A cold front continues to sink southwards across southern England overnight, bringing outbreaks of rain on passage. For the northern part of the UK, plenty of clear spells around, but blustery showers continue in from the northwest, likely falling as sleet and snow over higher ground. A widespread frost under those areas of clearer skies where temperatures will be lowest. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 16/11/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Ellie Glaisyer.
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00:00Hello, welcome to your latest weather update from the Met Office. So, the north-south split
00:05across the UK does continue, but there are still some uncertainties in the forecast as
00:09we head into the new working week. Through the rest of the weekend, though, we've got
00:12a weather front just sinking its way southwards through the rest of Saturday. But it's this
00:16area of low pressure that moves in from the northwest as we go through Sunday and into
00:19Monday that's still causing us quite a few headaches. Some models are keeping this a
00:24little bit further north, some models keeping it still a little bit further south. But it's
00:27that boundary of cold and warm air with that weather front just bringing a risk of some
00:32sleet and snow that could be disruptive. Mostly, most of that sleet and snow will be falling
00:36over any high ground, but there is a risk that we could see some sleet and snow to some
00:40lower levels. What we do know with confidence, though, is that as we go through Monday evening
00:44and into Tuesday, that area of low pressure pushes away towards the east and towards the
00:48continent, leaving us northerly winds across much of the UK and towards the middle part
00:52of the week. So turning widely much colder than we've seen through the start of November.
00:58Back to what we've got out there at the moment, though, that weather front continues just
01:01to sink its way southwards across much of England and Wales through the rest of Saturday
01:05and into the start of Sunday. For the northern half of the UK, a bit of a different story,
01:09though. Plenty of clear spells around, still plenty of showers pushing in from the west
01:12and across northern parts of Scotland. These likely to turn to sleet and snow over the
01:16hills and for eastern parts of Scotland, northern parts of England, plenty of clear skies to
01:20start the day on Sunday. So that does mean it will be quite a chilly start to the day,
01:24quite a widespread frost in places here to start on Sunday morning, perhaps even some
01:28icy stretches in places further south. Not quite as cold, but still temperatures dropping
01:33down into the single figures. So it will be quite a widely chilly start for many of us
01:38on Sunday morning. A little bit of a cloudier start across parts of Northern Ireland. Some
01:43showery rain pushing in from the northwest, spreading its way into parts of Wales, the
01:46Midlands, into northern parts of England as we head towards Sunday afternoon. Plenty
01:51of showers still piling in, particularly across northern parts of Scotland. And again, these
01:55likely to turn to sleet and snow over any high ground. There'll be some brighter spells
01:59across the very far south of England, perhaps some sunshine in places. I'm feeling quite
02:03pleasant in that sunshine with light winds to temperatures here around about average
02:06for the time of year, but still just holding on to that slightly milder air. So maybe eleven
02:10or twelve degrees. However, further north, particularly across Northern Ireland, where
02:14we see that cloud and for much of Scotland with those northerly winds, it'll be feeling
02:17really quite chilly through the afternoon. Temperatures not reaching much above four
02:21or five degrees. As we then go through the rest of Sunday evening, we see that area of
02:26rain across parts of Northern Ireland continue to spread south and eastwards into parts of
02:30Wales, the Midlands and northern parts of England, perhaps turning heavy over any hills
02:33as well and slowly spreading its way even into southern parts of England by the time
02:37we get to Monday morning. Further north, though, those showers really do remain confined to
02:42the northern parts of Scotland. We could see up to 10 centimetres of snow just building
02:46up into the early hours of Monday morning, but under plenty of clear spells, it'll be
02:50a much chillier night than a Saturday night. Temperatures widely dropping down around zero,
02:55if not just below, particularly in some rural spots. So quite a hard frost likely on Monday
02:59morning, and this could lead to some icy stretches. So do take care during Monday morning's rush
03:04hour. Further south, it will still be quite a chilly start to the day on Monday, although
03:07not perhaps quite as cold as further north, with all that cloud and rain around to start
03:12on Monday morning. So for much of England and Wales, a cloudy and damp start to the
03:17day. That area of rain continues to spread its way south and eastwards as we go in towards
03:21Monday afternoon. Is this area of rain then that's causing us those headaches, that area
03:26of low pressure spreading its way eastwards as we go through Monday afternoon? And it's
03:30on that boundary of that rain that we're likely to see some sleet and snow forming. As I mentioned,
03:35the sleet and snow most likely to be falling over any high ground. We could perhaps see
03:39up to 20 centimetres of snow across the Pennines. And at lower levels, it will mostly be falling
03:44as rain. But there is still a very small chance that we could see some sleet and snow, perhaps
03:48causing some disruption during Monday afternoon to lower levels. But for the most part, that
03:52sleet and snow remaining over the high ground. For parts of Scotland, a bit of hazy sunshine
03:57through the afternoon and those sleet and snow showers do continue across the north
04:01of Scotland through the afternoon, perhaps feeling quite blustery at times here. And
04:04it will be feeling quite chilly with those blustery northerly winds. Temperatures again
04:08only reaching the low single figures as a maximum. Further south and to the south of
04:12that weather front, we will just be holding on to that slightly milder air. So again,
04:16temperatures a little bit above average on Monday, 12 to 14 degrees quite widely in the
04:20southwest, but definitely feeling chilly under that area of rain and cloud as we go through
04:25the afternoon. So there is still quite a bit of uncertainty on the location of this weather
04:29front. So do make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel and keep an eye on our social
04:33media and website for any warning updates over the coming few days. Bye for now.
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