Met Office Wednesday Evening Weather Forecast 21/02/2024
21 February - National Weather Forecast presented by Clare Nasir.
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00:00Hello there, welcome to your weather update from the Met Office. Now through
00:04Thursday, heavy showers in the north, particularly the northwest, and squally
00:09rain across England and Wales. Warnings have been issued. There's a rain warning
00:14from 5 a.m. on Thursday extending from Fenland, East Anglia, down towards London,
00:19Severn Estuary and central southern England. So expect one to three hours of
00:23heavy rain and gusts could reach 50 miles an hour associated with this
00:27rain band. Further south, there's a wind warning. So along the coastline in
00:31particular, we could see gusts in excess of around 60 miles an hour. So wherever
00:37you are, if you're traveling through Thursday morning and into the afternoon,
00:41it's worth noting there could be some challenging weather on the roads. Poor
00:45visibility, lots of spray and obviously those gusty winds which could pick up at
00:50any time. Here's your bigger picture. It's this active cold front which extends
00:56towards Wales, northern England and the West Country through the early hours of
00:59Thursday morning, clearing through the afternoon across eastern counties. But
01:04low pressure always in charge towards the north. And what that means, the air is
01:09colder. The air is coming in from the northwest, always delivering showers on
01:14Friday, snow over the higher ground. And then come Saturday, I can offer you some
01:19sunshine and just a few showers. More about that in a moment. For the time
01:23being, that's Wednesday evening. Some cloud across central and southern parts
01:27of England and Wales. Heavy showers across the north as well as the west of
01:31Scotland. A keen breeze here, a cluster coming in across Northern Ireland. And
01:35then this is this active cold front which extends from Wales towards the
01:39West Country, pushes towards northern England and we'll see some heavier rain
01:43across eastern counties of Scotland. As this main rain band, which you can see
01:47how heavy it is with those squally winds, approaches the Midlands through the
01:50early hours of the morning. Temperatures holding up towards the southeast but
01:54certainly it's a cold start to the day across Scotland and Northern Ireland,
01:58even with some patchy frost. Now this rain band here will have associated with
02:02it some hail, thunder as well as lightning. And in fact the showers
02:05towards the north also, they could be thundery with the risk of hail. But
02:09notice this rain band here, it's heavy squally winds and only slowly clears
02:14through the afternoon. So even afternoon time across the southeast, you could see
02:19some heavy pulses of rain. At the same time, the clearance does come in across
02:23Wales, northern England, eastern counties of Scotland not doing too badly at all. A few
02:27showers here and some sunshine, some brighter skies. But the showers towards
02:31the west of Scotland will turn wintry over the higher ground and certainly we
02:34could even see some snow over the peaks of the higher ground of Northern Ireland.
02:39Now through Thursday evening and overnight, more showers run in across
02:43central and western areas of England and Wales. And further showers, snow over the
02:47higher ground across Scotland as well as Northern Ireland. A few running in
02:51across northern England and here across Pennines we could see a little bit of
02:55wintryness as well. Temperatures really taking a tumble into Friday morning. It's
03:00a cold start with the risk of a frost where you see some clearer skies and in
03:05shelter. But showers from the word go towards the west country and it showers
03:09all the way through Friday. Again snow over the hills, particularly across
03:13northern hills and a little sunshine coming through in shelter across more
03:17central and eastern areas. Temperatures will struggle around average for this
03:21time of year but even so relative to the marder air we saw at the beginning of
03:26the week, yes it's going to feel rather cold. Even so some drier interludes but
03:30always those frequent bursts towards the west and a bit of a breeze coming in
03:34across the northwest of Scotland. So through the afternoon temperatures will
03:39rise to around eight across more northern areas. You may squeeze a nine
03:43towards more southern areas but watch out for those showers through Friday
03:47rush hour. Here's your outlook through Saturday. There'll be a few showers in
03:51the mix but at the same time some sunshine after a chilly start and even a
03:56frosty one. More rain across more central and southern areas come Sunday. I'll see
04:00you later.