Met Office Monday Morning Weather Forecast 30/12/2024

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Turning increasingly unsettled at the end of 2024, there will be some wet and windy conditions arriving in the UK. This morning some heavy persistent rain will move from Scotland down into Northern Ireland and northern England, with some strong winds developing. Some hill snow is likely in far northern areas. The rest of England and Wales will mainly be cloudy and dry. Mild in the south, but turning colder in Scotland. Yellow rain and snow warnings are in effect for Scotland, and a yellow wind warning is in effect for northern England. - This is the Met Office Weather forecast for the morning 30/12/2024. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Greg Dewhurst.

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00:00Hello, there. Good morning. Welcome to your latest Met Office forecast. It turns increasingly

00:05unsettled as we end 2024 and go into the new year with a series of low-pressure systems

00:12moving across the U.K. The first one moving in through today across Scotland giving rain

00:17and snow as well as strong winds for northern England. The next system through New Year's

00:22Eve bringing rain, wind and snow. And yet a third system moving in for New Year's Day,

00:28quite likely to see some disruption over the coming days. So, Met Office warning is

00:32already in force for the rest of the year and beginning of 2025. Behind that, colder

00:37air filtering in, wintry showers for all with the return of overnight frosts quite widely

00:42across the U.K. So, this morning, already heavy rain across Scotland, outbreaks of snow

00:47across the Highlands falling to even some lower levels for a time. And then this rain

00:51band just slowly pushes its way southwards this morning into the afternoon across Northern

00:55Ireland, Northern England. Some strong winds developing here too, gusts of 50, 60 miles

00:59an hour across the Pennines could lead to some travel disruption. Just a brief respite

01:04across parts of Scotland into the afternoon for a time. England and Wales, generally another

01:09cloudy day to come. There will be some bright spells developing at times, one or two sunny

01:14intervals. But the clouds thick enough for a few spots of light rain and drizzle, particularly

01:18southern Wales, southern counties of England. But the winds coming in generally from the

01:22south for many, so temperatures again 9 to 11 Celsius. They should be a little higher

01:27compared to the southeast that we saw on Sunday over the weekend where they really struggled

01:31under the low cloud and fog. Turning colder across Scotland here, temperatures starting

01:36to dip away as the colder air moves in. But obvious warnings remain in force for rain

01:41and snow as the next weather system moves in across Scotland. Could see over 100 millimetres

01:46of rain falling by the end of New Year's Eve as well as 10 to 20 centimetres over the higher

01:52ground of snow as well. And then rain starting to move into Northern Ireland during the early

01:57hours, the winds picking up too as well. And we could see gusts of 50, 60, locally 70 miles

02:02an hour as we go through the day on New Year's Eve. Generally cloudy across England and Wales,

02:07keeping the temperatures up 7 to 9 Celsius. So, very unsettled start across the northern

02:12half of the UK in particular on New Year's Eve and this low pressure system just slowly

02:16pushes its way eastwards. Outbreaks of rain and snow across Scotland, something drier coming

02:22into Northern Ireland, southern Scotland, northern England later as this band of rain

02:25pushes across the rest of England and Wales. Very windy for everyone, met obvious warnings

02:31remaining in force. Colder air sinking southwards, temperatures in single figures across Scotland,

02:37Northern Ireland around 11 Celsius across southern parts of England during the afternoon.

02:43Taking a quick look at New Year's Day, the next low pressure system moves in. Outbreaks

02:48of heavy rain more widely across the UK, bumping into colder air, turning to snow across

02:53Northern Ireland, Scotland, northern England. Travel disruption is likely here. Generally

02:59wet and windy across southern counties as well. Met obvious warnings out throughout

03:03the day on New Year's Day. So, if you are travelling through the festive period, it

03:08is worth staying up to date with all the warnings on our website and on our social media channels.

03:13See you again soon.

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