00:00Hello there, welcome to your Wednesday evening weather update from the Met Office.
00:04It turns wet and windy this evening overnight as strong winds sweep across the country.
00:09Warnings for rain and wind have been issued for England and Wales.
00:13Now this is a deep area of low pressure causing high waves as well.
00:18It's actually been named by the French Met service Meteor France and certainly that's
00:23where the greatest impacts will be.
00:25But even here we'll see some wind damage because winds will pick up to perhaps up to 50-60
00:31miles an hour along the coastline towards the west along eastern counties up to 70 miles
00:35an hour.
00:36So expect some high waves and the combination of wind and rain will cause problems on the
00:41roads with localised flooding as well as poor visibility with that driving rain.
00:46It's clearing towards the North Sea as we head through the latter part of Thursday.
00:51We slowly will see those impacts diminish but even so it remains windy across many areas
00:57into the early hours of Friday morning certainly towards the south as well as the eastern strip
01:02of Scotland.
01:03And that will drag in some cold air from the north.
01:05It is turning colder.
01:07Let's pick up on that rain through this evening then.
01:09It's heavy at times southern parts of Wales, the Midlands, central southern England, the
01:13west country.
01:14You see these winds pick up.
01:15That's the low just towards the south there of the south coast.
01:19We're heading northwards into the early hours of the morning.
01:22So the heaviest rain will push towards Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, much of the Midlands, much of
01:27Wales seeing that wet weather and down towards the west country as well.
01:31These winds will pick up, will become stronger with those strong gusts.
01:35Now across the far north of England as well as Scotland, some quieter weather.
01:40That's where we'll see the lowest temperatures rather chilly under some clearer skies.
01:45There's still some showers along this eastern strip here.
01:48And in fact, the shower intensity will increase as we head through to Thursday.
01:52And a few showers running down across Northern Ireland, the North Channel towards Irish Seacoast,
01:57associated with this stream of air coming in from the northwest.
02:01So a lot of wet weather around as we head into Thursday morning.
02:05But really, if you are driving, it's worth taking extra time on your journey through Thursday morning with that wet and windy weather across England and Wales.
02:15So here are your warning zones and here are your temperatures.
02:18Dipping down to possibly two or three, if not lower, across the glens of Scotland into the early hours of the morning.
02:24Seven or eight for Northern Ireland, that wind mixing up the air.
02:27And certainly with a blanket of clouds and the rain, temperatures holding around seven to ten degrees Celsius across England and Wales.
02:34But first thing tomorrow morning, if you're stepping out, remember it's going to be wet outside, particularly for most of England.
02:40Perhaps even East Wales through the morning with showers towards the west there.
02:44This rain will be heavy at times and those winds swirling around it.
02:48So very gusty winds, gales at times with gusts reaching inland 50 to 60 miles an hour along the coastline, even higher than that.
02:57So expect some high waves associated with this low pressure system.
03:00Now, as we watch the progress of the rain, notice there is a slight clearance coming in across the Midlands, Northwest England as we head through the morning.
03:07But showers will follow quite quickly.
03:10And these showers will really pep up across the northeast of England as well as eastern counties of Scotland.
03:15So some heavy rain to come as we head through the afternoon into evening time.
03:19At the same time across Northern Ireland, you'll see some brighter skies, but showers filing in on a strong wind.
03:24And certainly some showers for the Western Isles and just clipping mainland Western Scotland as well.
03:29But there will be some fine weather, particularly across Western Scotland as we head through the afternoon.
03:34Not the case across eastern counties.
03:37So as we head into Thursday evening rush hour, again, problems on the roads and also high waves causing problems for ferry journeys if you're heading across to the continent.
03:48So through the evening, you can see where this rain is.
03:51It continues for a time.
03:53And here are your temperatures through the afternoon, 10, 11, 12 degrees Celsius, but turning colder than that through Friday and into the weekend.
04:02And that's because the wind turns towards the northerly.
04:05Before that, though, on Thursday evening, you can see the last of that rain attempting to clear this eastern strip.
04:11But we still hang on to those strong winds for a time.
04:14And this will be slow moving into Denmark through into the early hours of Friday morning.
04:18So again, just offshore, but along the coastline, possibly some rain for Aberdeenshire down towards borders as well as those strong winds.
04:26At the same time, a blustery breeze across England and Wales into Friday with some showers filing in, but some brighter skies across eastern counties.
04:34At the same time, notice this northerly wind moving down from Scotland towards Northern Ireland and again delivering some showers through the morning into the afternoon.
04:43But in shelter, not too bad.
04:45You should see some brighter weather for the likes of, say, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Lancashire as well as Cumbria.
04:52But through the day, this showery rain does slowly sink its way southwards as showers continue in the south as well as the west.
05:00And that wind remains cold.
05:02So here are the blues representing that cold wind coming in from the north.
05:06Winds slowly ease on Saturday.
05:08Still some showers around.
05:10Into Sunday, though, an area of cloud and rain gradually just slides down the country.
05:15So again, somewhat weather associated with it.
05:18The air remains chilly into the beginning of the week where, again, we look towards the west where another batch of cloud and rain moves in, particularly across the northern half of the UK.
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