A sunny and showery afternoon across the UK. The showers will be more frequent in the northwest of the country, where some exposed coastal areas can also expect strong gusty winds. Close to average temperatures in the southern half of the country, with rain clearing later today. Further north will feel fresher, with showers dissipating overnight. This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 20/08/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00Sunshine and showers that's the theme for many of us today and worth bearing
00:04in mind there will be some blustery winds particularly towards the
00:08northwest. That's because the ice bars quite tightly packed together due to
00:12this area of low pressure just to the northwest of the UK. Also notice the
00:17front that brought yesterday's cloud and rain to many places is now clearing away
00:21from the southeast taking that wet and damp and cloudy weather with it. Behind
00:27it many places having some sunny spells especially across England and Wales. Lots
00:32of sunshine here but there will be a few showers around. The showers more frequent
00:36across parts of Northern Ireland but particularly Scotland especially in the
00:40West. Here we're going to have some heavy showers banding together so they could
00:44last for quite a while in some places and we could see the totals building up
00:49could even be a few rumbles of thunder. Like I mentioned some blustery winds
00:53gusts of around 40-45 miles per hour perhaps even touching gale force in some
00:59exposed coastal parts of Western Scotland and around northern parts of
01:02Northern Ireland. Here we're also going to have some pretty brisk winds.
01:06Temperatures are still going to be well around average for the time of year in
01:10the southeast so highs of around 23-24 Celsius so feeling relatively warm in
01:16the sunshine but further north and west it is markedly fresher and really
01:20feeling it with those stronger blustery winds and a greater chance of catching
01:24some showers. Through the end of the day there will be a good deal of fine
01:28weather across many parts of England and Wales still but still a couple of
01:31showers coming in on those brisk westerly winds. More showers across parts
01:35of Scotland but these are gradually going to ease as we go overnight so many
01:39places turning largely dry and there will be quite a bit of clear skies
01:42around. As a result temperatures may drop a little bit lower than through some
01:46recent nights. Towns and cities yes generally holding up in double figures
01:50but away from the built-up areas and where we get any prolonged clear skies
01:54particularly towards the east and here the lighter winds as well means
01:58temperatures will drop mid to high single figures in some places. So what
02:04happens thereafter? Well we do have a deep area of low pressure coming in and
02:08that's actually due to the remnants of what was Hurricane Ernesto and as we
02:13often see with these tropical features they have a lot of energy, a lot of
02:16warmth, a lot of moisture mixed in and as that system comes across us it won't be
02:20a hurricane by the time it does so but as that system comes in it is going to
02:24bring a lot of wet and windy weather as we go through tomorrow. Towards eastern
02:29southeastern parts it's going to stay fine and sunny through large chunks of
02:32the day but turning a very cloudy and wet across parts of Scotland, Northern
02:37Ireland and into parts of Northwest England and Wales as well. That rain will
02:41be pretty heavy we're going to see totals building up through Wednesday
02:44into Thursday. Some places the higher ground could see around a hundred to a
02:48hundred and fifty millimeters and so a little bit of flooding, some travel
02:52disruption and also watch out for those strong winds coming in with that wet
02:55weather as well. Coastal gales quite likely and some blustery weather even
03:00further inland too. Temperatures will be a little bit on the lower side towards
03:04the southeast compared to today 21, 22 maybe 23 in the best of any sunshine but
03:10further north and west I mean we're looking at highs of around 15, 16
03:13Celsius for many places but it isn't going to feel particularly pleasant at
03:17all with the the wet and windy weather that's pushing its way through. More wind
03:22and rain to come then across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland as we go
03:25through the end of the day on Wednesday and overnight into Thursday. A drier
03:29story to start Thursday towards the south southeast of the UK but that front
03:33does eventually push its way through bringing some wet weather to many places
03:37but it is breaking up as it goes so the rain won't be as intense, won't be as
03:41impactful as it will be across more northern and western parts of the UK
03:45just a bit damp for many of us on Thursday. Thereafter there is some more
03:50unsettled weather to come as we go through the end of the week but what
03:53comes for this bank holiday weekend? Well to find out more why not watch our
03:57deep dive which will be available exclusively on our YouTube channel later
04:00on this afternoon with Aidan. I'll see you again soon, bye bye.