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This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the week ahead 08/12/2025. Storm Bram is expected to bring wind disruption and the risk of flooding as we start this week but, with further lows queueing up in the Atlantic, are we expecting it to stay unsettled all week. Bringing you this week’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern

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00:00Hello and welcome to the Met Office forecast for the week ahead, which of course this week

00:04starts with Storm Bram and multiple yellow and amber warnings enforced because of the

00:09risk of flooding, disruption, damaging winds.

00:13At the time of recording, Storm Bram is this massive cloud forming in the Atlantic and it's

00:18a system that will deepen as it approaches the UK during Monday night.

00:24Here it is, Storm Bram, isobars being added to the centre of the low as it undergoes deep

00:29ening heading towards the UK, bringing its wind and rain in on Monday night.

00:35And by Tuesday morning, a very tricky start to the day with widespread strong winds and

00:40heavy rain for many away from the north of Scotland.

00:43So morning rush hour Tuesday could be particularly challenging on the roads with disruption likely

00:50in places from the word go, from both wind and rain.

00:54The rain, the biggest cause for concern initially because it's going to be very wet over the

00:59night and that rain tends to sweep north and east through the day, easing a little into

01:05the afternoon, some brighter weather coming along, albeit with further spells of rain reaching

01:09western Scotland and showers elsewhere.

01:12Some cloud breaks but it's actually after the main band of rain goes through that the winds

01:17whip up.

01:18More on that in a moment.

01:19Let's take a look at the rain and how much we're expecting to see during Monday night into

01:24Tuesday.

01:25The scale is shown on the right there and you can see that throughout Monday night the

01:31rain quickly moves into the south, spreads north eastwards across the UK and the darker

01:36blues indicate that it's many northern and western parts of the UK that will see the highest accumulations

01:40of rain, 40 millimetres widely.

01:42Western hills seeing 80 millimetres.

01:45But the main cause for concern actually parts of South Wales and Dartmoor weather is an amber

01:50warning in force because of the risk in some of the wetter spots of 100 millimetres or more

01:56of rainfall through Monday night and much of Tuesday.

02:00That rain of course falling onto saturated ground, it's been a very wet November and start

02:04of December, a risk of transport disruption as well as flooding to properties.

02:10So the rain, biggest cause for concern initially from Storm Bram.

02:15By the afternoon the heaviest of the rainfall is moving through, brighter skies are following,

02:20and the narrow attention turns to the wind.

02:22Now the wind of course coming from the south west is going to lead to exceptionally mild

02:26temperatures.

02:27We're talking about 15 Celsius widely, 16 or perhaps slightly more in some of the warmer

02:33spots across northwest Wales for example, northern parts of Somerset.

02:37But that wind, well, it's going to be increasing further as we go through Tuesday evening.

02:43Here we are Tuesday morning as Storm Bram deepens.

02:46And then widely by lunchtime we've got 50 to 60 mile per hour wind gusts across western

02:51parts of the UK, 40 to 50 further east.

02:55But it's exposed coasts towards the west where we're likely to see 70 mile per hour wind gusts.

02:59Some parts of Northern Ireland are touched more.

03:01But northwest Scotland, the biggest cause for concern.

03:04The wind's here peaking during Tuesday evening.

03:07And we're talking about 80 mile per hour wind gusts, perhaps 90 in some of the most exposed

03:13spots of northwest Scotland, the Outer Hebrides for example, as Storm Bram makes a close pass

03:21during Tuesday evening.

03:22The strongest winds then move to the north of Scotland into Shetland and Orkney overnight

03:27into the start of Wednesday before eventually abating, albeit gradually, during Wednesday morning.

03:33So an amber warning in force for northwest Scotland because of the winds.

03:37But through Wednesday, although a blustery start, it is going to become less windy.

03:42We've still got spells of heavy rain moving through the north and northwest of Scotland

03:45during Wednesday.

03:46Still gale force winds here.

03:48But further south, brighter skies, gusty, yes, but not as windy.

03:52And towards the south, the showers fade by the afternoon as well, so plenty of sunshine.

03:57Further showers affecting Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland throughout much of the day.

04:00Some heavy downpours, perhaps some rumble of thunder as well.

04:04It's not quite as mild on Wednesday, 12 or 13 Celsius, but temperatures still above average

04:09for the time of year.

04:10We can say goodbye to Storm Bram then later Wednesday.

04:14Another low starts to turn up into Thursday, but this is a much slower moving beast.

04:19It is swinging a weather front in, but it's going to take a long time to cross the UK because

04:24it's being held up by an extension of higher pressure towards the southeast.

04:28Higher pressure leading to some mist of fog and such a frost first thing on Thursday towards

04:33the southeast.

04:35But the winds start to pick up again through the day as the next weather front begins to

04:38move in.

04:39We'll see it cloud over as well.

04:41Lots of cloud around and the rain reaching Northern Ireland and Western Scotland, but not

04:45making much further progress towards the east.

04:48We keep some brighter skies in the east, but actually there'll be a few showery outbreaks

04:52reaching western parts of Britain.

04:54And it's another relatively mild day.

04:56Here's the weather front still making its way eastwards across the UK on Friday.

05:01It does fizzle away, it doesn't bring much rain to the east and southeast.

05:06Brighter skies once again follow from the west.

05:09Winds start to pick up in the northwest of Scotland, showers returning here and it's going

05:13to feel fresher with temperatures in the single figures towards the far north and west

05:18by the end of Friday.

05:21Once that system moves out of the way, we're looking at another low pressure moving in

05:25for the weekend.

05:26The jet stream in a very buoyant mood at the moment.

05:29It's going to send low after low through during Saturday into Sunday and the start of next

05:34week.

05:35So yes, Saturday, bright start for many, but frequent showers moving in and then longer

05:39spells of rain pushing into the northwest, strengthening winds once again.

05:43And Sunday, likewise, another very unsettled day.

05:46But of course, we'll keep you updated on all of that for the time being.

05:50I encourage you to check the Met Office website and app for all the details on the warnings

05:54where you are and make sure you stay safe.

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