Met Office Wednesday morning weather forecast 18/12/2024

18 December - National weather forecast presented by Clare Nasir.

Transcript

00:00Hello there and a very good morning to you on this Wednesday morning. It's been

00:03a lively night, a mild one, outbreaks of rain. Things change though through today.

00:08We do have a northwesterly wind now kicking in across the western side of

00:11Scotland turning the air colder. You can see this rain continues across the

00:15north central parts of Scotland, more persistent bursts down towards the

00:19southeast northern areas of England. At the same time a wind warning expires at

00:238 a.m. this morning. We've seen some very strong winds overnight. Eventually they'll

00:28ease just a little bit, still going to be a windy day though. Now across England

00:31and Wales there's a lot of clouds, showery bursts of rain, particularly for

00:34Wales, northern England, but some filaments extending towards the

00:38Midlands as well as the southeast. In fact you'll see some wet weather as we

00:41head through Wednesday and into the early hours of Thursday morning. Before

00:46that though this rain across the central sway of the country tends to fizzle out

00:49as we head through to around mid-morning, late morning. The cloud then breaks up, we

00:54could even see some sunshine. Showers move in on this cold northwest wind as

00:59more cloud thickens from the southwest and this will bring some outbreaks of rain

01:04which could turn heavy as we head through into evening rush hour, certainly

01:08for the likes of Plymouth, Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, even Liverpool and

01:12Manchester through into evening time. The winds will pick up towards the south as

01:17well, so some lively conditions down here, wet and windy weather as we enter

01:21evening rush hour. But look at these temperatures, highest temperatures in

01:24Scotland will be in the morning through the afternoon, taking a bit of a dive as

01:28the air comes in from the north-northwest. Hang on to milder

01:32conditions across much of England and Wales through the afternoon, but

01:35certainly you'll see cloud and also outbreaks of rain. So all in all the air

01:40is going to turn colder, but before that on Wednesday evening, this evening and

01:43overnight, we will see that rain continue across much of England and

01:47Wales and it will be heavy in places. Strong winds as well, particularly on

01:51the south coast as the rain gradually recedes from the north through the early

01:55hours of Thursday morning. That cold air then digs in, the showers in the north

02:00are likely to be wintry and even with a touch of frost in shelter across the

02:04glens of Scotland. Through into the early hours of Thursday morning, the remnants

02:08of that rain just hangs on across Essex and Kent, but it will clear as the sun

02:12rises and then some of us seeing some sunshine. There will be some showers just

02:16moving in on this cold northwest wind. Temperatures will struggle wherever you

02:19are, but some brighter weather as well just coming and going. That's the picture

02:23on Thursday. It quiets down a little bit in terms of wind through Thursday night,

02:28still the risk of a frost into Friday morning before showery rain moves in yet

02:32again the winds pick up and temperatures recover just a little bit. I'll see you

02:36later.