Early cloud and rain soon clearing southeast England. A bright morning for many with sunny spells and scattered blustery showers. Showers most frequent in the north and west, falling as sleet and snow over the higher ground here. Feeling cold in the brisk northwesterly breeze. - This is the Met Office Weather forecast for the morning 19/12/2024. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.
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00:00Hello and a very good morning to you on this cold Thursday morning with a
00:04biting wind and a lot of showers. First thing then, these showers forming a
00:10longer spell of rain with snow at elevation across northern Scotland, that
00:15wind very strong across Shetland as well as opening down towards Caithness.
00:18Notice though, fewer showers and some drier skies, clearer skies at that, down
00:23towards the southeast of Scotland, northeast England. At the same time along
00:26the western side of Scotland, Northern Ireland's also seeing frequent showers
00:30which will push down towards the North Channel, Irish Sea coast, the Isle of Man,
00:34moving in across the Cheshire Gap, Wales, the Midlands and West Country. Now
00:39towards the east, the legacy of last night's wet and windy weather will
00:43eventually clear these parts through the next few hours and we'll see the clouds
00:47eventually break. So through the morning some sunshine will occur but these
00:52showers will be frequent, particularly across windward facing coasts and that
00:56wind will be strong, so driving the showers all the way down towards the
01:00southwest, clipping the far north and northeast. But inland we'll see fine
01:04weather, the clouds will break, some sunshine coming through but temperatures
01:08will be on the cold side and remember these showers will be wintry over the
01:13higher ground. So let's take a look at the temperatures for the afternoon,
01:17coming in around four or five degrees Celsius across Scotland, maybe a six for
01:22Northern Ireland as well as Wales, eight across central southern England and that
01:26wind will continue to be a feature of the weather through the afternoon. It
01:29will ease somewhat through Thursday evening as a ridge gradually moves in
01:35but hot on its heels another system. So frost will form quite quickly across
01:39northern England, eastern parts of Scotland through the first few hours
01:43this evening before we see that cloud thicken. Rain then across western
01:47Scotland again pushing up towards Orkney and then Shetland extending
01:51towards Northern Ireland into the early hours of Friday morning and there's a
01:55strong wind associated with it as well. Now ahead of it we'll see the clouds
02:00spill in through the first part of Friday. It will be dry here but notice
02:05some showers just developing across the West Country as well as Wales. At the
02:09same time ahead of this main rain band where we could see some heavier pulses
02:13by around eight, nine o'clock there will be some rain across northern England.
02:17There's a back edge to this rain and that means showers across the far
02:21northwest of Scotland. So as we move the rain forward you can see it's sliding
02:26down the country and again some intense bursts can't be ruled out around
02:29lunchtime Wales, northern England. At the same time we'll see some blustery
02:33showers just move in on a northwesterly wind later. We won't see the rain towards
02:38the far south and southeast until probably late afternoon into evening
02:43time. Now on Saturday the Met Office has issued warnings for wind across northern
02:48and western parts of Scotland as well as Northern Ireland. Gusts across the far
02:52north of Scotland could reach in excess of 70 maybe 80 miles an hour so some
02:56lively weather out there. It will be windy everywhere as another bank of
03:00cloud and rain moves in with showery bursts to follow. Temperatures though
03:04will recover a little bit so 10 to 12 degrees Celsius, certainly warmer than
03:08today. Now if you want details of your 10-day trend this week it's with Alex
03:13Burkehill, check it out on YouTube.