Met Office Sunday Afternoon weather forecast 14/12/2025

Met Office

14 December - National weather forecast presented by Jonathan Vautrey.

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00:00Hello there.

00:01Good afternoon.

00:02We are continuing to see quite an unsettled weekend of weather for some regions of the

00:07UK.

00:08Currently, there's this conveyor of cloud drifting in all the way from parts of the Atlantic.

00:12It's a very slow-moving feature, so it's providing the same parts of northern and western UK with

00:18these repeated pulses of very heavy rainfall.

00:21In the last 24 hours, we've already seen a month's worth of rain fall across parts of

00:25Cumbria, and with these heavy pulses of rain still continuing, there is an amber weather

00:30warning in force here throughout the rest of the day and into Monday.

00:33By the end of the event, we could see over 200 millimetres of rain falling, and that is

00:38certainly going to continue to provide flooding and disruption.

00:41There are other yellow rain warnings in force this afternoon for western Scotland, Northern

00:45Ireland and other regions of north-western England.

00:48Whilst it's not a persistent band of rain, just the continued nature of these pulses

00:52and outbreaks of heavy rain will really provide that flooding in places.

00:57It's accompanied by some quite strong winds as well, gales around coasts and our hills,

01:02and particularly for parts of the A55 for northern Wales, but also the A1 around East Lothian

01:07as well.

01:08We could see some quite strong crosswinds developing here at times, so do take care when you're

01:12travelling here.

01:13Generally, the south-east managing to stay drier this afternoon.

01:17A few bright spells are possible, but generally it is cloudier compared to Saturday.

01:21It's quite breezy as well, but those winds are coming in from a southerly direction,

01:25and so that's filtering in mild air, and many of us will see double-digit figure temperatures.

01:31As we head into this evening and overnight, the rain will slowly push its way south-eastwards,

01:36again those heavy pulses still possible, eventually spreading more towards other areas of northern

01:40England, south-western England, and also a lot of Wales as well.

01:45Again the south-east managing to stay mostly dry throughout tonight, but relatively cloudy

01:49still and quite mild underneath all that clouds, with temperatures ranging between 9 and 11

01:54degrees Celsius.

01:55Once the rain clears through though for Scotland and Northern Ireland, and skies begin to clear

01:59up a little bit more, temperatures will drop down here towards the back end of the night,

02:03and so rural spots may be into low single figures towards dawn on Monday morning.

02:10So when you're stepping out first thing then, do be aware that rain is going to be in play

02:13across northern England, south-western England, and also into the lot of Wales as well.

02:20As a result, we have another amber warning coming into force on Monday for southern areas

02:25of Wales, where again we could see a lot of rainfall, potentially 100 millimetres of rain

02:30developing here. Particularly since the ground is so saturated at the moment here, due to recent

02:35storm events and other flooding at times, this extra rainfall is going to result in a lot of

02:41disruption once again. So do take care when you're travelling here. There are other yellow

02:46rain warnings coming into force later this evening and into tomorrow for the north-western Wales and

02:52parts of south-western England as well, and eventually into Monday another rain warning for

02:55north-eastern England as well. Either side of that rain band, whilst it will be drier, it's a bit of a

03:01slip-blit picture. Again, it will be quite cloudy across the south-east. Again, relatively mild and

03:07breezy here, but a decent amount of sunshine developing for parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. A few

03:12showers to watch in the far north-west. Temperatures here, though, dropping back down towards

03:17generally around average for the time of year, seven to eight degrees Celsius.

03:21Our rain band's continuing to progress its way very slowly south-eastwards. It's so slow moving because

03:28it's what we call a waving frontal system, where it's sort of shifting between a warm front and a

03:33cold front, and so it's not quite able to progress in a very distinct pattern. But there are signs that

03:39by Tuesday it will eventually move its way towards more south-eastern areas of the UK, and this ridge of

03:45high pressure will help settle things down again for many other regions, away from a few showers that will

03:50drift in in that occluded front across Northern Scotland. However, there is further wet and windy

03:55weather quite likely as we head towards the second half of next week, so do stay in tune to the forecast,

04:01and we'll keep you up to date with that. Otherwise, enjoy the rest of your day. Bye-bye.

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