Wednesday Afternoon Forecast 20/12/23

20 December - National Weather Forecast presented by Annie Shuttleworth

Transcript

00:00Good afternoon, it's going to turn very windy through tonight and through the rest of the

00:04day we'll see clouds thicken from the north and west and some quite persistent drizzly

00:09rain. That's as we've seen a warm front move in overnight so we'll see quite a lot of cloud

00:13across parts of Northern Ireland, much of Scotland, north-west England, north Wales

00:17too where we've already seen quite a lot of drizzly rain so far this morning. Across more

00:22southern and eastern areas though it should stay largely dry through the rest of the day.

00:26We could even see some sunny spells across parts of London and towards Kent by the end

00:32of the day as well. As we've got milder air across us it will be a milder afternoon than

00:37yesterday but it's going to be fairly breezy still, particularly further north and west.

00:43And the winds do strengthen overnight tonight, that's as we've got a deepening area of low

00:48pressure moving in across the north and east. That's been named Storm Pier by the Danish

00:53Met Service, that's because the strongest winds are expected to affect parts of Scandinavia

00:59but we will potentially see some storm force gusts affecting parts of the Northern Isles.

01:03So gusts in excess of 80mph are possible here but it's inland we'll see slightly lower gusts

01:10but it'll still be a blustery day so gusts closer to 50 or 60mph, particularly across

01:15parts of the Pennines. Through the rest of the day you can see the winds do ease as that

01:19low pressure pushes off to the east but because we are expecting some very strong winds through

01:24Thursday we do have a wind warning in force for a large swathe of the country. So we can

01:29see gusts close to 80mph, some very large waves particularly across the North Sea and

01:35that does mean that anywhere within this yellow warning area we're expecting longer journey

01:40times, some travel disruption if you're travelling by rail or by plane or even on the roads as

01:45well so do take care if you're travelling anywhere throughout the course of Thursday.

01:50So the winds start to pick up through tonight and through much of the night it will be cloudy

01:55and damp particularly for many north and western areas. The rain will turn quite persistent

01:59across the far north west of Scotland. We'll then see this band push through and behind

02:04it we see some very blustery showers start to move in across parts of Scotland by tomorrow

02:09morning. These bring a risk of hail and thunder. Further south and east though it will still

02:14remain much drier but still quite blustery with a blanket of cloud across the country

02:18it's going to be a much milder night than last night. But it does start to turn colder

02:23as that front moves through, that cold front pushes through across Scotland so it will

02:27turn colder across the far north and here it will be a very windy and unpleasant day

02:32through tomorrow particularly through the morning and that windier blustery weather

02:36does push southwards through the day. We'll continue to see some heavy showers moving

02:41through as well bringing a risk of hail, sleet and some hill snow as well and the winds stay

02:46very strong particularly into towards lunchtime before they slowly start to ease by the end

02:52of the day. Even in the south where we're out of that warning area it will still be

02:56a blustery day but we'll continue to see much of the cloud through until the afternoon holding

03:01on to that slightly milder air in the south to highs of 12 or 13 degrees but as I said

03:06with the strength of the breeze it's not going to be feeling particularly warm. It will stay

03:10very windy through Friday most likely and quite unsettled into the Christmas weekend.

03:15But you can find more details on your full Christmas outlook by checking out our 10 day

03:20trend later today on YouTube. See you later.