Met Office Wednesday Afternoon Weather Forecast 27/03/2024
27 March - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.
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00:00Hello, more heavy rain to come, some strong and gusty winds and for a few of us a little
00:06bit of snow in the forecast as well. There's plenty going on in the run-up to the Easter
00:10weekend. Here's the messy view from space. The UK is under the cloud here, but it's this
00:16area of cloud out to the west that's an area of low pressure that's really controlling
00:20things. Just kind of sitting here and around that low pressure, just spiralling bands of
00:26showers further and further northwards. Between the downpours there have been some brighter
00:30spells through the morning, but it's also been very wet across parts of northern Ireland.
00:34The rain slowly easing here through this afternoon. The wet weather in northern Scotland, chiefly
00:39of rain at low levels, but some snow falling on some of the higher routes. And then we're
00:44into a mixture of sunshine and showers across England and Wales. As I said, there is some
00:48brighter spells, but the showers returning to Wales and the south-west blown along by
00:52a pretty gusty wind. Temperatures are actually falling in many places this afternoon. Generally
00:59only around about 10 or 11 degrees at the very best and some places staying in single
01:04figures. Certainly feeling cold with the wet weather across northern Scotland. That will
01:08continue to push across the northern isles and the western isles through this evening.
01:12Slowly clearing away, but then further areas of showery rain track northwards with some
01:18snow mixed in over the hills of Scotland in the showers here. But actually generally for
01:22Scotland and northern Ireland turning drier and clearer and colder with a touch of frost.
01:27As this next band of wet weather comes up across England and Wales, again mostly rain
01:31at low levels, but just on this western edge there could well be some snow for a time through
01:37the early hours, perhaps across Gloucestershire, Hereford up towards north Wales. Snow over
01:42the higher ground, but we could see some even down to lower levels, so perhaps the M5 for
01:46example may not be very pleasant at times through the early hours and first thing on
01:50Thursday morning. It is going to turn colder temperatures down into single figures and
01:55towns and cities 4 or 5. Frost likely in rural parts of Scotland and northern England, maybe
02:00northern Ireland with some clearer skies here. And then a real mishmash for Thursday. It's
02:05a wet start over the Midlands. The rain pushes into northern England, still some hill snow
02:09over north Wales for a time. And look at this, another area of rain then coming in. And this
02:14one can be accompanied by very gusty winds, particularly on the south coast. So Met Office
02:19yellow warning in place for that. It's going to cause potentially some disruption, particularly
02:24for ferry travel, but could also just cause some issues on land as well with those gusts
02:29of wind, 50, 60, perhaps in exposed places, maybe 70 miles an hour. And look at that swirl
02:34there. You can see where the low pressure is sitting, the bands of showery rain just
02:38circulating around it. So another day of dodging some pretty heavy downpours during Thursday
02:44and again the rain could cause some issues with a lot of spray and surface water on the
02:48roads. And again, temperatures mostly at or below average and feeling colder with the
02:53wind along the south coast. And if you get caught out by one of those hefty downpours,
02:58which will continue to swirl around as we go through Thursday evening and into the start
03:04of the long weekend, we've still got low pressure in control for Good Friday. But although low
03:11pressure remains in control, the isobars do spread out a little bit and actually it does
03:17look as if it won't be as showery through the long weekend. You do have to watch out
03:21for weather fronts at times coming up towards the southeast. And I'm not saying it's going
03:24to be completely dry, but generally the weather does look as if it's going to get a bit drier
03:30and a bit warmer through the long weekend. For more details on that, stay tuned. Best
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