Met Office Afternoon Weather Forecast 03/10/24 – Fine and dry for many
For most, it will remain fine and dry this afternoon. There will be cloud in parts but largely the UK can expect sunny spells. Breezier in the southeast of England, bringing some scattered showers at times. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 03/10/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Rachel Davis.
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00:00Good afternoon. We are set for a couple of days of fine and drier weather across the
00:05UK, with high pressure generally dominating the picture. But looking out to the west,
00:10we still have got low pressure close by, bringing some outbreaks of rain and clouds to some
00:15northern and western areas as we go through the end of the week.
00:19But let's have a look at the detail for the rest of Thursday afternoon. Well, for many,
00:24it's going to be fine and dry with a decent amount of sunshine, even though there will
00:27be some cloud bubbling up as we go through this afternoon. A bit of a keen breeze though
00:33for some North Sea coasts that could just bring the odd light shower to places such
00:37as Lincolnshire, East Anglia and the far south-east of England.
00:41But feeling pretty pleasant in any of those sunny spells, with highs of 16 to 17 across
00:46the south. A strengthening wind there across Northern Ireland and Western Scotland will
00:51make it feel a little cooler here, but still expecting highs of 14 to 15.
00:56Now as we go into tonight, we look towards the west to this area of cloud and rain, making
01:01its way eastwards as we go through Thursday evening and into Friday morning. This is going
01:06to be quite a cloudy night for Northern Ireland and Western Scotland, as well as outbreaks
01:11of rain. Away from here though, plenty of clear spells
01:15and light winds will allow for isolated mist and fog patches to form across eastern Scotland
01:21and England and Wales. The most prone location for some denser fog
01:25patches throughout tonight is going to be through the Vale of York, and it's here that
01:29we might just see a little bit of travel disruption into the early hours of Friday morning.
01:34With all those clear skies though and light winds, it'll be feeling pretty chilly throughout
01:38tonight. A chance of a touch of grass frost or even car frost for some, particularly in
01:42rural areas where we could see temperatures locally getting close to freezing.
01:47Under the cloud and rain though for Northern Ireland and Western Scotland, temperatures
01:51will generally be remaining closer to the double figures.
01:56So for many, it'll be another fine, bright start to Friday morning once any mist and
02:00fog has lifted and cleared away. But Northern Ireland and Western Scotland once again, quite
02:05a gloomy, cloudy start to the day after that cloudy night for them with outbreaks of rain
02:10and eastern Scotland will start to see things clouding over as we go into Friday afternoon.
02:16But across the south once again, under those sunnier skies, temperatures will be feeling
02:20pretty pleasant at highs of 16, so maybe a touch cooler for some than we're expecting
02:24through Thursday afternoon. But in those strengthening winds and under that cloudier skies across
02:28Northern Ireland and a fair amount of Scotland, highs are only around 14 for Friday.
02:35Now looking ahead into Friday evening, then that cloud and rain is going to continue across
02:39Northern Ireland and Scotland, maybe just seeing the odd patch of rain making its way
02:43across to eastern Scotland. But elsewhere, though, with a bit strengthening breeze across
02:47the whole of the UK for Friday night, mist and fog patches will be much more isolated
02:53in nature by the time we get to Saturday morning. So generally clearing more readily.
02:57Now, let's zoom out just to have a look at the bigger picture for the weekend. So high
03:03pressure generally moving away to the east, allowing these isobars to squeeze together.
03:07So showing us that we're going to get this strengthening winds as we go through the weekend
03:11across the whole of the UK. Various weather fronts are going to move in from the west
03:16as well. So bringing some unsettled conditions for many. Best of any drier weather will be
03:21in the east, though. But if you want to know more about that, then don't forget to subscribe
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