In the afternoon there is a west-east divide in the weather for the UK. In Northern Ireland, Wales and southwest England it is cloudy and windy with outbreaks of rain, but also milder due to the southerly winds. Further east however it is a bright but cold day. In the evening rain arrives in Scotland but it will be mostly dry elsewhere. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 28/11/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin.
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00:00Hello. A frosty, foggy start to Thursday. Things are turning milder, however, in the
00:05outlook. The bigger picture shows a couple of beautiful swirls of clouds. Nothing too
00:11beautiful about this one, however. That's Storm Connell, which is affecting parts of
00:15northern Europe at the moment. Behind me, there's another big swirl, another area of
00:19low pressure sitting out in the Atlantic. And the U.K. is between those two lows under
00:24the influence of high pressure. This one is going to try and make a bit more progress
00:28towards the U.K., but the fronts are kind of weakening as they approach, just bringing
00:32a little bit of rain through the afternoon to parts of Northern Ireland and a few showers
00:36maybe to parts of West Wales and southwest England. Certainly cloudier in the west, but
00:41it is also turning milder here as the breeze picks up. Elsewhere, we've seen some fog around,
00:46taking its time to clear away and likely to thicken up again quite quickly through this
00:50evening. But a good chunk of England, Scotland, East Wales dry and bright this afternoon with
00:55hazy sunshine. Not warm though, temperatures only four or five degrees after starting well
00:59below freezing for many. But look at this, out west, double digits as the breeze picks
01:04up and that weather system brings in the milder air. That weather system, though, is going
01:09to bring a bit more rain. It will kind of push into western Scotland. So it's only quite
01:12soggy here, actually, for a time this evening and staying quite wet across northern Scotland
01:16throughout the night. But elsewhere, again, most places staying dry. That fog is likely
01:20to thicken up for a time across eastern England. Could be quite dense during this evening.
01:25But as the breeze picks up here, that should also tend to clear it as we go through the
01:29end of the night. So with more of a breeze, more cloud edging in from the west and generally
01:33milder air creeping into not as cold tonight, not as frosty. Maybe the odd pocket here and
01:39there, but temperatures mostly in the east just about staying above freezing and further
01:44west well above freezing as the milder air continues to creep its way in. And that will
01:49continue as we go through Friday. So still pretty chilly, I suspect, tomorrow in the
01:54east, but again, generally here dry and fine, plenty of hazy sunshine, a bit more cloud
01:58further west, a few showers coming into western Scotland and later on, we'll see a bit more
02:03rain coming into Northern Ireland as the weather fronts again make another attempt at pushing
02:08in. And this time they're going to make a bit more progress. So by the end of Friday,
02:12we will see some rain turning up across West Wales, southwest England, so turning a little
02:17damp for Devon and Cornwall. But again, for a good chunk of England's East Wales, much
02:21of eastern Scotland, it's going to be a dry day, a bit more of a breeze, that milder air
02:26making progress, I suspect, still feeling quite cold in these eastern areas, seven or
02:30eight degrees Celsius. But for the west, double digits in some places may even tick up into
02:35the teens. Obviously, it's not going to feel all that pleasant with the rain and the brisk
02:38breeze across parts of western Scotland in particular. Those weather fronts will continue
02:43to make a little bit more progress. So, yeah, we could see some rain on Friday evening across
02:47northwest England, perhaps even into the Midlands, the odd spots turning up also. And they'll
02:52continue to make progress, pushing that area of high pressure further away to the east
02:57and low pressure generally dominating through the weekend. Quite a lot of isobars on the
03:00chart, so quite gusty at times this weekend. Those weather fronts bringing a little bit
03:05of rain, but always the winds coming up from the southwest, which means, yes, it's pretty
03:10cold first thing Thursday morning. But by the time we get through the rest of the weekend
03:16during Friday, we'll see the milder air coming in and then that milder air in place through
03:19the weekend. So, yes, turning much milder for the weekend. Signs of some colder air
03:24perhaps coming back in as we go into the early part of next week. But certainly for the next
03:28few days, those temperatures will be on the rise. Plenty more, as always, across social
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