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This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the week ahead 21/10/2024. A fine start to the week with some foggy mornings. Then a change to unsettled weather towards the end of the week. Bringing you this week’s weather forecast is Honor Criswick.

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00:00Hello, and welcome to your week ahead forecast from the Met Office. It was quite a wet and

00:05windy weekend, but we're looking at a calmer spell to start the week, perhaps some foggy

00:10mornings and then generally things are starting to change from the West as we head towards

00:15the end of the week. Now, taking a look at the bigger picture, we've got Storm Ashley

00:19to the north of the country, which is what affected us over the weekend. That's moving

00:23its way towards Scandinavia, allowing some frontal systems to move in from the West.

00:27But if we move our eyes over to the south, we have actually got high pressure building.

00:32That means it's going to bring us some clearer nights for Tuesday night, Wednesday night,

00:36so perhaps some foggy mornings. And then eventually we see a strengthening of our jet stream towards

00:42Thursday and into Friday. And that is bringing us not only a spell of wet weather, but a

00:46spell of windy weather, too, once again, mainly in northwestern parts. And as we head towards

00:51Friday, there is a slight question mark about what exactly the weather is going to be doing.

00:55We've got quite a split between our different models that we use here at the Met Office.

01:00But before we get onto that, let's reverse the clock and head back towards Tuesday to

01:05start off with. So quite a clear and chilly start across the southeast, perhaps some fog

01:11patches in places. And then as this weather front moves its way slowly towards the southeast,

01:16it's generally weakening. So on the whole, it's just going to bring in some cloud, perhaps

01:19a few showers at times. And across much of the country, it's going to be a dry and bright

01:23day. And with those winds easing off, too, and a slight increase in those temperatures,

01:27particularly across the south and southeast, highs of around 17. So it's going to feel

01:32rather pleasant for the time of year, temperatures more towards average elsewhere. So on the

01:37whole, a much calmer start to Tuesday compared to what we had over the weekend. Now, as we

01:43head into Wednesday, that weather front will slowly sink away towards the southeast. And

01:47this is when we start to see high pressure build. Different story in the north, though,

01:52squeeze those isobars and just some frontal systems moving into the north. But that means

01:56as that high pressure builds towards the south and southeast, it's going to be a fairly clear

02:01and calm night. So that means we could see some quite dense fog patches in places, particularly

02:05for parts of Sussex and Kent, East Anglia, for example. So do take care as this may lead

02:10to some travel disruption. Otherwise, that would generally clear through the morning.

02:15Things will start to warm up. And once again, it's going to be a largely dry and bright

02:19day for many of us. Slightly different across the northwest, though, particularly parts

02:23of northwestern Scotland, more cloud here, perhaps some drips and drabs of rain and drizzle.

02:28And we will start to see those winds strengthening once again. There is a chance we could even

02:32see some coastal gales in exposed spots. Temperatures, though, across Scotland up by a degree or

02:38two compared to Tuesday. So generally, if you manage to avoid those stronger winds,

02:43it's still going to feel rather pleasant for the time of year. Once again, highs of 16

02:47to 17 degrees across the southeast. Now, for Thursday, once again, a chance we could

02:53see some pockets of fog once again, mainly across the southeast. That clearing away largely

02:58leaving once again another dry and bright day for much of the country, perhaps a bit

03:01more cloud around fairly similar temperatures, too. But if we move our eyes to the west,

03:06we can see we do have this next frontal system moving in. So some outbreaks of rain. This

03:11could be quite heavy at times, particularly into the afternoon across Northern Ireland,

03:15Western parts of Scotland and still with those blustery winds, too. So quite a different

03:19day on offer here. Once again, across much of the country, though, there is a bit more

03:23cloud around. It's generally going to be largely dry to end the week. Then it looks like we're

03:29generally going to see that frontal system move its way towards eastern areas, bring

03:33some outbreaks of rain slowly moving eastwards across the country. And then behind that is

03:38generally going to be brighter, still with a few showers, still with those blustery winds

03:42in northwestern parts of Scotland. However, as I mentioned at the start, still some uncertainty

03:48around what the weather is going to be doing on Friday. A few different models telling

03:52us a few different things towards the end of the week. So there is a chance that this

03:56could change. Otherwise, it generally looks like that rain's clearing. It's turning brighter.

04:01Generally, those temperatures are down by a degree or two, so not feeling quite as mild

04:05as during the week. And then as we head into the weekend, that jet stream continues to

04:10push in some weather fronts from the West. There's still a chance of some rain and some

04:14showers, but that high pressure still holding on across this far southeast. So we end up

04:19with a bit of a northwest southeast split by the time we reach the weekend with that

04:23wet and windy weather in the northwest. Though those winds are generally easing away towards

04:27the weekend and elsewhere, largely dry and bright. But just in case that does change,

04:33as I say, those weather models that we use here at the Met Office giving slightly different

04:37outcomes. So, as always, stay updated on our social media channels so you don't miss

04:41an update. Otherwise, have a lovely week. That's it for me. Bye bye.

Week Ahead 21/10/2024 – Some foggy mornings

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