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Wet and windy weather continues this evening, across central and southern parts of the UK. Rain will move eastwards overnight across England and Wales. Clear spells and showers elsewhere, these wintry over Scotland. It will be chilly overnight, particularly in the north. - This is the Met Office Weather forecast for the evening of 18/12/2024. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.

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00:00Hello there, welcome to your evening forecast from the Met Office. Now through
00:05Wednesday evening and overnight we see wet and windy weather across central and
00:08southern parts of the country. With that you can see some heavier pulses just
00:13extending eastwards before the air turns a lot colder from the north and that
00:17means Thursday will be a cold day with a significant wind chill and quite a lot of
00:21showers towards the north as well as the west. A slight ridge before all change
00:25this band of clouds and rain moves in and yes again the winds will pick up
00:29some strength and waiting in the wings it's another area of low pressure which
00:33is developing and will track towards the UK as we head into Saturday. More about
00:38that in a moment. For the time being though let's pick up on this rain
00:41covering around evening time Wales, the Midlands, down towards central southern
00:46England and some heavier pulses also towards the West Country with a driving
00:50wind. All of this rain is moving eastwards and it will nudge northwards
00:54towards Lancashire as well as southern parts of Northumberland before receding
00:59from the north as we head through Wednesday evening and overnight into
01:03Thursday. At the same time the air is much colder now across Scotland as well
01:07as Northern Ireland. We're seeing a rash of showers, strong winds perhaps even
01:11touching Galeforce for a time across Shetland and these showers above around
01:15three or four hundred meters will turn to snow. Notice by around one two o'clock
01:20in the morning this rains cleared much of northern England. Showers moving in
01:24across Wales and the West Country but still a wet end to the night with those
01:27strong winds down the eastern side across eastern counties of England.
01:32Temperatures then falling quite quickly we could even see some frost across
01:36Scotland under some clearer skies in Shelter. So first thing on Thursday
01:41morning. Thursday looks like it will be a brighter day for many but showers will
01:46merge to form a longer spell of rain across the north and east of Scotland
01:49again wintry over the higher ground. Showers run down the North Channel
01:53Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, North West England, the Cheshire Gap as well as
01:57Wales in the West Country but notice some dry skies coming through the
02:01central belt down towards northern England as well as the Midlands through
02:04the afternoon. There will be a significant wind chill particularly if
02:07you're exposed to that north to northwesterly wind and showers tending
02:12to become more confined to the coastline later on as that slight ridge comes in
02:16ahead of the next system. Temperatures though wherever you are will struggle.
02:19It's going to be a cold day despite the sunshine four or five in the north, seven
02:24or eight across more southern areas. Now through Thursday evening a frost first
02:29thing but then temperatures attempt to recover as this warm front moves in
02:34across Scotland bringing with it some outbreaks of rain but still some snow
02:38over the higher ground. Cloud spills ahead of it but we could see some rural
02:41frost further south and east into the early hours of Friday morning then it's
02:44wet and windy as we start the day on Friday across Scotland as well as
02:49Northern Ireland. This is a rain band which pushed southward we could see some
02:52residual rain ahead of it actually as it moves down towards northern England
02:56Wales and the Midlands through the afternoon. Showers then will follow and
02:59again a blustery breeze. Cloud thickens ahead of it but through the afternoon
03:03eventually you will see some rain across the Midlands and then southeast. Now
03:08here's your outlook through Saturday. There are wind warnings for the far north of
03:12Northern Ireland. Western parts of Scotland up towards the far north of
03:15Scotland. Check out our weather app or the website just to keep up to
03:20date with those warnings but certainly we'll see gales if not severe gales and
03:23gusts could reach 60-70 miles an hour in exposure. Showery bursts of rain continue
03:28on Sunday as well and again that wind will be a feature of the weather right
03:32the way through the weekend. For more details of the outlook please check out
03:36our 10-day trend on YouTube.

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