Met Office Thursday morning weather forecast 19/12/2024

Met Office

19 December -  National weather forecast presented by Clare Nasir

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00:00Hello and a very good morning to you on this cold Thursday morning with a

00:04biting wind and a lot of showers. First thing then, these showers forming a

00:10longer spell of rain with snow at elevation across northern Scotland, that

00:15wind very strong across Shetland as well as opening down towards Caithness.

00:18Notice though fewer showers and some drier skies, clearer skies at that, down

00:23towards the southeast of Scotland, northeast England. At the same time along

00:26the western side of Scotland, Northern Ireland's also seeing frequent showers

00:30which will push down towards the North Channel, Irish Sea coast, the Isle of Man

00:34moving in across the Cheshire Gap, Wales, the Midlands and West Country. Now

00:39towards the east, the legacy of last night's wet and windy weather will

00:43eventually clear these parts through the next few hours and we'll see the clouds

00:47eventually break. So through the morning some sunshine will occur but these

00:52showers will be frequent particularly across windward facing coast and that

00:56wind will be strong so driving the showers all the way down towards the

01:00southwest, clipping the far north and northeast but inland we'll see fine

01:04weather. The clouds will break, some sunshine coming through but temperatures

01:08will be on the cold side and remember these showers will be wintry over the

01:13higher ground. So let's take a look at the temperatures for the afternoon

01:17coming in around four or five degrees Celsius across Scotland, maybe a six for

01:22Northern Ireland as well as Wales, eight across central southern England and that

01:26wind will continue to be a feature of the weather through the afternoon. It

01:29will ease somewhat through Thursday evening as a ridge gradually moves in

01:35but hot on its heels another system. So frost will form quite quickly across

01:39northern England, eastern parts of Scotland through the first few hours

01:43this evening before we see that cloud thicken. Rain then across western

01:47Scotland again pushing up towards Orkney and then Shetland extending

01:51towards Northern Ireland into the early hours of Friday morning and there's a

01:55strong wind associated with it as well. Now ahead of it we'll see the clouds

02:00spill in through the first part of Friday. It will be dry here but notice

02:05some showers just developing across the West Country as well as Wales. At the

02:09same time ahead of this main rain band where we could see some heavier pulses

02:13by around eight or nine o'clock there will be some rain across northern England.

02:17There's a back edge to this rain and that means showers across the far

02:21northwest of Scotland. So as we move the rain forward you can see it's sliding

02:26down the country and again some intense bursts can't be ruled out around

02:29lunchtime Wales, northern England. At the same time we'll see some blustery

02:33showers just move in on a northwesterly wind later. We won't see the rain towards

02:38the far south and southeast until probably late afternoon into evening

02:43time. Now on Saturday the Met Office has issued warnings for wind across northern

02:48and western parts of Scotland as well as Northern Ireland. Gusts across the far

02:52north of Scotland could reach in excess of 70 maybe 80 miles an hour so some

02:57lively weather out there. It would be windy everywhere as another bank of

03:00cloud and rain moves in with showery bursts to follow. Temperatures though

03:04will recover a little bit so 10 to 12 degrees Celsius certainly warmer than

03:08today. Now if you want details of your 10-day trend this week it's with Alex

03:13Burkehill, check it out on YouTube.

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