Met Office Afternoon Weather Forecast 26/08/24 - Sunny spells south, cloudier north
Fine afternoon for most, with lighter winds and slightly higher temperatures compared to the weekend. Bright and sunny spells across much of the England and Wales, with more clouds and outbreaks of rain in northern England extending to southern parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 26/08/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Greg Dewhurst.
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00:00Hello there, drier afternoon in prospect for many of us and looking at the bigger picture
00:06we can see we are generally between weather systems at the moment but it's not long before
00:11the next Atlantic low pressure system brings wet and windy weather across northern and
00:15western areas. However, at the same time this high pressure just keeps weather fronts at
00:20bay across the south east of the UK in particular and here temperatures start rising for a few
00:26days. So looking at the picture for Monday afternoon, plenty of bright to sunny spells
00:31across much of England and Wales. However, northern England generally cloudier as this
00:35week weather front just gives a few showery outbreaks of rain which extends into southern
00:40parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland too. Northern parts of Scotland also drier and
00:45brighter. Winds lighter than the weekend too, temperatures just a little higher so just
00:50feeling a little warmer out there for the afternoon. Temperatures the high teens to
00:54low twenties, highs around 23 celsius towards the London area. So generally for most a
01:00fine afternoon to come. However, it is all change as we move into the evening time. The
01:04next weather system bringing outbreaks of heavy rain across Northern Ireland, stretching
01:08across much of Scotland, Northern England as we head into the early hours. A Met Office
01:12warning coming into force by the end of the night across south west Scotland, some heavy
01:16bursts of rain possible. The winds also starting to strengthen particularly around western
01:22coasts. But generally much of England and Wales staying dry overnight with some clear
01:26spells, perhaps a few mists and fog patches and with winds coming in from the south, temperatures
01:30largely staying in double figures. So it's a wet start across Scotland, Northern Ireland,
01:35Northern England on Tuesday morning. Outbreaks of heavy rain, some local disruption is possible
01:40and then slowly through the day this weather front just pushes a little further south and
01:43eastwards. So rain being introduced to Wales, the west country. Behind it, fresher conditions,
01:48brighter skies for Northern Ireland with a few showers and northern and western Scotland
01:53as well. To the south east of this weather front across much of eastern, southern, south
01:58east England, it will be dry with plenty of hazy spells of sunshine and the winds coming
02:02in from the south starting to import some of that warmer air. Temperatures lifting around
02:0725 to 26 Celsius in the best of the sunshine. Cooler under the cloud and the rain and still
02:12fairly breezy conditions. The high teens to low twenties and behind the weather front
02:17temperatures again 17 to 20 Celsius. Into the evening time, this weather front starts
02:23to slow down. We start to see some ripples developing along it. So further outbreaks
02:28of rain possible across parts of the west country, Wales, Midlands into northern parts
02:32of England, perhaps southern Scotland still too. Behind this, across Northern Ireland,
02:37Scotland, generally we'll see some dry weather, a few showers across western coasts and then
02:43across the south east also staying dry. If you'd like more information on the weather
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02:52soon.