Met Office Wednesday evening weather forecast 18/12/2024

Met Office

18 December -  National weather forecast presented by Clare Nasir

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00:00Hello there, welcome to your evening forecast from the Met Office. Now through

00:05Wednesday evening and overnight we see wet and windy weather across central and

00:08southern parts of the country. With that you can see some heavier pulses just

00:13extending eastwards before the air turns a lot colder from the north and that

00:17means Thursday will be a cold day with a significant wind chill and quite a lot of

00:21showers towards the north as well as the west. A slight ridge before all change

00:25this band of clouds and rain moves in and yet again the winds will pick up

00:29some strength and waiting in the wings it's another area of low pressure which

00:33is developing and will track towards the UK as we head into Saturday. More about

00:38that in a moment. For the time being though let's pick up on this rain

00:41covering around evening time Wales, the Midlands, down towards central southern

00:46England and some heavier pulses also towards the West Country with a driving

00:50wind. All of this rain is moving eastwards and it will nudge northwards

00:54towards Lancashire as well as southern parts of Northumberland before receding

00:59from the north as we head through Wednesday evening and overnight into

01:03Thursday. At the same time the air is much colder now across Scotland as well

01:07as Northern Ireland. We're seeing a rash of showers, strong winds perhaps even

01:11touching Galeforce for a time across Shetland and these showers above around

01:15three or four hundred meters will turn to snow. Notice by around one, two o'clock

01:20in the morning this rains cleared much of northern England. Showers moving in

01:24across Wales and the West Country but still a wet end to the night with those

01:27strong winds down the eastern side across eastern counties of England.

01:32Temperatures then falling quite quickly we could even see some frost across

01:36Scotland under some clearer skies in Shelter. So first thing on Thursday

01:41morning. Thursday looks like it will be a brighter day for many but showers will

01:46merge to form a longer spell of rain across the north and the east of

01:49Scotland again wintry over the higher ground. Showers run down the North

01:53Channel, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, North West England, the Cheshire Gap as

01:56well as Wales and the West Country. But notice some dry skies coming through the

02:01central belt down towards northern England as well as the Midlands through

02:04the afternoon. There will be a significant wind chill particularly if

02:07you're exposed to that north to northwesterly wind and showers tending

02:12to become more confined to the coastline later on as that slight ridge comes in

02:16ahead of the next system. Temperatures though wherever you are will struggle.

02:19It's going to be a cold day despite the sunshine four or five in the north, seven

02:24or eight across more southern areas. Now through Thursday evening a frost first

02:29thing but then temperatures attempt to recover as this warm front moves in

02:34across Scotland bringing with it some outbreaks of rain but still some snow

02:38over the higher ground. Cloud spills ahead of it but we could see some rural

02:41frost further south and east into the early hours of Friday morning. Then it's

02:44wet and windy as we start the day on Friday across Scotland as well as

02:49Northern Ireland. This is a rain band which pushed southward. We could see some

02:52residual rain ahead of it actually as it moves down towards northern England,

02:56Wales and the Midlands through the afternoon. Showers then will follow and

02:59again a blustery breeze. Cloud thickens ahead of it but through the afternoon

03:03eventually you will see some rain across the Midlands and then southeast. Now

03:08here's your outlook through Saturday. There are wind warnings for the far north of

03:12Northern Ireland. Western parts of Scotland up towards the far north of

03:15Scotland. Check out our weather app or the website just to keep up to

03:20date with those warnings but certainly we'll see gales if not severe gales and

03:23gusts could reach 60-70 miles an hour in exposure. Showery bursts of rain continue

03:28on Sunday as well and again that wind will be a feature of the weather right

03:32the way through the weekend. For more details of the outlook please check out

03:36our 10-day trend on YouTube.

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