of rain for a time in the south, but much of

00:55the rain will be focused across northern parts of the UK and those outbreaks of rain will

01:00become increasingly persistent for north-west Highlands into the isles of Lewis and Harris

01:05and so on. But for many it's drier and brighter into the afternoon and it is mild. We've got

01:11a bit of brightness developing, 16-17C in the south, 13-16C further north and it's going

01:19to be increasingly windy with that south-westerly. The wind bouncing off the hills of northern

01:25England, southern Scotland to give some strong gusts, north-east England, south-east Scotland

01:28and also gales for exposed north-western shores of Scotland. The persistent wet weather in

01:35the north-west sinks south overnight to affect southern Scotland, northern Ireland and parts

01:40of northern England by dawn on Wednesday. But with this wind, with the cloud everywhere

01:45as well, it's certainly a mild night to come with temperatures not much lower than the

01:49mid-teens in places by the start of Wednesday. However, the weather front that's now across

01:55central parts, well it's stalling. It's developing these little ripples in it, they're known

02:00as waves and pulses of rain will really just continue to affect this central zone, especially

02:07south-west Scotland and north-west England throughout Wednesday and the start of Thursday.

02:12So you can see it's a wet start for southern Scotland, mainly south of the central belt

02:16but perhaps Edinburgh for a time and Cumbria, north Wales, seeing some heavy rainfall continuing

02:22throughout Wednesday and into Thursday. Now for the likes of south-west Scotland, the

02:27risk of 60mm over the hills, risk of localised flooding and for Cumbria, even more than that,

02:34we're looking at 120-140mm over some of the peaks and in some spots 200mm throughout Wednesday

02:42and the start of Thursday, so rain warning in force. But you can see that rain is really

02:46focused in that area with a lot of fine weather to the south, some cloud breaks, a strong

02:51wind and mild. Scotland and Northern Ireland, or at least the north of Northern Ireland

02:56seeing brighter weather as well with a few showers in the north-west and a gusty breeze.

03:01We're given some sunshine in the south-east, 17, perhaps even 18 Celsius is possible on

03:06Wednesday, so very mild and a very mild night to come once again on Wednesday night, but

03:11a bit colder further north. Follow us on social media and we'll keep you updated on

03:16all of that. Of course you can find the weather warnings on the Met Office website and app.

03:20Bye bye.