Met Office Wednesday Afternoon Weather Forecast 16/10/2024

Met Office

16 October - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin

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00:00A very warm day for some, a very wet day for others.

00:04And for all, a pretty humid feel.

00:06All thanks to southerly winds.

00:08The big picture shows the UK smothered in clouds.

00:12We've got a large area of high pressure sitting to the east,

00:15but ambling away.

00:16Low pressure systems sitting to the west,

00:18and that's generating southerly winds.

00:20They're bringing the warmth and the humidity.

00:23But with these weather fronts injecting the moisture,

00:26they're also bringing some pretty heavy downpours.

00:28And we've seen some very wet conditions already.

00:31Met Office yellow warnings in place.

00:33The heavy rain extending north into parts of northern England

00:36and parts of eastern Scotland.

00:38Also looking pretty soggy this afternoon.

00:40Not everywhere seeing the torrential rain,

00:43but pockets of very heavy rain that

00:46could cause some issues, some local flooding,

00:49and certainly some disruption to the transport network.

00:51Much of western Scotland staying dry.

00:53Actually, a largely dry but cloudy

00:55afternoon in Northern Ireland.

00:56It's eastern England where we're

00:58seeing the driest and brightest weather.

01:01Some sunshine here.

01:02Likely to see temperatures top out.

01:04It's 20, 21, maybe even 22 degrees Celsius.

01:07Not unprecedented for October, but still

01:10pretty warm for the middle of the month.

01:12And even where it's raining, temperatures 17, 18 degrees.

01:15That humid feel likely to continue.

01:18And the wet weather will continue

01:20through the evening and overnight.

01:21There's warnings in place into the evening

01:23as well as the rain pushes again into parts of northern England.

01:26Then into eastern Scotland.

01:28Eventually, we'll see some rain this evening

01:30across eastern England, but tending

01:32to clear away from the west.

01:34So by dawn, northern Ireland, Wales, southwest England

01:37should start to see some clearer skies.

01:39Temperatures still staying pretty high though overnight.

01:42Still warm air in place.

01:43So pretty much everywhere in double digits.

01:45And many places staying in the teens through the night.

01:48So not a cold start to Thursday.

01:50A fairly glum one for east Anglia,

01:52the southeast of England, northeast England,

01:54and much of northeast Scotland.

01:55With outbreaks of rain lingering

01:57in that far northeastern corner until around lunchtime.

02:00And most of the day, in fact, in Shetland.

02:02But elsewhere, it brightens up quite nicely, actually.

02:05And for many, it's a good looking day.

02:07There will be a sprinkling of showers

02:09dotted across northern Ireland, southwest Scotland.

02:11Maybe one or two for Wales and western England

02:13come the afternoon.

02:14But they will be well scattered.

02:16Much of the day dry.

02:18Some good spars of sunshine.

02:19Perhaps a bit more high cloud spilling back

02:21in towards east Anglia and the southeast later on.

02:23But overall, a fine autumnal feel.

02:26And although it won't be as warm and humid as today,

02:30temperatures will still be above average,

02:31getting up to the mid or even high teens

02:34across the southeast.

02:36A bit breezy come the afternoon across Wales and southwest

02:39England, as we see a few more showers drifting in here

02:41through the course of the evening.

02:43And a few more getting going over southwest Scotland

02:46and northwest England, too.

02:47But again, many places will stay fine.

02:49Just need to watch this area of rain.

02:50Looks like sticking away from the far southeast.

02:53So many places having a dry end to Thursday.

02:55Notice behind me, though, there is a line of rain.

02:57That's a weather front approaching

02:59from this large area of low pressure,

03:01I should say, heading up towards Iceland.

03:03The isobars squidging together as well.

03:05So some potentially strong winds across the far northwest

03:08on Friday, coupled with some high tides,

03:11that could cause a few issues.

03:12And then look at this, an intensifying

03:14area of low pressure.

03:15This one really does need watching.

03:17This is for Sunday coming in.

03:18Again, a lot of isobars on the chart, a spell of wet,

03:22and potentially very windy weather

03:24during the second half of the weekend.

03:26One we'll be keeping a very close eye on.

03:29Aidan will have more on that in the 10-day trend forecast.

03:32That'll be available on our YouTube channels

03:34by Wednesday afternoon.

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