Dry with clear spells for many this evening into tonight, with any showers dying away. Turning chilly by morning, particularly in the south where dense fog patches will form, ahead of wet and windy conditions moving in from the west on Friday. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 17/10/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.
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00:00Hello there. Welcome to your Thursday evening weather update from the Met Office.
00:04A couple of things through the next 24 hours. Fog could be widespread and dense in the south into tomorrow morning.
00:10At the same time, winds pick up from the west.
00:12So the winds fall light across England and Wales. Temperatures actually tailing off quite quickly.
00:17It's going to be a chilly start to the day on Friday. Dry for many before this cloud and rain arrives,
00:22pushes across the west and eventually reaches more eastern counties later on Friday night and into Saturday morning.
00:28Here's your warning zone. Northwest Scotland gusts around 55, 60 miles an hour.
00:33So expect some high waves associated with this and also some coastal overtopping.
00:38Now through this evening, it's fairly quiet outside.
00:41Winds are fairly light at the moment. Any showers dying away towards the north,
00:46clearing skies then and temperatures tailing off. It's going to be a colder night than recently.
00:51And this will allow for some fog to form towards more southern areas.
00:55It could become quite widespread and dense into the early hours of Friday morning,
00:59causing problems on the road with poor visibility.
01:02At the same time, cloud rolls in across Northern Ireland and Western Scotland.
01:06And these winds will be a feature of the weather right the way through Friday.
01:09Here, temperatures 9 or 10 degrees Celsius, but further south and east,
01:13dipping down to around 6 or 7. So a chilly start to the day and quite murky across some parts of the south,
01:20central and southern parts of England and Wales.
01:22And further north across prone spots, you could see some fog patches to start the day.
01:26As I said, they could be dense and slow to clear.
01:29Now through the morning, it turns wet across Northern Ireland and Western Scotland.
01:33Those winds picking up to gale force towards the extreme west as rain makes inroads across Wales,
01:38northwest England, some parts of Scotland away from the northeast. Rain also for the west country.
01:43We hang on to some fine weather across the east Midlands, eastwards with some sunshine once that fog clears
01:49and the rain then intensifies further across Northern Ireland as well as Western Scotland later,
01:54and also with those gusty winds. So some lively weather in the west.
01:58It's fairly slack further east and a fine end to the day as temperatures arrive around 17 degrees Celsius
02:04and 15 in the north. But watch out for that wind and also those high waves.
02:09So that's the picture on Friday. Through Friday evening and overnight,
02:13we watch as the clouds and the rain gradually pushes its way eastwards.
02:18So it could be heavy at times, so causing problems perhaps on the roads through Friday,
02:22rush out towards the northwest as it extends across England and Wales and clears from the west
02:27and then clearing skies into Saturday morning with some sunshine.
02:30Showery across eastern counties first thing, but that wet weather will eventually clear.
02:35So many areas seeing some bright weather to end the day and temperatures around the mid teens.
02:40Now on Sunday, gales pick up ahead of this next system and then warnings have been issued right the way through Sunday
02:46across the north as well as the west. We could see severe gales across the northwest,
02:51gusts inland 55 to 65 miles an hour across exposure 80 miles an hour as rain extends its way right across the country.
02:59And it will be windy elsewhere, but it's a real squeeze on the ice bars to the south of that low.
03:04That low is developing all the while. So yes, a very challenging day for many as we head through Sunday.
03:10So this is your outlook through Sunday afternoon. Yes, those wind warnings extend right the way through the day.
03:15And expect some heavy rain as temperatures hold around 15 to 17 degrees Celsius. I'll see you later.