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Most of the UK will be under grey skies this afternoon, though parts of northeast England are likely to see sunny spells. Despite the overcast weather it will be mostly dry, though Scotland will experience some persistent rainfall. A calm and somewhat mild December day. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 26/12/2024. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Jonathan Vautrey.

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00:00Hello there, a very good afternoon to you. This festive season has been less white and
00:05more grey for many of us. Quite overcast skies to start off Boxing Day, particularly across
00:11central southern areas. This cloud has certainly been low enough to provide quite a lot of
00:14mist and murk around, some reduced visibility in places. Some brighter skies for parts of
00:19Wales up towards areas of Durham, but further towards the north we've got this band of rain
00:25in play. There's been a few heavy bursts for Northern Ireland, but into this afternoon
00:29the rain band should slowly push its way further northwards and it will turn drier
00:32here, but for Scotland that rain will be on and off throughout a good portion of the day,
00:36quite damp and drizzly. Away from the far north, maybe up into the Northern Isles, we'll
00:40see a few brighter spells. Parts of North East England should hold on to the best of
00:44the sunshine, but elsewhere, further towards the south, that cloud is really going to infill.
00:48Temperatures slightly on the mild side for the time of year, ranging between 9 and 11
00:53degrees Celsius. As we head into the overnight period, this rain band will still be in play
00:58for Scotland. Again, it's going to be quite a damp, drizzly night to come here. Again,
01:03just pushing slightly further towards the north, across the Highlands, into the Outer
01:06Hebrides, up towards Orkney later on as well. For Northern Ireland, England and Wales though,
01:11that cloud is going to lower. There's going to be a lot of mist and murk around once again.
01:14Hill fog in places, so some reduced visibility as we start off Friday morning. Temperatures
01:20because of that cloud though, are not going to drop too far for most of us, generally
01:24around 6-4 degrees Celsius, but we might just drop into some low single figures in
01:28sheltered rural areas. Do be aware, first thing then, with that mist and murk in play,
01:34that there could be some localised travel issues on Friday morning if you are planning
01:38on travelling at all on the roads or elsewhere. For much of England, Wales and Northern Ireland,
01:43that grey theme is really going to persist right throughout Friday. There could be the
01:47odd spot of drizzle around some hills and coastal districts as well. The rain band in
01:51the north will come and go once again, mainly limited to the far north-west, with eastern
01:55Scotland perhaps now seeing the greatest chance on Friday of a few sunnier spells in there.
02:01Because of the lack of sunshine though, for most of us, temperatures are on a slowly downwards
02:05trend, so most of us now into single figures, but we might just skirt into double digits
02:10for parts of Northern Ireland, southern Scotland and the far north of England as well. There's
02:15going to be very slow progress, very little change in this theme as we head into Friday
02:20evening and even into the weekend, it is going to take quite a bit of time before we
02:24eventually see some slightly brighter spells emerging. That will hopefully come for a few
02:29more north-western sights on Saturday, but it will take until Sunday for the south-east
02:33to see a touch more sunshine in there. It is worth noting though, into the new working
02:37week it is looking like it could turn much more unsettled, particularly across areas
02:41of Scotland, some strong winds, maybe even some sleet and snow around, so it is worth
02:45staying up to date with the forecast as we head towards New Year to see if any of your
02:50plans might be affected from that. We'll have plenty more updates on that across our
02:54social media channels as well here on the YouTube channel, so do subscribe and we'll
02:58see you again here later on. Bye bye.

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