Cloud and rain slowly clearing parts of the southeast throughout Thursday, leaving sunny spells elsewhere, and some scattered showers in the north. Storm Lilian arriving overnight, bringing some wet and very windy weather, especially to Scotland and Northern England. Feeling cool under blustery winds. This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 22/08/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00Hello, very good day to you. Storm Lillian is going to arrive overnight, bringing some
00:04very wet and very windy weather to some parts of the UK, particularly parts of Scotland
00:09and northern England. For the time being though, it has been a cloudy, wet start to the day
00:13for some of us because of a frontal system that has pushed its way south-eastwards. That
00:18is going to take quite a while to clear away from the far south-east, so some clouds, some
00:22rain lingering here as we head into this evening before it does push away overnight. But elsewhere,
00:28there will be quite a few sunny spells around for most of us through today, and also a scattering
00:33of showers, particularly across parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland, but also a few showers
00:37around some western parts of England and Wales aren't out of the question. Now, temperatures
00:41are going to be a little bit on the low side for the time of year. Low 20s in the south,
00:46a few degrees lower than this further north, and although the stronger winds that we had
00:51earlier on in the day will have eased a bit by this afternoon, it is still going to be
00:55a bit blustery and so it may feel a touch cooler than these temperatures suggest. Now,
00:59I mentioned Storm Lillian at the start. It's currently out in the Atlantic and it's going
01:03to push towards us as we go through this evening and overnight. So, through this evening, turning
01:09increasingly cloudy, wet and windy initially across Northern Ireland, but then that unsettled
01:13weather does spill its way across parts of England, Wales and Scotland as well. In terms
01:18of rainfall, we are going to see totals building up as we go overnight into Friday, particularly
01:24across some parts of Dumfries Galloway area and some eastern parts of Scotland too. We
01:29could see some high totals, perhaps 20 to 30 relatively widely and perhaps up to 50
01:34millimetres. So, some travel disruption, some localised flooding is possible, which is why
01:38there are a couple of warnings out. In terms of temperatures, well, it's going to stay
01:42pretty mild because of the unsettled weather. The largely cloudy skies, the rain and some
01:47strengthening winds mean for some, particularly towards the southeast, it is going to be a
01:51pretty warm night. Now, talking of those winds, they're perhaps the biggest cause for concern
01:56when it comes to Lillian. We are going to see some very strong gusts, especially across
02:00parts of Northern England as we go through the early hours of Friday morning before the
02:04system clears away towards the east as we go through Friday itself. With regards to
02:10wind speeds, well, quite widely we could see gusts of around 60, 65 miles per hour, even
02:14in some inland locations and perhaps in exposed spots, 65, 75, perhaps even up to 80 miles
02:21per hour. And so, that's why there could be some significant disruption. It's not usual
02:26at this time of year that we see these kind of strengths of winds. And so, there are people
02:30out and about trying to make the most of the summery weather, which we're not going to
02:34have. As we go through Friday then, a very wet and windy start today for many of us.
02:39But like I said, that system does clear away towards the east. So, by the afternoon, the
02:43wettest weather will have cleared and the strongest winds will have eased as well. Behind
02:47it, again, we are going to see a decent amount of sunshine, perhaps more sunshine across
02:52England and Wales as we go through tomorrow afternoon compared to today. But across Scotland
02:56and Northern Ireland, again, there'll be plenty of showers. These could be pretty heavy for
03:00some places here and they could pack quite a punch as they make their way in. Temperatures
03:05are still perhaps going to be a touch disappointing, but with a bit more sunshine and once those
03:10very strong winds start to ease, it should feel a little bit warmer across parts of central
03:15southern England and Wales for a time with highs of around 23 or 24 Celsius, but still
03:20mid to high teens at best further north. Now, we will be keeping you up to date with the
03:25progress of Storm Lillian, so make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay on
03:30top of things. I'll see you again soon. Bye bye.