Yellow and amber warnings in force for rain and snow across northern Scotland. Longer spells of rain clearing Scotland but showers following and falling as snow mainly over high ground. Persistent rain affecting parts of Wales and northern and central parts of England, with a yellow warning for rain. Driest across the far south and southeast, but with a lot of cloud. Blustery for all, particularly across northern areas with a yellow warning for strong winds across Northern Ireland, northern England and southern Scotland. Mild for most but chilly across the far north of Scotland. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 31/12/2024. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Honor Criswick.
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00:00Hello there, good afternoon. Well we've reached the end of the year with a very
00:04unsettled forecast. Outbreaks of rain, snow and also some strong winds at times
00:09with multiple Met Office warnings in force, including an amber warning for
00:12heavy outbreaks of rain across Scotland where there's likely to be some
00:16disruption as a result of flooding. Any longer spells of rain generally
00:19clearing but leaving showers, these falling as snow, mainly towards high
00:23ground but also to lower levels too, particularly in the far north. Shetland
00:27for example, seeing some outbreaks of snow and also some longer spells of
00:31rain and there's also going to be some persistent and heavy spells of rain
00:34across parts of Wales, northern and central parts of England as we head
00:37into this afternoon. The driest of the weather across the far south and
00:41southeast but plenty of cloud here and it is going to be a blustery day for all
00:45particularly for northern areas. But on the whole it is actually mild for the
00:49time of year but feeling chillier just to the far north of Scotland. Now as we
00:54head into the evening, many of us may be out enjoying New Year's celebrations but
00:59I'm afraid once again that unsettled weather is sticking around. Outbreaks of
01:02rain across parts of Wales, northern and central England, tending to linger on
01:07this heavy and rather persistent at times too, turning very blustery to the
01:11north, plenty of showers moving through here and once again we could see some
01:14outbreaks of snow across parts of Scotland. So feeling very cold here but
01:19slightly milder to the far south where we're likely to see the driest of the
01:22weather but likely once again to see plenty of cloud. And then for the start
01:27of 2025 we'll see a slight improvement in some areas but once again there is
01:32going to be plenty of rain around this slowly edging its way towards the south,
01:35heavy and persistent at times too and some very strong winds across the south
01:39by the afternoon as well with chance of we could even see some gales here. And to
01:43the far north of this we will start to see some sunshine but plenty of showers
01:47moving through too, particularly in northern areas where once again they're
01:51likely to fall as snow and with brisk northerly winds and some lower
01:55temperatures too, it is going to be feeling much chillier for New Year's Day,
01:58slightly milder to the south but even still a slightly chillier here compared
02:03to what it will be today. Then for the rest of the week we start to introduce a
02:08cold northerly Arctic flow across the country so we'll start to see some more
02:13sunshine yes but there'll be plenty of showers once again these falling as snow
02:17and it is going to feel particularly chilly and when we've had the rain too
02:20there's also a risk we could see some icy conditions so after your New Year's
02:24celebrations make sure to keep an eye on the website for any further warnings
02:28otherwise Happy New Year, bye bye.