Tuesday evening forecast 26/09/23

26 September - National weather forecast presented by Clare Nasir.

Transcript

00:00Storm Agnes is a deep area of low pressure which will track across the country through

00:04Wednesday bringing with it damaging winds and also quite a lot of rain. So there are

00:10wind and rain warnings in force. Let me take you through the bigger picture. Through the

00:14early hours of Wednesday morning fairly quiet and also dry before the system moves in around

00:19lunchtime. So this is your wind warning covering much of the country away from the south east

00:24and east Anglia. Winds along the coast, that's Irish Sea coast and the North Channel, could

00:28reach 75mph 55mph inland. That's in terms of gusts and also some heavy rain so expect

00:34some surface water impacts particularly across the south west of Scotland and the central

00:38swathe of Scotland where that rain warning remains in force throughout the afternoon.

00:43Now through Tuesday evening, yes a lot of showers around across Scotland and Northern

00:47Ireland and the far north of England. Rather breezy as well. Further south it's dry through

00:52the evening and overnight and in fact overnight away from the north west of Scotland and the

00:57far north the winds will ease. We'll see an overhang of cloud keeping temperatures

01:02here relatively mild but a chilly end to the night across central and eastern areas of

01:07Scotland with some clearer skies. And in fact through the first part of Wednesday morning

01:13things remain fairly quiet and dry with some sunshine. A few showers still clipping the

01:17far north west of Scotland. However during the morning this cloud will thicken across

01:22the west country Wales and Northern Ireland and then hot on its heels outbreaks of rain

01:27skirting the west country western parts of Wales eventually by around mid morning reaching

01:32Northern Ireland where it will become heavy and persistent. Then the winds pick up some

01:37strength associated with the centre of the low so the winds through the afternoon are

01:41going to turn very gusty. Gale force winds, high waves, there could be problems on the

01:47roads, rails and even some cancellations to ferries particularly across the north channel

01:51as we head through the afternoon. Notice for the Midlands, East Anglia, Eastern Counties,

01:56the South East, that's where you'll see the driest weather, still breezy but some brighter

02:00weather coming through. But a wet and windy evening for Scotland, again some high rainfall

02:04totals, more rain arrives across Northern Ireland through the afternoon into evening

02:09time and again these winds will be relentless picking up across the north east of Scotland

02:14as well as the low tracks towards the far north of the mainland. But through the evening

02:18and overnight into the early hours of Thursday morning it does dry up across the bulk of

02:23England and Wales, Southern Scotland as well as Northern Ireland, still wet across the

02:27Highlands of Scotland and the Northern Isles. Temperatures holding up wherever you are,

02:31not a particularly cold start to the day come Thursday and Thursday will be a fairly windy

02:36one particularly in the north and the west, breezy further south but bright with some

02:40sunshine. Now through the day this band of heavy showery rain pushes in across Northern

02:46Ireland and Western Scotland as the rain clears Shetland. Still windy through the afternoon

02:50even touching Galeforce for a time as temperatures rise around 16, 17, 18 degrees Celsius but

02:56some brighter weather to end the day on Thursday. Come Friday still windy in the north, still

03:01a few showers around in the north west but bright for many and also dry with some sunshine.

03:06Please stay up to date with the forecast, check out all our social media platforms and

03:11also our website where the warnings will continually be updated through the next 24 hours so you

03:17can stay up to date with the weather in your area.