Dry and rather chilly with some clear spells to start the day, but dense fog patches across southern areas. Cloud and outbreaks of rain spreading into western areas through the morning, heavy at times across western Scotland and Northern Ireland, along with strengthening winds. A yellow warning in place for strong winds across the far northwest of Scotland from mid morning. Largely dry and bright for eastern and south eastern areas with early fog patches lifting - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 18/10/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hi there, very good morning to you. It is the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
00:05and we are likely to see plenty of mist this morning with fog and dense fog at that, widely
00:12across parts of central and southern UK. So, watch out if you're travelling first thing,
00:17could be tricky on the roads with the poor visibility. Nevertheless, the mist and fog
00:23tends to lift, however it might not be until about 9 or 10am that it's lifting into low
00:28cloud and then dispersing. By early afternoon, actually, it's a decent spell of weather across
00:34the Midlands, eastern and southeastern England, plenty of sunny spells and a light to gentle
00:39breeze. A complete contrast to Scotland, Northern Ireland, Western England and Wales. Thickening
00:45cloud, outbreaks of rain moving in and that rain heavy at times for western Scotland and
00:50parts of Northern Ireland accompanied by a strengthening wind. The strongest wind gusts
00:54are likely in the west and north-west of Scotland, 50-60mph and that could cause disruption
01:02with it coinciding with high tides. There are particular concerns about coastal impacts.
01:08The heavy rain and the strong winds of course in the north-west and then later western parts
01:12of the UK make it feel unpleasant. 15 or 16 Celsius in the west, much more pleasant towards
01:18the south-east, 16 or 17 Celsius, but the rain is on its way. It's moving west to east
01:25so that by the evening we'll see more persistent wet weather arriving into western England,
01:31parts of Wales, eastern and southern Scotland. Western Scotland, Northern Ireland, clear
01:36spells returning, albeit with a few showers. And then by the end of Friday night into the
01:41start of Saturday, it's wet across much of England and Wales, eastern Scotland whilst
01:45it's clearer towards the north-west. A mild night then with the wind and rain across the
01:51UK, 11-13 Celsius generally. There will be some particularly heavy rain through the Midlands
01:57and central southern England first thing Saturday, that tending to move east through the morning
02:03but it is slow moving and so eastern England a damp day. Much brighter skies follow from
02:08the west, albeit with a few showers for Wales, south-west England, parts of Scotland and
02:12Northern Ireland feeling a little fresher. However, the clearer weather doesn't last.
02:18This feature, relatively innocuous as we start Saturday, is being carried across by the jet
02:24stream and then as it moves on to the cold side of the jet stream, rapidly deepens and
02:30it approaches the UK as this well-developed and deep area of low pressure that could cause
02:35serious impacts by the start of Sunday. We'll keep you updated on all of that. You can follow
02:40those updates on our social media channels, our website and our app. Bye bye.