Met Office Sunday Afternoon Weather Forecast 08/09/2024

08 September - National weather forecast presented by Greg Dewhurst

Transcript

00:00Hello, there. Welcome to your latest broadcast from the Met Office. It remains unsettled

00:06over the course of Sunday and into next week as well. At the moment, low pressure in charge

00:10of our weather, bringing outbreaks of heavy rain, some thunderstorms as well. Just notice

00:15those slightly drier for Northern Ireland and Scotland. If we play the sequence through,

00:19this area of low pressure pulls away. However, we switch the winds to a northerly direction

00:24and as we head towards the middle of next week, we introduce colder air, quite cold

00:29for the time of year as well across many areas. Temperatures below average, perhaps

00:34a touch of snow over the Scottish mountains as well. For the early hours, we've seen

00:41some heavy showers, thunderstorms push across England and Wales, some localised flooding

00:45in places too. So you may have been woken up by some flashes of lightning, some rumbles

00:50of thunder. So let's take a look at the details for Sunday afternoon. We can see a band of

00:55rain across Northern England, stretching down into Wales, the West Country, some heavy

00:59bursts in here. So it's stayed quite cloudy and gloomy here. To the south-east, turning

01:04brighter but some heavy showers possible, some thunderstorms here and some localised

01:10flooding is possible. The Met Office rain warning out for much of England and Wales

01:14through the day. Generally drier for Northern Ireland and Scotland but cloudier here compared

01:19to recent days, a cloud thick enough for some Apache rain at times too. The wind's coming

01:25in more of a northerly direction across Scotland and Northern Ireland so temperatures are lower

01:29compared to recent days. We've seen 25-26C here but this afternoon 17-21C and similar

01:37values under the cloud and rain. Best of the temperatures will be towards the south-east

01:42in the sunshine, reaching around 23, possibly 24 degrees. As we head through into the evening

01:48time, this weather system gives further outbreaks of heavy rain across Northern England, perhaps

01:53south-east Scotland for a time too, and then into the early hours just starts to ease a

01:58little and push its way eastwards. So notice how we could still see a few rumbles of thunder

02:02and heavier bursts across south-east England right through the night. Clearer skies coming

02:07in across Northern Ireland, parts of Scotland, and under the clearest skies, temperatures

02:12lower than we've seen for quite some time, dipping into single figures under the cloud

02:16and rain across much of England and Wales, generally holding up around 14-15C. So grey

02:23stars across central eastern parts of England in particular, outbreaks of rain here. Then

02:28only slowly through the day does this push a little further eastwards, so some eastern

02:32areas staying cloudy and damp all day. Brightening skies, Northern England, Wales, the West Country,

02:37the West Midlands as we go through into the afternoon, plenty of sunny spells here. Morning

02:42sunshine being replaced by a thicker cloud across much of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

02:46The next weather system bringing some rain and stronger winds to western parts by the

02:50afternoon and temperatures a little lower for everyone, the winds starting to change

02:54to that north-westerly direction. So mid-teens across the north of the UK, high-teens in

03:00the south, perhaps locally 20C, which is actually nearer to where they should be for the time

03:05of year. Turning wetter and windier into the evening time across the north-west of the

03:10UK as this system slowly pushes its way eastwards, generally dry end of the day across much of

03:16England and Wales, but a few showers still possible. And then weather systems pushing

03:20south-eastwards through the week and turning much colder for all. For more information

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