Met Office Wednesday evening weather forecast 24/07/2024

24 July - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

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00:00Hi there, one thing you might have noticed about July so far, the significant lack of

00:04sunshine and Wednesday night, Thursday, not doing us any favours in that respect either

00:11with extensive cloud once again arriving from the Atlantic, that cloud becoming widespread

00:15overnight, lowering onto western hills and bringing coastal mist and drizzle as well

00:21to southern and southwestern parts.

00:23So a dreary night to come, but with the widespread cloud it is going to be a mild night, some

00:28might say a muggy night for sleeping, 15 or 16 Celsius in places by dawn.

00:34Despite it being a reasonably warm start to the day, it's not going to be a bright start

00:40for most, particularly gloomy morning across southern and southwestern areas with that

00:45coastal mist and some heavier rain running along the English Channel coast and some inland

00:50areas in the south of England during the morning and early part of the afternoon.

00:55Elsewhere it does tend to brighten up through the day, some sunshine returning to Wales,

00:59the Midlands, north east England for example, mostly dry by the afternoon, but for Scotland

01:03and Northern Ireland we'll see showers pushing in from the west, those showers heavy in places.

01:09Now where we do get some sunshine we've still got that relatively humid air and so it could

01:15actually feel quite warm, for example Hull there 23 Celsius, but temperatures significantly

01:21down in the south and south east where we've got the outbreaks of rain continuing through

01:25the afternoon and the extensive cloud cover and a fresher feel for Scotland and Northern

01:30Ireland because of a change in wind direction and low pressure bringing a return to sunshine

01:36and showers.

01:37This front though takes a while to get out of the way and that means that the rain could

01:41turn heavy for a time in the south and south east and it could stick around for much of

01:46Thursday evening and overnight, even some further outbreaks of rain running along the

01:49coast there through the evening and overnight, but eventually that cloud and rain does move

01:54away and we're all into the sunny spells and showers regime or the clear spells and showers

01:59regime if it's overnight and for Scotland and Northern Ireland some heavier showers

02:04moving through for the first part of the night as well, perhaps the odd rumble of thunder

02:09before the showers become fewer by dawn once again.

02:13Still relatively mild and muggy in the south east but fresher elsewhere as the clear spells

02:19and the change in wind direction arrive.

02:22Friday then, some early cloud, perhaps some rain to begin things in the far south east.

02:27Then it's sunny spells and showers for the vast majority.

02:30The showers scattered but most frequent across Scotland and Northern Ireland, particularly

02:34towards the north west.

02:37Fewer showers elsewhere, some places getting away with a dry day and in any sunny spells

02:42feeling pleasantly warm once again in the east and south east, 22 to 24.

02:47In the south west, 21 Celsius.

02:49In the north and north west, mid to high teens, 20 Celsius possible in some parts of eastern

02:55Scotland though.

02:56Now, Friday evening brings further sunny spells and showers and that theme continues into

03:02Saturday.

03:03The showers on Saturday could be heavier and more prolonged in places, but Sunday is likely

03:08to be the best day with widespread sunny skies.