Tuesday Evening Forecast 19/12/23
19 December - National weather forecast presented by Clare Nasir.
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00:00Hello there, welcome to your weather update from the Met Office. The winds really pick
00:04up some strength over the next few days. There's a wind warning across two-thirds of the country
00:08on Thursday. We're expecting some travel disruption associated with really strong winds. For the
00:13time being though, the air just waxes and wanes between cold air currently across us
00:17and milder air moving in from the west. Winds will be a feature of the weather as we head
00:22into Wednesday morning and this warm front here will bring with it clouds as well as
00:26outbreaks of rain. The cold front will trail behind. Eventually that extends down across
00:30the country on Thursday bringing some scaly conditions and yet more wet weather. Let's
00:37now backtrack to Tuesday evening. We see clearer skies across central and eastern areas of
00:42the country but look at this, a strong wind driving in those showers. Showers covering
00:46much of Scotland, northern England as well as Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man. Now
00:50over the higher ground, that's the northern half of Scotland, you'll see wintryness, so
00:54some snow over the highest peaks and even a mix of some soft hail. And the lowest temperatures
00:59will be the northeast of Scotland here, two or three degrees Celsius, so a local grass
01:03frost and even cold to start the day across central and southeastern areas of England.
01:07At the same time, temperatures recover through the early hours of the morning as more cloud
01:10moves in across western Scotland. So wet start to the day here. You can see this rain will
01:15again be quite intense, high rainfall totals, yet again the northwest of Scotland seeing
01:19the brunt of that wet weather. The rain extends down towards Northern Ireland, patchy for
01:23northern England to start, but some clearer skies across eastern Scotland and northeast
01:27England. Here you could even see some brighter weather as we head into the first part of
01:31the day on Wednesday. More cloud for Wales and the West Country, a little bit of showery
01:34rain extending towards the Midlands, but even so, the cloud will break at times, central
01:38southern England, London, East Anglia, as well as eastern counties with some bright
01:42skies. However, that's not really going to last. The clouds will slowly roll in. So through
01:47the morning, strong winds here, you can see the outbreaks of rain pushing ever eastwards
01:52extending down the country as well. So even the Midlands seeing some patchy rain, eastern
01:56counties, Northern Ireland seeing outbreaks of rain through the afternoon, and the rain
02:00will be persistent and relentless across the western side of Scotland. That warm front
02:04never actually reaches Shetland. Here you'll see showers and even some brighter weather.
02:08And in fact, through the afternoon, sheltered from the rain coming in from the west, Aberdeenshire,
02:14Angus, down towards the southeast of Scotland, you could see some brighter weather as well
02:17as Newcastle. Temperatures then typically coming in around 8, 9, 10 degrees Celsius,
02:22but west would be best, 11 here, 52 degrees Fahrenheit. Now here's your wind warning from
02:29midnight on Thursday till midnight on Friday. Now it's really the far northeast where we
02:34could actually see through Thursday storm force winds gusts up to 80 miles an hour over
02:39the highlands as well. Some really damaging winds, gales elsewhere, gusts generally between
02:43around 50 and 60 miles an hour. So that's going to cause travel disruption, particularly
02:48if you've got a high sided vehicle, there could be some bridge restrictions towards
02:51the north and also the risk of ferry cancellations with highways. So let's head back to Wednesday
02:59evening where it's a bit of a damp one. This rain does extend eventually to the far north
03:04and then we see on Wynwood Coast, damp conditions, outbreaks of rain, cloudy conditions further
03:09south. That wind warning then starts at midnight on Thursday as this cold front sinks southwards
03:14and this is where we're going to see some really strong winds. So squally conditions
03:18on this cold front as it sinks southwards and here across the northeast of Scotland,
03:23severe gales if not storm force winds just for a time through Thursday morning and watch
03:27out for those gusts. They're going to be damaging. So as we head through the day, this cold front
03:33sinks southwards, cloudy conditions, breezy, windy across central southern parts of England
03:38and Wales, outbreaks of rain here. And on the back end of this front, yes, it's going
03:42to turn colder. The winds then come in from the northwest and again delivering a lot of
03:46showers through Thursday as the skies brighten up across eastern counties. But we hang on
03:51to more clouds anywhere from the Midlands southwestwards. Northern Ireland also seeing
03:55some squally rain through the afternoon. Temperatures then eventually coming in into a milder category.
04:02But then this is going to be the feature of the weather through Thursday and into Friday.
04:06As we head into the first part of Friday and then this warm front, yes, again extends across
04:11the country into Saturday. We hang on to colder air until the weekend across Scotland, but
04:16sunny, milder conditions further south. A slight ridge, but still windy across many
04:20parts. And then this cold front again delivers more cloud and outbreaks of rain through Christmas
04:25Eve. Notice colder air just waiting towards the northwest. So wherever you are, yes, really
04:31brace yourself for some strong winds, particularly on Thursday and into Friday. And rain will
04:35never be too far away. I'll see you later.