Met Office Friday afternoon weather forecast 29/11/2024

Met Office

29 November - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.

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00:00Thanks for joining me for your latest update from the Met Office. It is turning milder for all of us this weekend.

00:06A view from space shows a big swirl of cloud out in the Atlantic. That's an area of low pressure.

00:12It's only slowly working in up against this area of high pressure.

00:16And as they squeeze together, the isobars pinching together, suggesting the winds are strengthening.

00:22But always coming up from the south, that's why it's turning milder.

00:25The thicker cloud out west, a couple of weather fronts, they are bringing some rain.

00:29It's been a very wet start to Friday across the western isles of Scotland.

00:33Further rain to come here. Quite a damp afternoon for Northern Ireland too.

00:36And that rain will trickle into other western parts of Scotland, west Wales and southwest England.

00:41But notice many central and eastern areas actually having a fine day.

00:44Dry and bright, plenty of hazy sunshine on offer here.

00:48As I mentioned, the winds are coming up from the south. Those winds are pretty lively.

00:52Some strong gusts, especially on the west coast of Scotland.

00:55But it's here where we're going to see the highest temperatures.

00:57Maybe even north Wales, where we could get even up to 14, 15 degrees Celsius, perhaps even 16.

01:03Whereas we'll be about 8, 9, 10 degrees lower for the east temperatures.

01:08Struggling here a little bit, but we will have some sunshine to compensate.

01:12Now, as we go through the evening, we are going to see that rain just edging in a little bit more.

01:16So turning damp over east Wales, northwest England, then into the Midlands.

01:19But kind of breaking up as it crosses east of England.

01:22So not much rain at all across east Anglia and the southeast.

01:25The rain should also ease from western Scotland and much of the night will be dry in Northern Ireland.

01:31It's going to be quite a cloudy night and still quite breezy.

01:34And that wind's still feeding up from the south, so a much milder night.

01:37With clear skies early on, temperatures could drop down into the low single figures temporarily.

01:42But these are the kind of numbers we're looking at to start the weekend.

01:45So much, much milder than it has been, particularly in the west, where we start in double digits.

01:49And it will be a mild weekend all in all.

01:52A cloudy weekend for many, but with the winds coming from the south, it's to the north of the hill.

01:57So parts of northeast Wales, northeast England, northeast Scotland,

02:01where we should see some decent breaks in the cloud and some sunshine.

02:04And even elsewhere, it may well brighten up at times.

02:07Of course, the sun's so low in the sky that it doesn't make a lot of difference.

02:11But for many, it's a dry and a fine day.

02:13There will be some showery outbreaks of rain here and there, mostly in the west over coast and hills.

02:18And maybe a few more showers pushing into Scotland at times.

02:21But I say for much of the day, a good chunk of the country will be dry.

02:24And it will be much, much milder, with temperatures widely up to 12, 13 or even 14 degrees Celsius.

02:31Could jump up a little higher, where we see some sunshine poking through.

02:35Saturday night will be very mild as well.

02:37And if you're heading out, again, most places looking dry.

02:40A bit more in the way of showery rain coming into south Wales, southwest England.

02:43And then as we go through Saturday night, we'll see another line of rain coming into Northern Ireland.

02:48That is a weather front, and that will chug across the country as we go through Saturday night and into Sunday.

02:54That low pressure out west then heads its way up across northern Scotland.

02:58The ice bars open up a little, so the breeze will start to ease.

03:02But generally speaking, staying very mild.

03:04Notice just to the far north, though, behind this weather system, there is some colder air.

03:08That's going to come in next week.

03:10But for most, Sunday will again be very mild.

03:13There's that line of rain, that weather front.

03:15So it will cross England and Wales.

03:17There will be perhaps a bit more in the way of wet weather around on Sunday compared to Saturday.

03:21But still, it's not going to rain all day, brightening up behind it for a time.

03:25And again, the winds will be a little bit lighter, but still bringing mild air up from the south.

03:30So double digits, 12, 13, 14 degrees Celsius.

03:33Notice the cold northerly winds, though, just starting to show their hand by the end of Sunday across the far north of Scotland.

03:39That is something to keep a close eye on.

03:41And we'll be doing that as we go through the course of the weekend.

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