Thursday afternoon forecast 21/12/23

21 December - National weather forecast presented by Annie Shuttleworth.

Transcript

00:00Good afternoon. The effects of Storm Pierre are slowly moving away from the UK through

00:05the rest of the day, so the winds will start to ease. You can see where Storm Pierre is

00:10at the moment on the latest satellite picture. It's this curl of cloud here, the low-pressure

00:14system that's starting to move in towards Scandinavia, and that's where the strongest

00:18winds from this storm will be. It's also sweeping this cold front south and eastwards across

00:23the UK, and so behind it is starting to turn much brighter for many areas. However, it

00:29will still stay quite blustery through the rest of the day, so we do have a wind warning

00:33in force for the first part of the afternoon, and we'll continue to see a risk of gales

00:37for parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland into this evening as well. Turning brighter

00:42for parts of Wales into the Midlands, many north-eastern areas, so some sunshine to come

00:46by the end of the day, but as I said, staying quite blustery, and we'll continue to see

00:50some rain and showers moving in to more north-western areas. The showers will likely continue to

00:56affect the same areas through the afternoon, and in the south and west, we hold on to that

01:01milder, cloudier weather that we've seen through the morning, so it will stay mild in the south

01:06and west. However, in the north-east, we're tapping into some colder air, so we'll start

01:11to see some snow showers falling over the hills of Scotland here, as well as to lower

01:16levels for parts of Shetland as well, so that means there is an ice warning in force for

01:20Shetland from this afternoon all the way through into Saturday, as we'll continue to see that

01:25cold air clinging on to the far north well into the weekend. Through tonight, that rain

01:31across the south and west will edge ever closer to the more northern areas, bringing some

01:35more persistent rain to parts of Wales, Northern Ireland, and many north-western areas. North-western

01:40Scotland is seeing the most persistent rain, and continued risk of some gales into this

01:45evening. Across eastern areas, though, we're into that colder air, so it will be a much

01:50colder night here, and we've got that continued risk of ice for Shetland, but in the south

01:55and west, it will be another mild night, similar night to last night, I think. Then

02:00through Friday morning, that rain then pushes even further east, and that will bring a greater

02:05risk of some snow to parts of Caithness, for example, in more eastern areas of Scotland.

02:10And behind that, though, we'll continue to see some rain persisting in similar areas,

02:14where we'll see it through the afternoon into north-western areas of England, south-western

02:18Scotland, for example. In the south and west, though, it will be a brighter afternoon tomorrow

02:22than this afternoon, and we've still got somewhat milder air, so temperatures will

02:27be a little bit higher across the south-west than elsewhere. But in the north and east,

02:32staying quite cold, particularly in the wind, it's not going to feel brilliant out there

02:36tomorrow afternoon. Then in the run-up to Christmas, that milder air wins out for much

02:40of the UK, at least through Saturday, but then through Christmas Eve and Christmas Day,

02:45colder air starts to be introduced into the far north, so that brings a greater chance

02:49of some sunnier weather, but also some snow showers to northern areas, whereas the south

02:54is more likely to see milder, cloudier weather hanging on into Christmas Day and perhaps

02:59Boxing Day. But if you do want more details on a full Christmas forecast, you can find

03:04a full weekend forecast with me on YouTube a little bit later today. See you then.