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This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the week ahead 16/12/2024. A changeable week ahead. Often wet and windy. A mild start but turning colder. Bringing you this weekend’s weather forecast is Honor Criswick.

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00:00Hello there. It's going to be a changeable week ahead with some wet and windy weather

00:05at times, particularly for the west. Though the start of the week's been largely settled,

00:09we've had a ridge of high pressure bringing us a calmer spell to start the week, but low

00:13pressure waiting out into the Atlantic, eventually going to drag in some outbreaks of rain and

00:18some stronger winds at times, particularly for the middle part of the week. But as that

00:22ridge of high pressure holds on to start on Tuesday, there'll be lots of dry weather around

00:27for much of England and Wales. Lots of cloud and moisture, though, strapped underneath

00:31that high, so it could be quite a murky start, particularly across the far south and southeast

00:36where we may see some hill fog and plenty of grey skies. A different story, though,

00:40for western parts of Scotland and then later Northern Ireland, where we'll see outbreaks

00:45of rain, this persistent and heavy at times, and we'll gradually see a strengthening of

00:49the winds in western areas too. And then later on, we'll see those outbreaks of rain start

00:54to creep into western parts of Wales and southwest England. But for the bulk of England

00:59and Wales, it should be a largely dry day, though it may stay fairly cloudy through much

01:03of the day, and temperatures generally fairly mild for this time in December, generally

01:07low double digits across much of the country. Now, as we head later on into Tuesday through

01:14into Wednesday, that cold front will push those outbreaks of rain erratically towards

01:19the southeast as we head into Wednesday morning, and plenty of isobars on the chart to

01:24begin on Wednesday too. And then it all lies on this area of low pressure down to the southwest,

01:29which will later bring some heavy outbreaks of rain across the far south and southeast.

01:34And another thing to note for Tuesday and Wednesday is we are going to see some potentially

01:37quite strong winds, particularly in those western areas. There's a risk of gales and

01:41then later on across the far north of Scotland, there is a risk of some severe gales. So blustery

01:46for all through Tuesday and into Wednesday. But it's in those western exposed coasts and

01:51northern coasts of Scotland where we're expecting to see significantly strong winds with a risk

01:56of gales, if not severe gales at times for northern parts of Scotland. So a blustery

02:01start to Wednesday, plenty of clouds and outbreaks of rain generally fizzling out across England

02:06and Wales, and it should lead to some brighter skies, particularly in the east. So seeing

02:09some sunny spells here and a few clearer spells creeping into Scotland too, though plenty

02:14of showers around the coast of Scotland, Northern Ireland, plenty of blustery showers too and

02:19starting to feel quite chilly here as well, so some showers perhaps falling as snow over

02:24the high ground of Scotland. And then a change from the southwest, as I mentioned that low

02:28pressure dragging in a warm front, so some outbreaks of rain here by the time we reach

02:32the afternoon, turning heavy and persistent at times, particularly across the far south

02:36of Wales and parts of southwest England too. So we almost end up with a north-south split

02:41by the time we reach the afternoon on Wednesday, with some clear spells and showers to the

02:45north, though outbreaks of rain edging into the south, and generally staying mild, two

02:50highs of around 13 to 14 in the south, but it is going to start to feel chilly across

02:54Scotland, particularly if you add on the wind chill. Then later on Wednesday through into

03:00Thursday, we'll see those outbreaks of rain generally clear their way to the southeast,

03:05and then we see more of a northerly flow across the country, so bringing in some colder air

03:09at times, a brief cold spell as by the time we reach Friday, another milder spell moves

03:14through as we head into the weekend, but it's still staying fairly blustery, so unlikely

03:18to see any sort of widespread frost, but it is going to be feeling cold, particularly

03:23in those blustery winds. So clouded outbreaks of rain gradually clearing their way to the

03:28southeast, and once again, there should be lots of dry weather around. They can't rule

03:32out some showers, particularly around coasts and western coasts around Wales and southwest

03:37England, and also plenty of showers around coasts across Northern Ireland and Scotland.

03:42Once again, these could fall wintry over high ground, but it is going to be feeling cold.

03:47Just taking a look at those temperatures, highs not really pushing much past eight to

03:50nine Celsius, but if you add on that northerly wind chill, it's going to feel even colder

03:55still. Then to finish off the week, it's a fairly similar picture, really. Once again,

04:00there should be plenty of dry weather around, perhaps a bit more cloud at times in western

04:04areas with still plenty of showers feeding through, but a slight difference across Scotland,

04:09Northern Ireland. Once again, catching that rain as it moves through into the northwest

04:13could be turning heavy and persistent at times, too, and temperatures really struggling. Highs

04:18are only around seven to eight Celsius, but once again, in that key northerly wind, it

04:23is going to feel much chillier still, but starting to see much lighter winds by the

04:26time we reach later into Friday compared to earlier in the week. Those outbreaks of rain

04:32will gradually move their way southeastwards overnight into Saturday morning and then still

04:37plenty of isobars on the chart, so it's going to turn breezy once again as we head into

04:41Saturday with low pressure just to the south of Iceland. That will gradually bring in further

04:45outbreaks of rain as we head into the weekend. So you can see why I called it changeable,

04:50often seeing outbreaks of rain move in from the west and often quite blustery, too. But

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04:59Otherwise, that's it from me. I hope you have a good week.

Week Ahead 16/12/2024 – Turning wet and windy at times – Met Office weather forecast UK

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