Met Office Tuesday afternoon weather forecast 20/02/2024

20 February - National weather forecast presented by Alex Burkill.

Transcript

00:00Hello again. Many of us will see a spell of wet and windy weather for a time today. In

00:04fact, across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, we've already had some rain earlier

00:09on today. It's all in association with a cold front that is pushing its way southeastwards

00:13across the country, bringing some heavy bursts of rain across parts of Northern England and

00:18Wales this afternoon. Ahead of this feature towards the southeast, it's actually going

00:22to stay mostly dry, at least during daylight hours, with potentially some bright or maybe

00:28even sunny breaks at times. Further northwest behind the front, this is where we'll have

00:32the best of the sunshine, but also a scattering of showers across parts of Scotland. Some

00:37of these will be heavy and even perhaps thundery, some hails possible, maybe even some sleet

00:42or snow over the highest ground. It will be a little bit fresher towards the northwest

00:46behind the front, but in the southeast, temperatures still well above average for the time of year,

00:51highs of around 13, 14, possibly even 15 Celsius. But in the southeast, although it is going

00:56to be largely dry during the daytime, that rain is going to arrive here later on. So

01:01a pretty damp, cloudy end to the day here, and then we see a swathe of very wet weather

01:06feeding up from the southwest, spreading across much of the country as we go through the early

01:11hours of Wednesday morning. Across parts of Scotland and other northern areas, it's actually

01:15going to start the night pretty clear, and so we may see temperatures taking a bit of

01:20a dip. We could see a touch of frost for a time across northern parts of Scotland, but

01:24as this unsettled weather pushes its way in, we're going to see our temperatures lifting.

01:28So many places, especially towards the southwest, a very mild start to the day on Wednesday,

01:33some places starting the day in double figures. But Wednesday then, a wet start for many of

01:39us, the rain spreading across the whole of the country. Watch out for spray on the roads,

01:43as the rain is going to be pretty heavy. In fact, in parts of the southwest, some disruption

01:48to travels quite likely, and also some localised flooding also in parts of Wales too. But the

01:53rain clears away towards the east as we go through the afternoon, with increasing amounts

01:58of sunshine developing, so most places seeing some sunny skies as we go into the afternoon.

02:04But there will also be a few showers to watch out for, particularly across western parts

02:07of Scotland, maybe a few for Northern Ireland and Wales as well. Again, temperatures well

02:12above average for the time of year, highs of around 13 or 14 Celsius. There will be

02:17some strong winds around those, some strong gusty winds as the rain pushes its way across

02:21the country, risk of gales in exposed spots, and so those winds will take the edge of those

02:26temperatures. Later on, and as we go into Thursday, there's another system that's going

02:30to come through, and this has the potential to bring some more heavy and potentially disruptive

02:34rain for a time. But this system also brings something else, much colder air behind it,

02:39and so we are going to see our temperatures dropping. That being said, there's several

02:44degrees above average for the time of year, so although it is going to get colder as we

02:48go through the end of the week and towards the weekend, temperatures are really only

02:52going to fall close to where we would expect at this stage in February. There's going to

02:56be some blustery, showery weather on Friday. Saturday looks a little bit drier. You can

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