The morning starts off cloudy in most parts of the UK, though it is mostly dry in England and Wales. However, more rain will arrive into Scotland and also Northern Ireland which will be heavy at times. In the afternoon parts of central and south-western England may have some sunny intervals. - This is the Met Office Weather forecast for the morning 17/12/2024. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00Good morning. It's a bit of a murky, gloomy start to the day for some of us.
00:05Some low cloud, particularly towards the south, bringing some hill fog and a few spots of drizzly rain.
00:10We are, however, seeing our winds strengthening already.
00:13Due to an area of low pressure currently to the west of us, this is going to push in,
00:17bringing some unsettled weather to many parts.
00:19As well as this, you'll have no doubt noticed that it has been a mild start to the week,
00:24temperatures above average for the time of year.
00:26That's because we are dragging in some mild air across many parts of the country.
00:30Now, this low is actually quite a flabby low, so it is going to bring some strong winds,
00:35but perhaps not quite as strong as you might otherwise expect.
00:38As well as this, we're going to see some wet weather pushing through as we go through today into tomorrow.
00:42Then we are likely to see another system tracking its way across central, southern parts through tomorrow,
00:47bringing more rain here for a time before a ridge of high pressure builds as we go into Thursday,
00:53so the weather should quieten down for a time.
00:55I emphasize time because there's another system waiting out towards the northwest that's going to push in as we go through Friday.
01:02The other thing to bear in mind with this ridge of high pressure, change in our wind direction,
01:06and as a result, we're going to have some colder air coming in,
01:09so our temperatures are going to drop quite markedly.
01:12It is going to feel markedly colder by Thursday than it does so at the moment.
01:16However, back to the here and now and looking at the details,
01:19quite a cloudy picture across Scotland and Northern Ireland through this morning,
01:22outbreaks of rain pushing in and there will be some outbreaks of rain feeding into the far west of England and Wales as well.
01:29Towards more central eastern parts, likely to stay largely dry through the day.
01:33There may be a bit more cloud around than on Monday, but even here, some sunshine breaking through at times.
01:40Do need to be aware, though, the winds will be strengthening.
01:43It is going to turn quite blustery for pretty much all of us,
01:46but the strongest winds will be across western and northern parts,
01:49especially towards the coast and over higher ground, risk of gales in some places.
01:53And we do also need to account for the fact there could be some mountain wave activity.
01:57So the winds bouncing over the mountains and then we could have some strong winds downwind of any higher ground as well.
02:04Temperatures are above average for the time of year.
02:06Like I said, we have mild air across us at the moment.
02:09Most places getting into double figures, perhaps highs around 13, possibly 14 Celsius for some of us.
02:14But obviously the windy weather is going to make it feel colder than this later on.
02:19And as we go through into this evening, after a largely dry day towards the southeast, the rain will eventually arrive here.
02:25So outbreaks of rain across much of the country, some heavy bursts.
02:28Also, those strong winds to watch out for.
02:30So a pretty cloudy, wet at times and windy night to come with the mild air.
02:36Perfect ingredients for a mild night.
02:38Temperatures not dropping a huge amount at all.
02:41Most places staying in high single figures, if not double digits.
02:44So a very mild, if not unsettled start to the day on Wednesday.
02:48As we go through Wednesday itself, however, we are going to see the weather quietening down for a time.
02:54Quite a bit of cloud and outbreaks of rain, strong winds to start.
02:57But a lot of that clears away towards the east.
02:59And then there will be some sunshine in between the blustery showers, particularly across parts of Scotland,
03:04before that other system that I highlighted earlier comes in.
03:08And then we're going to see some heavier, more persistent rain pushing in across central southern parts of England and Wales
03:13as we go through later on on Wednesday.
03:16With that, though, we are going to see our temperatures rising even further.
03:19They could be a touch higher than today.
03:22And so 13, 14 Celsius quite widely, mid teens for many places.
03:26Although further north across parts of Scotland, we are going to see temperatures dropping through the day
03:30as some colder air starts to make its way in.
03:34As we go through later on this week, we are going to see some drop in temperatures.
03:39So it is going to be colder by Thursday, like I already said, and also some unsettled weather at times.
03:44So you'll want to keep up to date with the forecast.
03:46There'll be more information about what's to come on our deep dive with Honour later on.
03:49Bye bye.