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Patchy rain edges southwards across much of England and Wales whilst brighter skies and scattered, heavy blustery showers follow from the north. A windy day across the UK with gales or severe gales in the north with a risk of disruption – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 21/12/23. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.

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00:00 Hello there, welcome to your morning forecast from the Met Office. Be prepared for some
00:04 travel disruption today in terms of rail, roads and even ferries, particularly across
00:09 northern and central parts of the UK. All courtesy of an area of low pressure which
00:13 is deep, bringing with it severe gales towards the north-east and some damaging gusts extending
00:18 down the country towards Norfolk, North Wales and Northern Ireland, also seeing those strong
00:23 winds. Strongest winds always will be towards the north-east and watch out for high waves
00:27 associated with this system as well. So lots of lively weather out there this morning,
00:32 the risk particularly to high-sided vehicles with the winds being so strong and with that
00:37 we do have frequent heavy showers driving in on that strong wind across much of Scotland.
00:44 So the wind is cold, the showers will be heavy and that wind is relentless. The showers then
00:50 moving towards Northern Ireland as well as Cumbria and Northumberland through the first
00:54 part of the morning. Now through the morning we'll see more clouds across Yorkshire, southwards
00:58 much of Wales, southern parts of Northern Ireland. Towards the south, yes a breezy
01:02 morning, a mostly dry one, relatively mild with a fair amount of clouds and spits and
01:07 spots of rain in the wind. So that's the picture first thing this morning if you are stepping
01:12 out and about. The winds will continue with some strength through the day and certainly
01:18 those damaging gusts will be relentless into the afternoon as well, especially over the
01:24 Highlands, the Pennines, the higher routes of Northern Ireland and towards the Lee of
01:29 the higher ground. These showers do extend down towards central parts of England, eastern
01:33 England, northern parts of Wales through the afternoon as the clouds and patchy rain becomes
01:38 confined to the far south-west. But towards the north, central and northern areas of Scotland
01:43 you'll find an increasingly wintry mix coming through with the risk of hail and thunder
01:47 as well. So, windy, incredibly windy towards the north-east, mild towards the south-west
01:54 but that wind will bring with it a cold feel to things as we head through the day. This
01:59 wind warning extends to 9pm this evening. At the same time, notice this cloud increases
02:06 across Northern Ireland and much of Wales with the rain coming and going, whereas these
02:10 wintry showers continue across northern and north-eastern areas of Scotland and showery
02:14 bursts also across northern England, western parts of Scotland. Elsewhere towards the far
02:19 south-east, yes, you could see again some patchy rain to end the night, whereas the
02:24 winds across the far north-east will slowly ease but it will be a slow process. Temperatures
02:30 then cold in the north-east, milder conditions further south as well as west with some showery
02:35 bursts of rain to start the day on Friday. Now on Friday, increasingly we'll see snow
02:40 showers across Shetland. Through the day we could see 5-10cm here and also over the higher
02:46 grounds of Scotland. These showery bursts will continue. It's a cloudy morning with
02:51 showery bursts continuing, although we will see a little clearance coming in from the
02:55 south-west later and even some breaks in the cloud across western parts of Northern Ireland,
03:00 south-west England as well as Wales. Temperatures then 10-11 degrees Celsius but colder across
03:05 central and northern areas of Scotland. And here's your outlook through Saturday. Yet
03:10 more cloud and rain, particularly across more northern areas of the country. Further south
03:14 it's a rather cloudy and mild day. And for Christmas Day, the risk of some wintry showers
03:19 towards the north, a windy day, drier further south and east and eventually those winds
03:24 will ease. I'll see you later.
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