Met Office Evening Weather Forecast 21/02/24 - Chance of thunder and hail
Heavy showers across northern and western Scotland and Northern Ireland early before an active cold front arrives into western and central parts of England and Wales in the second half of the night, bringing strong winds and heavy rain. The rain continues across the southeast through Thursday, but largely clearing elsewhere. – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 21/02/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.
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00:00 Hello there, welcome to your weather update from the Met Office. Now through
00:04 Thursday, heavy showers in the north, particularly the northwest, and squally
00:09 rain across England and Wales. Warnings have been issued. There's a rain warning
00:14 from 5 a.m. on Thursday extending from Fenland, East Anglia, down towards London,
00:19 Severn Estuary and central southern England. So expect one to three hours of
00:23 heavy rain and gusts could reach 50 miles an hour associated with this
00:27 rain band. Further south there's a wind warning, so along the coastline in
00:31 particular we could see gusts in excess of around 60 miles an hour. So wherever
00:37 you are, if you're traveling through Thursday morning and into the afternoon,
00:41 it's worth noting there could be some challenging weather on the roads. Poor
00:45 visibility, lots of spray and obviously those gusty winds which could pick up at
00:50 any time. Here's your bigger picture. It's this active cold front which extends
00:56 towards Wales, northern England and the West Country through the early hours of
00:59 Thursday morning, clearing through the afternoon across eastern counties. But
01:04 low pressure always in charge towards the north and what that means, the air is
01:09 colder, the air is coming in from the northwest, always delivering showers on
01:14 Friday, snow over the higher ground and then come Saturday I can offer you some
01:19 sunshine and just a few showers. More about that in a moment. For the time
01:23 being, that's Wednesday evening, some cloud across central and southern parts
01:27 of England and Wales. Heavy showers across the north as well as the west of
01:31 Scotland. A keen breeze here, a cluster coming in across Northern Ireland and
01:34 then this is this active cold front which extends from Wales towards the
01:39 West Country, pushes towards northern England and we'll see some heavier rain
01:43 across eastern counties of Scotland. As this main rain band, which you can see
01:47 how heavy it is with those squally winds, approaches the Midlands through the
01:50 early hours of the morning. Temperatures holding up towards the southeast but
01:54 certainly it's a cold start to the day across Scotland and Northern Ireland
01:58 even with some patchy frost. Now this rain band here will have associated with
02:02 it some hail, thunder as well as lightning and in fact the showers
02:05 towards the north also they could be thundery with the risk of hail. But
02:09 notice this rain band here, it's heavy squally winds and only slowly clears
02:14 through the afternoon. So even afternoon time across the southeast you could see
02:19 some heavy pulses of rain. At the same time the clearance does come in across
02:23 Wales, northern England, eastern counties of Scotland not doing too badly at all. A few
02:27 showers here and some sunshine, some brighter skies but the showers towards
02:31 the west of Scotland will turn wintry over the higher ground and certainly we
02:34 could even see some snow over the peaks of the higher ground of Northern Ireland.
02:39 Now through Thursday evening and overnight more showers run in across
02:43 central and western areas of England and Wales and further showers, snow over the
02:47 higher ground across Scotland as well as Northern Ireland. A few running in across
02:51 northern England and here across Pennines we could see a little bit of
02:55 wintryness as well. Temperatures really taking a tumble into Friday morning, it's
03:00 a cold start with the risk of a frost where you see some clearer skies and in
03:05 shelter. But showers from the word go towards the West Country and it showers
03:09 all the way through Friday. Again snow over the hills particularly across
03:13 northern hills and a little sunshine coming through in shelter across more
03:17 central and eastern areas. Temperatures will struggle around average for this
03:21 time of year but even so relative to the milder air we saw at the beginning of
03:26 the week, yes it's going to feel rather cold. Even so some drier interludes but
03:30 always those frequent bursts towards the west and a bit of a breeze coming in
03:34 across the northwest of Scotland. So through the afternoon temperatures will
03:39 rise to around 8 across more northern areas, you may squeeze a 9 towards more
03:44 southern areas but watch out for those showers through Friday rush hour. Here's
03:48 your outlook through Saturday, there'll be a few showers in the mix but at the
03:52 same time some sunshine after a chilly start and even a frosty one. More rain
03:57 across more central and southern areas come Sunday. I'll see you later.
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