This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the weekend 24/10/2024. After some foggy mornings, there is plenty of autumnal sunshine to go around this weekend. However turning wet and windy for some, particularly in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Honor Criswick.
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00:00Hello and welcome to your weekend weather forecast. The clocks are changing this weekend
00:05which means we do get an extra hour in bed and that's not the only piece of good news.
00:09There's also plenty of dry and bright weather around. Not quite for everyone though. Let's
00:14start off taking a look at the bigger picture. We can see it's quite messy to end the week
00:18on Friday. Various frontal systems. We've got this low pressure out to the southwest.
00:23That's going to bring some quite breezy conditions across southern parts of Wales, perhaps Devon
00:27and Cornwall at times too. We've also got this frontal wave just drifting across the
00:32UK and it may linger at times across the southeast bringing more cloud here, perhaps some rain
00:37and drizzle at times too. A weakening frontal feature moves across the country Saturday
00:43night through into Sunday and then notice a bit of a split in our weather. We've got
00:46a frontal system moving into the north, a bit of a squeeze in the isobars and then a
00:51ridge of high pressure across the south. So by the end of Sunday a bit of a northwest
00:56southeast split in our weather. But before we talk about Sunday, let's start off with
01:01Saturday. So to begin with, there's that swirling area of low pressure. That's bringing in some
01:07breezy conditions across southern parts of Wales, parts of Devon and Cornwall. A few
01:11showers feeding in here to start. But across much of England and Wales, light winds, clear
01:16skies. So likely we're going to start off with a few mist and fog patches to begin at
01:20the weekend. Breezier in the northwest of Scotland too and some outbreaks of rain across
01:26the far northwest. Though notice it doesn't actually move its way inland too much through
01:30the day. It's fairly slow moving. So there will be some outbreaks of rain, but generally
01:34not becoming more widespread until later on into the evening. Otherwise, largely dry and
01:39bright to start the weekend. Many seeing plenty of autumnal sunny spells. A change, though,
01:45in the far southeast parts of East Anglia, Sussex, Kent, a cloudier day on offer here
01:50and some drips and drabs of rain and drizzle at times. It won't be a total washout. There
01:54will be still plenty of dry weather on offer and still some bright interludes at times
01:58too. Taking a look at temperatures as well, generally roundabout average for the time
02:04of year, just above across the south. So feeling pleasant once again for the time of year.
02:10Now heading into Sunday, we've got this weakening frontal sister just moving its way southeastwards
02:16into the evening and through into Sunday morning. Generally, as I say, fairly weak. So just
02:21bringing in some cloud and some rain and drizzle at times to start on Sunday. But notice
02:26a squeeze in the isobars across the northwest. So that's where we're going to really see
02:30those winds begin to pick up, turning quite blustery to start Sunday in parts of Scotland.
02:35But on the whole, largely dry. Once again, under those clearer skies, we may see some
02:39pockets of mist and fog. Now, through the course of the day, still those blustery winds
02:45continuing a risk of gales in the far northwest of Scotland, particularly in exposed spots
02:50and even across Ireland and around Western coasts starting to turn quite breezy and towards
02:54the afternoon. Notice those brighter colours. So quite a damp afternoon on offer, pretty
02:59wet across Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland. But elsewhere, once again, staying
03:04largely dry, plenty of sunny spells and much lighter winds too. And taking a look at temperatures,
03:10slight dip compared to Saturday, but otherwise still feeling generally pleasant for the time
03:15of year. So still lots of dry weather on offer, but quite a wet afternoon for Northern Ireland
03:19and Scotland and those blustery winds as well taking place, particularly around exposed
03:24coastal spots. Now, it's half term for many of us next week. So if you want more information
03:29for the weather, don't forget you can take a look at Alex's 10-Day Trend on YouTube.
03:34Otherwise, that's it from me. Bye bye for now.