Met Office Tuesday Afternoon Forecast 08/10/24

Met Office

08 October - National weather forecast presented by Alex Burkhill.

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00:00Sunny spells, gusty winds, heavy rain, even some thundery downpours.

00:05Not everywhere we'll see all of this, but there is a lot going on today

00:09because we have an area of low pressure dominating our weather.

00:13As well as this, there's another low just to the west-southwest of us

00:16and this is actually the remnants of what was Hurricane Kirk.

00:20It's now come across the Atlantic, lost its hurricane status,

00:23but it is still quite a potent feature and it is going to bring some very wet and windy weather,

00:28particularly to France, but also other parts of Central Europe through the next few days,

00:32which is why it's actually been named Storm Kirk by the French Met Service.

00:36But for the UK, it's this area of low pressure bringing the fairly unsettled day ahead.

00:41There will be some persistent rain across parts of northern England into southern Scotland

00:45and perhaps Northern Ireland too.

00:47Elsewhere, quite a lot of showers around and some of these showers will be heavy and they will be thundery.

00:52Yes, some sunny spells in between the downpours, but these downpours could cause some issues,

00:57especially towards central-southern-eastern parts of England.

01:02Here we do have a warning out, potential for 20-30mm of rain in just a few hours

01:08and perhaps more than that building up through the whole day.

01:11As well as the rain, watch out for some gusty winds with the downpours,

01:14even some large hail and frequent lightning and so some disruption is quite possible.

01:19Nonetheless, across southern parts it's relatively mild or even warm,

01:23especially in any sunny spells.

01:25Temperatures getting into the high teens, a bit fresher than this further north.

01:28And worth bearing in mind, there are some strong winds across northern parts of Scotland,

01:32also some strong gusty winds towards the southwest as well.

01:36And so these will make it feel a bit fresher, a bit cooler than these temperatures may suggest.

01:40As we go through the evening, still some heavy thundery downpours

01:43across many parts of England and Wales in particular.

01:46The more persistent rain across parts of northern England does continue

01:50and edges into more parts of Scotland.

01:52Northern Scotland also having a pretty damp, wet picture as we go overnight.

01:56Elsewhere, there will be some drier, perhaps even clearer weather around.

02:00But for most, it is generally going to be a mild night.

02:03Temperatures generally holding up in double figures.

02:06Perhaps a bit cooler, a bit chillier than this further north.

02:08Some places perhaps getting into mid-single digits.

02:12As we go through Wednesday then, a wet start across eastern parts of Scotland,

02:15some parts of northeast England as well.

02:17The rain will continue for a time but should eventually break up and clear away.

02:21Otherwise, there will again be some showers around.

02:24They could be a bit on the heavy side.

02:26Some rumbles of thunder are possible but they're not looking as frequent,

02:30as intense as the showers that we're going to see through the rest of today.

02:33So I'm not expecting a repeat of the impacts that we could be seeing through this afternoon.

02:38And there will be some sunny spells around.

02:41And with that then, again, temperatures not doing too badly.

02:44Mid, possibly high teens towards the south.

02:46But further north, starting to turn a bit colder

02:49because we do then have a northerly flow that's going to be plunging its way down.

02:53The showers will be easing a little bit as we go through the end of Wednesday

02:57and overnight into Thursday.

02:59Both the low pressure across the UK and what is Storm Kirk clearing away towards the east.

03:04And as they do so, they then do allow for this cold Arctic air to make its way in across the UK.

03:10So we are going to see temperatures plummeting as we go towards the end of the week.

03:14Now, looking across the other side of the Atlantic,

03:17I wanted to mention major Hurricane Milton is currently fluctuating

03:21between being a Category 4 or Category 5.

03:24And it is going to bring some devastating conditions, particularly to parts of Florida,

03:28as we go through Wednesday into Thursday.

03:31It is really causing some major issues as we go through the next few days.

03:35We will, of course, be keeping you up to date with the drop in our temperatures

03:39and also what's happening with Hurricane Milton.

03:41You can find all the details about this in our deep dive,

03:45which will have a slightly new look with Aidan later on this afternoon on our YouTube channel.

03:50I'll see you again soon. Bye-bye.

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