Met Office Wednesday afternoon weather forecast 18/11/2024

18 December -  National weather forecast presented by Honor Criswick

Transcript

00:00Hello there, good afternoon. We're going to see a bit of a split in our weather today,

00:04feeling colder in the north with some blustery showers. Milder in the south though, we are

00:08going to see some outbreaks of rain slowly edge their way in from the southwest, creeping

00:13into southwestern parts of England and Wales by the time we reach the afternoon. This could

00:17be quite heavy and persistent at times as it edges its way eastwards. Away from this

00:21though it should be largely dry, a mix of cloud and some clearer spells. Clearer to

00:26the far north of the country too, we're going to see plenty of blustery showers creep their

00:30way into northwestern parts of Scotland, western coasts of Northern Ireland too. It's feeling

00:34chilly here and some of these showers could fall as snow at times, particularly over high

00:39ground. But across the south it is still going to be largely mild for the time of year as

00:43that cloud and rain continues to creep its way in from the west. Still overnight we'll

00:48continue to see those longer and more persistent outbreaks of rain, still some heavy bursts

00:52possible at times too as it slowly edges its way towards the southeast. To the north

00:58of this though it's allowing a brisk northerly wind to develop across much of the country

01:02so it's going to be feeling much colder by the time we reach Thursday morning. And still

01:06plenty of those blustery showers, a few more starting to feed in further south across parts

01:11of Wales and southwest England and still a chance we could see some snow across higher

01:15ground by the time we reach Thursday morning as well. But we will also see some clearer

01:20spells, these mainly in the east away from the cloud and rain across the very far southeast.

01:25This though eventually clearing away and actually there should be lots of sunshine around by

01:29the time we reach Thursday. Still can't rule out those showers though, particularly around

01:33coasts, particularly around western coasts of England and Wales and still plenty feeding

01:37into the far north of Scotland. And although there will be plenty of dry weather around,

01:42plenty of sunshine, it is going to be feeling much chillier. If we take a look at those

01:46temperatures really struggling, more towards average for the time of year, highs of around

01:50seven to eight Celsius but we're going to see a really keen north to northwesterly breeze

01:55and if you take a look at what the temperatures are actually going to feel like you can see

01:58it's going to feel much chillier. So a very different feel by the time we reach tomorrow.

02:04And then into the evening once again it is going to remain chilly, rather blustery at

02:08times particularly to the far north of Scotland so that's going to stop any widespread frost

02:12developing but we could see a little bit particularly around sheltered spots and once

02:16again largely dry overnight, plenty of clear spells but still those showers moving in around

02:21those western coasts. And to finish off on Friday, further rain moving in from the northwest,

02:26a cold front erratically moving towards the southeast bringing some heavy outbreaks of

02:30rain and this leads us into a largely unsettled weekend at times too. Once again some longer

02:35spells of rain, some blustery showers and take a look at the squeeze in the ice bars

02:38too. It is going to be fairly windy for many of us as we head into the weekend particularly

02:43on Saturday across the far northwest with a chance we could see some warnings issued

02:47so do keep an eye on our website for those. Otherwise that's it from me, bye bye for now.