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A frontal system is arriving from the west, bringing a spell of heavy rain across western Scotland, western England and Wales before progressing eastwards across the country, followed by showers into Northern Ireland. Southeastern England stays dry and cloudy for much of the afternoon before the rain arrives. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 05/12/2024. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.

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00:00Hi there, Storm Dara has been named because of the risk of significant disruption from
00:05an area of low pressure moving in on Saturday and it's western parts of the UK at greatest
00:11risk from that. But before Storm Dara, there's another low that we need to watch out for
00:16and that's arriving during the rest of Thursday. It's going to bring a spell of heavy rain
00:20into western Scotland, parts of western England and Wales, followed by showers into Northern
00:25Ireland. The wet weather could cause issues for north Wales and north-west England, 30mm
00:30in a few hours, coinciding with the evening rush. But it's staying dry towards the south-east
00:35for much of the afternoon before the rain eventually turns up into the evening. The
00:40winds increasingly an issue as well, those winds increasing through the afternoon and
00:45into the evening, staying strong overnight. There's the risk of 50-60 mph wind gusts and
00:50for some exposed coasts in the west, 70 mph. Now what with the wind staying strong
00:55overnight, it's going to be a frost-free night with temperatures staying in the mid-single
01:00figures. But the winds are coming from the north-west, it's going to turn colder as the
01:04rain clears away. It does clear away quite quickly, so a bright start for many on Friday.
01:08Some decent sunshine out there first thing. Still some showers into the north and west
01:12of Scotland, one or two into north-west England. But otherwise, Friday mornings looking fine.
01:17Blue skies for most. Feeling quite chilly out there but nevertheless, it's going to
01:21be a dry start at least. And it stays largely fine in the east through the day but in the
01:27west quite quickly, the rain ahead of Storm Dara arrives and that rain is going to be
01:31heavy across Northern Ireland and Western Scotland by the end of the afternoon. The
01:35winds will also be picking up at this stage and those winds are going to become increasingly
01:39strong on Friday night. Gales developing widely across the country and those winds will be
01:44strongest across exposed western coasts. So it's through Friday night and into Saturday
01:50that the gales become widespread but it's western parts of the UK, as you can see from
01:55this gust graphic, where we're going to see the strongest of those wind gusts with widely
02:0060-70mph wind gusts, especially around coast but not exclusively. And for some exposed
02:07areas, the risk of 80mph wind gusts as we go into Saturday. Storm Dara moves through
02:12and then we're going to see the winds change direction once again bringing colder air for
02:17the end of the weekend. But stay up to date with all the latest forecasts and warnings.
02:21You can do that by following us on YouTube or by heading to the Met Office website and
02:25app. Bye-bye.

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