Thursday afternoon forecast 12/10/23

Met Office

12 October - National weather forecast presented by Alex Burkill.

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00:00Hello, very good day to you. Welcome to your latest weather update brought to you by the

00:04Met Office. Whilst it's quite a cloudy picture across southern parts of the UK today, much

00:09brighter story further north, particularly northern England into Northern Ireland, some

00:13decent sunny spells. Yes, there's some cloud across parts of Scotland and also a scattering

00:18of showers, particularly towards the northwest, where we have some blustery winds too. But

00:22in the south, a grey, murky day here. The cloud will be thick enough for some outbreaks

00:28of drizzly rain as well. Despite that though, it's still relatively warm. Not as warm as

00:32it was earlier on in the week, but temperatures reaching highs of 19, possibly 20 Celsius

00:38and a bit of a muggy feel to things here too, but cooler further north. Many places here

00:43getting to highs of around 12 or 13 Celsius. We have a deep area of low pressure waiting

00:49to the southwest of the UK and it's this that's going to push its way northeastwards as we

00:54go through the end of Thursday, through Thursday night and into Friday. As a result, through

00:58Thursday night it is going to turn increasingly wet and windy across much of England and Wales

01:04as this heavy rain pushes its way in. We also have a low pressure system towards the north

01:09of the UK, so that's going to bring some blustery winds and allow for some showers to push their

01:14way southwards across parts of Scotland and perhaps into Northern Ireland as we head towards

01:18dawn on Friday too. It's also going to bring some colder air in from the north and so across

01:23some parts of Scotland, in the Shelter Glens perhaps, we could see temperatures dropping

01:27into the low to mid single figures, a much milder story further south. Friday then is

01:33going to be a wet and windy day across much of England and Wales. Some heavy rain could

01:38cause some problems on the roads during Friday morning rush hour and it's likely to stay

01:42very wet as we go through much of the day. Some high totals building up, particularly

01:46over the Welsh mountains, but even further south as we go into the afternoon there's

01:50the risk of some heavy thundery downpours perhaps which could cause some problems on

01:54the roads and some localised flooding as well. Further north with that high pressure it's

01:59staying windy towards northern parts and we're going to see some showers filtering their

02:03way southwards. So although there will be some bright sunny spells around, we're also

02:08going to see the chance of some wintriness over the higher ground of Scotland with a

02:12little bit of sleet or snow perhaps, though that's not that unusual for the time of year.

02:17Again a real marked contrast in our temperatures as we go through Friday. Colder air across

02:22northern parts and so some places may struggle to get into double figures. A different story

02:27further south though, here temperatures may even be a little bit higher than today. Highs

02:31around 21 or 22 Celsius, but in the wind and the rain it's not going to feel that warm.

02:38Let's take a closer look at the warning which was updated earlier today. You can see it

02:42covers much of England and Wales. We're likely to see some pretty high totals building up

02:47there's the risk of some flooding, disruption to travel. The highest rainfall totals likely

02:50to be over the Welsh mountains, but as I mentioned before there is the risk of some heavy thundery

02:56downpours affecting southern parts that could cause some problems as we go through evening

03:00rush hour. As we look towards the weekend and colder air is going to become more widespread

03:05pushing down from the north and so it is going to feel markedly colder than it has done recently

03:10for many areas. There will be a lot of sunny weather around, particularly on Sunday, but

03:14on Saturday many places are at risk of seeing a few showers and these could be a little

03:18bit wintry at times still across those mountains in the north. I'll have a more in depth look

03:23at the weekend forecast in our weekend video which will be available on our YouTube channel

03:28later on this afternoon. Otherwise you can keep up to date across the forecast over our

03:32social media channels. I'll see you later.

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