00:00Hello, welcome to your afternoon weather update from the Met Office. Storm Claudia is here
00:05and providing some very heavy rain. We have Met Office warnings in place, amber warnings
00:10for parts of England and Wales. Here's the bigger picture. Most of the UK is smothered
00:15in cloud, but some Scotland just poking up there. Some fine weather to be had here. It's
00:20further south where Storm Claudia is really affecting. The storm itself, the low pressure
00:25system actually out to the southwest of the UK. Of course, this system was named by the
00:29Spanish Weather Service. We've seen bands of heavy rain moving in here and some more
00:33thunderstorms packing into Portugal and Spain during today. But that same weather system
00:38is now throwing up a lot of cloud. We've already seen quite a bit of rain through the morning
00:42and it's only going to get heavier, particularly in this corridor across South Wales through
00:46the Midlands towards East Anglia. Further pulses of heavy rain coming into southwest England
00:51too. Parts of the southeast may not see much rain at all. And as I mentioned at the start,
00:56parts of Scotland staying fine and sunny. Reasonably bright too across Northern Ireland
00:59and much of the far north of England also staying dry. But the cold air is in place here and that's
01:05what's driving this. The cold air pushing down, hitting the warmer air coming up from the south
01:10and generating this very active weather front and providing that corridor very heavy rain.
01:16And the strong winds also picking up later on today. There are a few showers coming into
01:21northern Scotland. They'll have a bit of snow mixed in over the hills. But let's focus in on this
01:25wet weather and the weather warnings we have in place. The Amber Warning has been extended this
01:30morning. We're concerned also now about the Peak District as well as further south through into
01:36the Midlands, parts of Cambridgeshire up into Lincolnshire. And this secondary or second Amber
01:43Warning also in place across southeastern parts of Wales. That's where there is perhaps the greatest risk
01:48of high impacts, significant disruption. But anywhere in these Amber Warning areas, there is the likelihood
01:54of flooding. In the broader Amber area, you could easily see 40 to 60 millimetres of rain, maybe 80
01:59millimetres of rain in some locations. And in this Amber Warning area across the south and the east
02:05of Wales, we could easily see 100 millimetres of rain, maybe more than that over some of the hills. So
02:12things like the Black Mountains, the Gwent Valley, seeing some of the worst of the rain here
02:17over the course of Friday. There is a broader yellow warning covering a good chunk of England
02:23and Wales for the rainfall. So we could see some problems here, certainly a lot of spray and surface
02:27water on the roads. And then we do have a couple of wind warnings because of that gusty nature of the
02:32easterly winds for parts of northwest England and north and west Wales. So that is also something to
02:38be aware of, particularly if you're heading out this evening on the roads. There'll be a lot of surface
02:42water and a lot of spray. The temperatures show that contrast and show why we're seeing
02:46the heavy rain with the warmer air pushing up from the south, the colder air digging in where
02:51they clash. The air rushes up and generates that zone of heavy rain. Feeling pretty grim
02:55under that central slice through Lincolnshire, Norfolk, the east and west Midlands and parts
03:01of south Wales where 9, 10 degrees, but feeling colder with the wind, especially on some of these
03:05North Sea coasts. Temperatures 8, 9 degrees in western Scotland. Probably not feeling too bad here with a bit
03:11of shelter, but cold enough, as I say, for these showers in northeastern Scotland to have a bit of snow
03:15mixed in very mild in the south. It brightens up 16 degrees. An awful lot going on with the weather at
03:21the moment. If anything, we're going to see a further pulse of heavy, showery rain coming up
03:25into these areas, of course, southwest England, south Wales, then into the Midlands during this
03:30evening, just exacerbating, increasing the rainfall today and potentially, therefore, exacerbating the
03:35flooding problems before it all does start to ease off a little bit overnight. Obviously, the rain will
03:41have to run down into the rivers, so the flooding that we see may well peak through the night and
03:47into Saturday, but the rain itself should at least start to ease in many areas overnight. It will push
03:52a little further north into parts of northern England, and we'll see some heavier rain developing
03:56perhaps over parts of the Pennines. Southern air is becoming drier. Cold enough for a touch of frost in
04:01parts of Scotland where we've got some clear skies, and after all, the moisture could turn quite foggy if
04:05we get some clearer skies across the southeast. Something to be aware of on Saturday morning.
04:10Temperature-wise, we're holding up in the south again in double figures, but it is going to turn
04:15colder everywhere. Now, Saturday, we've kind of got a three-way split. Much of the south dry. A chance of
04:22one or two showers in the southwest, but certainly a drier day for south Wales, southern parts of the
04:27Midlands. There will still be some rain from storm Claudia from this weather front draped across
04:34northeast England, especially pepped up by the Pennines, but nothing like as heavy as the rain
04:39that we're seeing over the next 12 hours or so. And again, much of Scotland, Northern Ireland staying
04:44dry with the Highlands having a cracking day with plenty of sunshine. That brisk easterly wind will
04:49again be noticeable on those North Sea coasts, feeling pretty chilly here, but again in the south,
04:53bit of brightness. 15, 16 degrees is still very mild. It's been a very mild start to November,
05:00but it's already turned colder further north and the colder air will win out as we head through
05:05Saturday night and into Sunday. That rain continuing to fizzle out and the rain band just as well as
05:10fizzling out starting to push a little further south. So there's Claudia getting closer to Spain and
05:16Portugal, but weakening through the weekend. And as it does so, it allows the northerly winds to win
05:22out pushing down the colder air, particularly as that weather front moves in later on through
05:27Sunday. So we start the weekend with the north-south split with the milder air in the south
05:32and in between that very active weather front. But the colder air will win as the northerly winds
05:37push the colder air right down across all parts of the country by the time we get to the end of
05:42Sunday, bringing a chillier feel as we go into next week. Cold enough, as I said, for the showers in
05:49northern Scotland over the hills to have a bit of snow mixed in. Sunday, still quite a grey day over
05:54parts of the Midlands, Wales, maybe southern England, a little bit of drizzle here and there,
05:57but many places dry. A band of rain with some hill snow maybe tracking across Scotland, but a much
06:03brighter day for the northeastern parts of England compared to Saturday. We should see some sunny spells
06:09here and for Northern Ireland. Temperatures similar across the north, so mostly single figures,
06:15but in the south, those temperatures will be just dropping down a little bit and that process will
06:19continue as we head into next week. As I said, lots going on. Please keep up to date with the
06:25weather warnings. You can check them for yourself on our free app and on our website to see if you're
06:30in the amber or yellow warning areas. And of course, with things turning colder next week, there'll be
06:35plenty to talk about with that as well. So do keep up to date. Best way to do that, of course, if you're
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