Met Office Tuesday morning weather forecast 17/12/2024

Met Office

17 December - National weather forecast presented by Alex Burkill.

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00:00Good morning. It's a bit of a murky, gloomy start to the day for some of us.

00:05Some low cloud, particularly towards the south, bringing some hill fog and a few spots of drizzly rain.

00:10We are, however, seeing our winds strengthening already.

00:13Due to an area of low pressure currently to the west of us, this is going to push in,

00:17bringing some unsettled weather to many parts.

00:19As well as this, you'll have no doubt noticed that it has been a mild start to the week,

00:24temperatures above average for the time of year.

00:26That's because we are dragging in some mild air across many parts of the country.

00:31Now, this low is actually quite a flabby low, so it is going to bring some strong winds,

00:35but perhaps not quite as strong as you might otherwise expect.

00:38As well as this, we're going to see some wet weather pushing through as we go through today into tomorrow.

00:43Then we are likely to see another system tracking its way across central, southern parts through tomorrow,

00:48bringing more rain here for a time before a ridge of high pressure builds as we go into Thursday,

00:53so the weather should quieten down for a time.

00:56I emphasize time because there's another system waiting out towards the northwest

01:00that's going to push in as we go through Friday.

01:02The other thing to bear in mind with this ridge of high pressure, change in our wind direction,

01:06and as a result, we're going to have some colder air coming in,

01:09so our temperatures are going to drop quite markedly.

01:12It is going to feel markedly colder by Thursday than it does so at the moment.

01:16However, back to the here and now and looking at the details,

01:19quite a cloudy picture across Scotland and Northern Ireland through this morning,

01:24and there will be some outbreaks of rain feeding into the far west of England and Wales as well.

01:29Towards more central eastern parts, likely to stay largely dry through the day.

01:33There may be a bit more cloud around than on Monday,

01:36but even here, some sunshine breaking through at times.

01:40Do need to be aware, though, the winds will be strengthening.

01:43It is going to turn quite blustery for pretty much all of us,

01:46but the strongest winds will be across western and northern parts,

01:49especially towards the coast and over higher ground, risk of gales in some places.

01:53And we do also need to account for the fact there could be some mountain wave activity,

01:57so the winds bouncing over the mountains,

01:59and then we could have some strong winds downwind of any higher ground as well.

02:04Temperatures are above average for the time of year.

02:06Like I said, we have mild air across us at the moment.

02:09Most places getting into double figures, perhaps highs around 13,

02:12possibly 14 Celsius for some of us,

02:14but obviously the windy weather is going to make it feel colder than this.

02:18Later on, and as we go through into this evening,

02:21after a largely dry day towards the southeast, the rain will eventually arrive here.

02:25So outbreaks of rain across much of the country, some heavy bursts,

02:28also those strong winds to watch out for,

02:30so a pretty cloudy, wet at times and windy night to come.

02:34With the mild air, perfect ingredients for a mild night.

02:38Temperatures not dropping a huge amount at all.

02:40Most places staying in high single figures, if not double digits,

02:44so a very mild, if not unsettled start to the day on Wednesday.

02:48As we go through Wednesday itself, however,

02:51we are going to see the weather quietening down for a time,

02:54quite a bit of cloud and outbreaks of rain, strong winds to start,

02:57but a lot of that clears away towards the east.

02:59And then there will be some sunshine in between the blustery showers,

03:03particularly across parts of Scotland,

03:05before that other system that I highlighted earlier comes in,

03:08and then we're going to see some heavier, more persistent rain

03:10pushing in across central southern parts of England and Wales

03:13as we go through later on Wednesday.

03:16With that, though, we are going to see our temperatures rising even further.

03:19They could be a touch higher than today,

03:22and so 13, 14 Celsius quite widely, mid-teens for many places,

03:26although further north across parts of Scotland,

03:28we are going to see temperatures dropping through the day

03:30as some colder air starts to make its way in.

03:34As we go through later on this week,

03:36we are going to see some drop in temperatures,

03:39so it is going to be colder by Thursday, like I already said,

03:42and also some unsettled weather at times.

03:44So you'll want to keep up to date with the forecast.

03:46There'll be more information about what's to come

03:48on our deep dive with Honour later on.

03:50Bye-bye.

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