Southerly airflow continues to bring mild conditions. Low cloud covers most of the UK with areas of mist, drizzle and patches of rain, particularly over higher ground. Some clear skies in the far southeast of England and northern Scotland, giving bright and sunny spells. Cloud thickening throughout the afternoon, and remaining into the evening as we see the onset of bands of rain approaching from the southwest, tracking northeasterly throughout the evening to affect much of southern and central England, Wales and Northern Ireland. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 15/10/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hi there, it's been a grotty start to Tuesday with a lot of low cloud, some mist and drizzling
00:06places but it's also been mild. We've got low pressure to the west of the UK, high pressure
00:12to the east and this very mild southerly airflow. In fact, it's going to turn even milder over
00:17the next few days and nights but that southerly airflow is also bringing a lot of cloud and
00:22increasingly spells of rain. Those spells of rain heading into the Republic of Ireland
00:27during Tuesday afternoon. A few bits of rain for Wales, the south-west, Northern Ireland
00:32as well. Extensive low cloud across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland
00:37covering the hills in places. Some brightness in the far south-east and more especially
00:41northern Scotland where we'll see the best of the sunshine through Tuesday afternoon
00:45and lower temperatures here, 12 or 13 Celsius but 17, 18 in the south despite the extensive
00:52and thick cloud which will only thicken through the evening. The heavier and more persistent
00:57rain then arrives into Cornwall, Devon, eventually pushing into much of Western England, Wales
01:02and Northern Ireland through the evening and overnight. Those spells of wet weather could
01:06cause issues, could cause localised flooding for parts of Northern Ireland as well as Western
01:11England and Wales. Yellow rain warnings in force, more than 50 mils in places. By the
01:17end of the night, that rain is pushing into the Central Belts, parts of Northern England
01:20but East Anglia in the south-east largely stays clear of that and the north of Scotland
01:24likewise. Wherever you are however, it is a mild night with temperatures at 15 to 18
01:31Celsius in places. But it's a wet start to the day for northern and western parts of
01:35the UK. Spells of heavy rain moving through. It does turn a bit drier towards the south
01:41and it stays mostly dry for the far east and south-east of England with some sunshine even
01:47into the afternoon. This southerly airflow though continues to bring wet weather to western
01:52parts and you can see the 24-hour rainfall accumulations there. Heaviest rain towards
01:57the west, more than 50 mils in places. Driest towards the east, some parts of East Anglia
02:02and the south-east. No rain at all through the 24-hour period and that's where temperatures
02:07could reach the low 20s on Wednesday afternoon given some sunny spells. Elsewhere it's just
02:12cloudy and further wet weather comes along for Wednesday evening across Wales, the south-west
02:19and much of northern and western parts of the UK as well as the night progresses. Eventually
02:25some trend for that unsettled weather to move east. Brighter skies to come on Thursday albeit
02:31with still one or two showers. We'll keep you updated on our YouTube channel. Bye-bye.