Cloudy conditions continue this evening for most, with some clear spells across parts of north Wales and north England but mostly confined to the northwest of Scotland where it will also be cooler. There will be some drizzle in parts, particularly in eastern England and eastern Scotland. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 08/11/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin.
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00:00The end of the working week and what a glum one it's been.
00:04For most places, northern Scotland in particular has seen some sunshine,
00:07but generally speaking we've been looking at a lot of grey.
00:10Thanks to this chunky area of high pressure sitting just to the east.
00:14Out west, things are a little more lively.
00:17Low pressure systems and weather fronts.
00:19And as we go through the weekend, we need to watch this little area of low pressure
00:24because that's going to mix things up.
00:25It heads its way up towards Iceland,
00:27but this weather front associated with it has a bit more about it
00:30and it will finally start to brush away the clouds.
00:34But for most of us, that won't happen until Monday.
00:37So let's get through the weekend first of all.
00:39Friday has been another cloudy one
00:41and will keep a lot of cloud across the country through the night.
00:44Northern Scotland has seen some good breaks in the cloud,
00:46some sunshine by day, but breaks in the cloud at night here mean tumbling temperatures.
00:50So we will again see some pockets of frost through some sheltered glens
00:54and those clearer skies could also allow some fog patches to form.
00:57Another change, a bit more in the way of drizzle coming into parts of eastern England
01:01and eastern Scotland through the early hours
01:03and some light rain and drizzle across the south coast, particularly over the hills.
01:07But for most places, it's just a dry and a cloudy night.
01:10Temperatures holding up thanks to that blanket of clouds,
01:126 or 7 degrees in the east, 9 or 10 in the west.
01:15But as I said, parts of northern Scotland could get down close to freezing for Saturday morning.
01:20Could be some fog around here as well.
01:22If that sticks, well, it may last for much of the day.
01:25But generally speaking, north of the Great Glen will be the favoured place for blue skies on Saturday.
01:29Elsewhere, another pretty glum one.
01:31Parts of north Wales may cheer up, parts of northern England may see something a bit brighter.
01:35But for Lincolnshire up through Yorkshire all the way up to Aberdeenshire,
01:39these coasts may be susceptible to light rain and drizzle on and off.
01:43That's going to feel pretty dismal, pretty dreak I suspect.
01:46The odd little bit of drizzle across the south coast continuing
01:49and so we may see some light rain cropping up in Northern Ireland for the afternoon too.
01:53But again, many places just dry and drab and a little colder than it has been for most of this week.
01:59Temperatures struggling a little bit, especially in the east again.
02:02Only single digits here.
02:03When you add that drizzle onto parts of the east coast, that's not going to feel very pleasant at all.
02:07Whereas in the west around the coast, we could climb into the teens.
02:11But it's in the west where we'll start to see things changing.
02:14Those weather fronts just gradually, gradually encroaching during Saturday.
02:18So through the evening, a bit more in the way of light rain and drizzle cropping up across Northern Ireland.
02:22Coming into western Scotland, western fringes of England and Wales also.
02:26On Saturday night, it'll be the northeast that could see those temperatures dipping close to freezing in some places.
02:33Whereas for the west, temperatures holding up with the cloud and the rain and the drizzle coming in.
02:38That will make for a different feel on Sunday for many.
02:40Actually a brighter day on some of these eastern coasts.
02:43But certainly a duller day for the northwest of Scotland.
02:46At least in the morning.
02:47Because as that clears through, we should see some sunshine coming through here.
02:51And for Northern Ireland later on.
02:53A few showers in the far north of Scotland come the afternoon where it will be getting a little breezy.
02:58But for most, the winds remain light.
03:00The cloud sticks around.
03:01Some drizzly conditions over the hills again of northern England.
03:04But even at lower levels for a time here and north Wales.
03:07A bit brighter perhaps for parts of eastern England and particularly in the southeast.
03:11And it's going to be warmer as well.
03:12Temperatures a little bit higher on Sunday.
03:14Back up to 12, 13, 14 degrees.
03:16Perhaps even a little higher if we do see some sunshine.
03:19And speaking of sunshine, I know many of us haven't seen any at all so far through this November.
03:25But Monday is looking pretty promising.
03:27Behind this weather front, clearer air is moving in.
03:30So for many, Monday does look dry and sunny with pretty light winds as well.