Met Office Morning Weather Forecast 20/08/2024 - Sunny spells and showers
Showers and sunny spells across the UK today. Heaviest of these showers, some thundery, and blustery coastal gales in the northwest. Remnants of rain in the southeast with a clear spell to follow here. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 20/08/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00Good morning. Plenty of showers on offer today, also some sunny spells in between
00:05those showers, but there will be some blustery winds too. You can see the
00:09blustery winds because of the tightly packed isobars that we have across us
00:13with those winds coming in from the west. Then as we look ahead to tomorrow there
00:17is a deep area of low pressure coming in. It's this feature here that is going to
00:21bring some heavy rain, some strong winds to many parts, particularly towards the
00:25northwest. This feature is actually due to the remnants of what was Hurricane
00:29Ernesto, the other side of the Atlantic, and it's going to bring some unsettled
00:33weather for some of us through the next couple of days. Back to the here and now
00:37though, and like I said it's a showery picture. That being said, in the far
00:40southeast we do have the remnants of yesterday's front still bringing a bit of
00:44cloud, bit of rain first thing, but that will clear away. And then sunny spells
00:47developing for many places, but also lots and lots of showers. Now the showers
00:52across parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland perhaps, are going to be pretty
00:56heavy. There could be some rumbles of thunder mixed in, and do watch out for
00:59those blustery gusty winds. Could be some localized coastal gales for some.
01:03Also quite blustery further south around coastal areas in the west, and a few
01:08showers possible here, but they're not going to be as widespread or as intense
01:12as the showers that we'll see further north. Greater chances seeing some
01:15sunshine as well, a bit more shelter from the breeze, and so in the east
01:19southeast of the UK, whilst it won't be as warm as on Monday, I'm still expecting
01:24it to feel relatively warm. The temperature's just about getting into
01:26the mid-20s. A few degrees fresher than this the further north and west you go.
01:31More intense showers to come as we go through this evening, particularly across
01:35parts of Scotland, also Northern Ireland though could see some, and Northern
01:38England too. A lot of the showers will actually start to die out and ease as we
01:43go overnight, with a bit more in the way of clear skies for many of us compared
01:47to last night, and so as a result it is going to be a bit fresher. In the towns
01:52and cities, yes, generally holding up in double figures, but away from the built
01:56up areas it is likely to fall into single digits for some of us. Wednesday
02:00then is going to be a bit bright and mostly dry for many of us to start, but
02:05quite quickly increasing amounts of cloud and rain spilling in across
02:09particularly parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, some rain also pushing
02:12into parts of Northern England too. Elsewhere across the rest of England and
02:16Wales, a largely dry story, but cloud building. Initially that means that the
02:20sunshine will just turn hazy, but then that cloud will thicken up and so it's
02:24going to turn a bit greyer as we go through the day. Temperatures are going
02:28to be a little bit lower for many of us, partly because there will be less
02:31sunshine around, still just about getting into the low 20s towards the
02:35southeast. Further north and west actually temperatures fairly similar to
02:38today, but with the wet and windy weather feeding its way in, it is going to feel
02:43pretty unpleasant for many of us. That heavy rain then across parts of
02:47Scotland and Northern Ireland continues as we go overnight Wednesday into
02:51Thursday and because it lasts for such a long period of time, that's why we're
02:55going to see the totals building up, especially around western parts of
02:58Scotland. Here we could see in excess of 150 millimetres over the higher ground
03:04and even elsewhere to lower levels, 75 to 100 millimetres perhaps, so it is likely
03:08to cause some problems. There could be some disruption to travel, could be some
03:12localised flooding in places as well. Further south and east though, we're kind
03:16of avoiding the heavy rain for now and it's going to stay largely dry with some
03:20clearer skies perhaps towards the far east southeast of England. But with that,
03:24with all the unsettled blustery wet windy weather around, temperatures won't
03:28be dropping as much as they do through tonight. Looking ahead through the rest
03:33of Thursday and the system that brings all this very wet and windy weather does
03:37gradually make its way southeastwards as you would expect, but it breaks up as it
03:42goes. So by the time we see a bit more cloud and rain reaching more central
03:45parts of England, really the rain's not looking particularly heavy and by the
03:49time that we get to the afternoon, much of that rain will have cleared through
03:52across parts of Scotland and also Northern Ireland with just a few
03:55showery bursts following in behind. With that though, temperatures similar to
04:00tomorrow really, we're looking at low 20s towards the southeast, mid teens towards
04:04the northwest of the UK. Now remember this wet and windy weather later this
04:09week is all due to the remnants of what was Hurricane Ernesto and we did tell
04:13you about this in our 10-day trend last week. That's the kind of content you can
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