Met Office Thursday afternoon weather forecast 26/12/2024

26 December - National weather forecast presented by Jonathan Vautrey.

Transcript

00:00Hello there, a very good afternoon to you. This festive season has been less white and

00:05more grey for many of us. Quite overcast skies to start off Boxing Day, particularly across

00:11central and southern areas. This cloud has certainly been low enough to provide quite

00:14a lot of mist and murk around, some reduced visibility in places. Some brighter skies

00:19for parts of Wales up towards areas of Durham, but further towards the north we've got this

00:24band of rain in play. There's been a few heavy bursts for Northern Ireland, but into this

00:28afternoon the rain band should slowly push its way further northwards and it will turn

00:31drier here. But for Scotland, that rain will be on and off throughout a good portion of

00:36the day, quite damp and drizzly. Away from the far north, maybe up into the Northern

00:39Isles, we'll see a few brighter spells. Parts of north-east England should hold on to the

00:44best of the sunshine, but elsewhere, further towards the south, that cloud is really going

00:47to infill. Temperatures slightly on the mild side for the time of year, ranging between

00:529 and 11 degrees Celsius. As we head into the overnight period, this rain band will

00:58still be in play for Scotland. Again, it's going to be quite a damp, drizzly night to

01:02come here. Again, just pushing slightly further towards the north, across the Highlands, into

01:06the Outer Hebrides, up towards Orkney later on as well. For Northern Ireland, England

01:10and Wales though, that cloud is going to lower. There's going to be a lot of mist and murk

01:13around once again. Hill fog in places, so some reduced visibility as we start off Friday

01:18morning. Temperatures, because of that cloud though, are not going to drop too far for

01:22most of us, generally around 6, 4 degrees Celsius, but we might just drop into some

01:27low single figures in sheltered rural areas. Do be aware, first thing then, with that mist

01:33and murk in play, that there could be some localised travel issues on Friday morning

01:37if you are planning on travelling at all on the roads or elsewhere. For much of England,

01:42Wales and Northern Ireland, that grey theme is really going to persist right throughout

01:46Friday. There could be the odd spot of drizzle around some hills and coastal districts as

01:50well. The rain band in the north will come and go once again, mainly limited to the far

01:54northwest, with eastern Scotland perhaps now seeing the greatest chance on Friday of a

01:58few sunnier spells in there. Because of the lack of sunshine though, for most of us, temperatures

02:03are on a slowly downwards trend, so most of us now into single figures, but we might just

02:09skirt into double digits for parts of Northern Ireland, southern Scotland and the far north

02:13of England as well. There's going to be very slow progress, very little change in this

02:18theme, as we head into Friday evening and even into the weekend. It is going to take

02:23quite a bit of time before we eventually see some slightly brighter spells emerging. That

02:27will hopefully come for a few more northwestern sights on Saturday, but it will take until

02:31Sunday for the southeast to see a touch more sunshine in there. It is worth noting though,

02:36into the new working week, it is looking like it could turn much more unsettled, particularly

02:40across areas of Scotland, some strong winds, maybe even some sleet and snow around. So

02:45it is worth staying up to date with the forecast as we head towards New Year, to see if any

02:49of your plans might be affected from that. We'll have plenty more updates on that across

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02:58see you again here later on. Bye bye.