Wednesday morning forecast 27/12/23

27 December – National weather forecast presented by Greg Dewhurst

Transcript

00:00Hello, there. Welcome to your morning weather from the Met Office. It is unsettled through

00:05the day ahead as Storm Gerrit moves in from the Atlantic, bringing strong winds, heavy

00:10rain, outbreaks of snow for Scotland as well. Met Office warnings in force for much of the

00:14country over the next 24 hours, staying unsettled as we move into Thursday as well. So, let's

00:22take a look at the details for the day ahead. Cloudy and wet across much of the country.

00:28Rain will be heavy at times as we move through the day. It slowly pushes north and eastwards.

00:32Expect some travel disruption across the country with some surface spray on the roads. Very

00:37windy too, gusts of 40-50 mph locally, 60-70 around some southern and western coasts. As

00:44the rain bumps into the cold air across Scotland, we could see 10-20 cm over the higher ground.

00:49This combined with the very strong winds, 60 mph plus, we could see blizzards in places

00:55too. Something a little drier trying to come into Northern Ireland ahead of some really

00:59blustery showers moving in later on into the evening. Very mild across England and Wales

01:04but with the cloud, the rain, the strong winds, it will feel cooler than the numbers suggest

01:09and temperatures struggling over the higher ground of Scotland. Remaining very unsettled

01:15into the evening, the main rain clears but then really heavy, blustery showers push across

01:20the country. Squally conditions developing, very gusty winds with these showers and overnight

01:25staying unsettled too. Very strong winds continuing across northern Scotland, heavy snow for Shetland

01:31as well. Warnings remaining in force here. And temperatures with the blustery winds around

01:36and the showers won't fall too low, generally 6-10 Celsius for England and Wales, a little

01:41lower across Northern Ireland and Scotland. For Thursday, it remains unsettled. Blustery

01:47showers right across the country, organising themselves, give some bands of heavy rain

01:52as we move through into the afternoon, particularly across parts of England and Wales. So this

01:56could lead to some tricky travelling conditions as well. But blustery showers right across

02:01the country, frequent and heavy across the north-west too, combined with some strong

02:06and gusty winds. So the winds are a little less strong compared to Wednesday. Temperatures

02:11down a little, 7-9 across the north of the UK, still 11 or 12 in the south. So there

02:17is very unsettled weather over the next 24 hours or so right across the UK. So if you

02:23are travelling, do take extra care. And for further information, you can follow us on

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