Met Office Wednesday afternoon weather forecast 04/12/2024

Met Office

04 December - National weather forecast presented by Alex Burkill.

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00:00Hello, very good day to you. There's going to be quite a lot of weather to come as we

00:04go through the rest of this week. Earlier on today there was a ridge of high pressure

00:08across us so it was relatively quiet for a time. But if we look at the jet stream, it's

00:13very strong, very active and it's going to push across the UK and within the jet we could

00:17see speeds of around 250 miles per hour. So it's no real surprise that we're going to

00:22see some very unsettled weather arriving. Initially, an area of low pressure that's

00:27going to track somewhere to the north of the UK as we go through the end of today

00:31and overnight into tomorrow, bringing some very wet and windy weather to many parts for

00:34a time. Then another system comes through on Thursday, again bringing some heavy rain

00:39and strong winds. Ridge of high pressure on Friday may quieten things down for a period

00:44of time but for another feature arrives on Saturday. This could be a particularly deep

00:49area of low pressure. Still some uncertainty about how deep it's going to be, how intense

00:54and also the exact track how north or south it's going to push. And so as a result, uncertainty

01:00about the impacts but worth keeping up to date on this one because it could cause some

01:04problems. However, if we go back to this afternoon, some glimmers of sunshine, pretty weak sunshine

01:09at this time of year. But nonetheless, some of us seeing some bright blue skies, particularly

01:13towards central eastern areas. Further west, the cloud will be building and some wet and

01:18windy weather will be sweeping its way in initially across parts of Northern Ireland.

01:22Later on, as we go through the afternoon into western parts of Scotland and some outbreaks

01:26pushing into the far west of England and Wales as well. Staying drier towards the east, but

01:31here it is going to be pretty chilly. Temperatures struggling mid single figures in some places.

01:36Further west with the cloud, the rain, the wind, we are going to see some milder air.

01:40So temperatures are lifting a little bit here. Now, as we go through this evening and overnight,

01:45the heaviest rain is going to push its way across many parts of Scotland and perhaps

01:49the far north of England, too. It should rattle through relatively quickly, but nonetheless,

01:54we could see totals over higher ground building up around 30 to 40 millimetres, perhaps also

01:58some very strong winds towards the north northwest of Scotland, gusts of around 65 to 70, perhaps

02:04a bit stronger than that in some exposed spots. Further south across England and Wales, the

02:08rain may actually take a little bit longer to push its way through. Perhaps won't be

02:12quite as intense as further north. But nonetheless, again, we could see some high rainfall totals

02:17building up overnight again over perhaps the Brecon Beacons, Dartmoor, other high ground,

02:22for example. We could also see 30 to 40 millimetres. And with the ground pretty saturated after

02:27the heavy rain that we had towards the end of November, we could see some localised issues.

02:32The rain clinging on in the southeast as we head towards the or through the early hours

02:37of tomorrow morning. And that rain also is going to do something quite interesting with

02:41our temperatures, a chilly start to the night for some of us. But as that rain pushes its

02:45way in, many of us are going to see our temperatures lifting through the night. So a relatively

02:49mild start for many of us first thing tomorrow morning. That rain in the southeast, though,

02:54through tomorrow will clear away quite quickly. And then we are going to have something a

02:58bit dry. Yes, some showery outbreaks coming in from the west, but many places having some

03:03dry and perhaps brighter weather for a time before that next system that I mentioned earlier

03:08comes through as we go through Thursday afternoon. And this is likely to bring some heavy bursts

03:13of rain a bit more or less widespread compared to the feature coming through this evening

03:18and overnight. But where we see the rain, it could be pretty heavy. And with the ground

03:23being very saturated after the heavy rain just before it, this could cause some issues.

03:28So again, we could see some problems, some localised flooding where we see this heavy

03:32rain arriving. We are going to see our temperatures a little bit above average for the time of

03:37year as we go through tomorrow and the wind strengthening as well. So another warning

03:42in force across parts of northern England into a northern island as well due to the

03:48nature of this band of showery rain that's pushing its way through. We could have some

03:52very strong gusts and that could cause some problems as we go through later on this week.

03:56And yes, Friday does look like a quieter date for many of us. But then there's the potential

04:02for some very heavy rain and some strong winds as we go into the weekend. So definitely worth

04:06keeping up to date with that one. And then fairly strong signs of a more settled spell

04:12as we go towards the beginning of next week. We will, of course, be keeping you up to date

04:16with everything as we go through the next couple of days. But you'll definitely want

04:19to check out the 10 day trend with Anna later on. Bye bye.

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