Met Office Thursday morning weather forecast 26/12/2024

26 December - National weather forecast presented by Jonathan Vautrey.

Transcript

00:00Hello there, very good morning to you if you're planning on stepping outside for a Boxing

00:04Day walk today to work off some of that Christmas food. For some of you at least, I can promise

00:09dry conditions. That's if you're in the South, where we've got high pressure spreading in

00:13from continental Europe to keep things mostly dry and fine. But in the North, this cold

00:17front has moved its way in and that is providing outbreaks of rain and drizzle across areas

00:22of Scotland and Northern Ireland. This rain band will gradually push its way northwards

00:27during the day, so hopefully it should turn drier for Northern Ireland into the afternoon.

00:31But for Scotland, it's going to be rather grey, dreary and dull, unfortunately. The

00:36best chances of sunshine for parts of eastern England, maybe north-eastern Wales as well.

00:40But if you're to the South of this rain band, it is going to be another relatively mild

00:43day, temperatures of 10 to 11 degrees Celsius. But to the North of the rain, we're seeing

00:48some slightly cooler conditions move their way in, so 7, 8 degrees as your highs here.

00:55The rain band is going to be quite slow moving this evening and overnight, so particularly

01:00for parts of the Highlands into the Western Isles, also parts of Auckland later on as

01:04well, continuing to see those outbreaks of rain. A few spots of drizzle are possible

01:08further towards the South, but it will generally be a drier night to come here. Some fog patches

01:12around in places to watch out for as well. Underneath all the cloud, it's not going to

01:17be too chilly of a night. Temperatures generally around 6 to 8 degrees Celsius, perhaps closer

01:22towards 3 or 4 in Northern Scotland, but certainly for all of us, it should be frost-free

01:27till we kick off Friday morning. Generally on Friday, it is a very similar picture for

01:33us all. The rain band in the North will have eased off a touch, so generally lighter and

01:38patchier in nature, a few drier spells in there to get out and about in. Again, quite

01:43cloudy for Northern Ireland, England and Wales, some drizzle possible around coasts or over

01:48the mountains and hills. With the lack of sunshine though, our temperatures are going

01:53to take a slight dip down on Friday, now a bit closer towards average for the time of

01:58year, 8 or 9 degrees Celsius, perhaps just climbing into double digits still for parts

02:03of Northern Ireland and into the central belt of Scotland. Any signs of a change from this

02:09relatively similar pattern? Well, into the weekend, this band of rain in the North that's

02:14associated with the frontal systems will gradually spread its way towards the South

02:19East, and behind that, we will start to see that introduction of some cooler but also

02:24clearer conditions. So on Saturday, the rain looks like it will transfer further towards

02:29the South, whereas behind it, we'll see some sunnier spells developing and hopefully that

02:33sunshine will arrive across more Southeastern areas as we head into Sunday. But we'll have

02:38plenty more updates on what you can expect this weekend, so do stay up to date with things.

02:42Otherwise, I hope you have a lovely Boxing Day. Bye-bye.