There is a split picture in the weather at the start of the evening, with widespread rain across Scotland while it is much drier further south where clear skies are likely in eastern England. However, over the course of the night the low-pressure system moves east and while this brings more cloud to eastern parts the rain will also gradually fizzle out. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 29/11/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin.
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00:00Hello, thanks for being there for this Met Office evening update for Friday and into
00:04the weekend. It's going to be quite a bit milder than it has been of late. Here's the
00:08bigger picture. Chunky area of high pressure sitting to the east, large area of low pressure
00:13sitting to the west. And with the winds going anti-clockwise around low pressure, they're
00:18coming up from the south or the southwest. That is why it is going to be mild as these
00:22southerly winds waft up some warmer air. Eventually, the low drifts to the north of the UK, but
00:28the south or southwesterly winds in place for pretty much all of the weekend. Notice,
00:32however, as that low starts to scoot away behind it, northerly winds start to set up
00:37and there is some colder air in place up here that will spread south next week. But let's
00:44focus in on the weekend, first of all, because the milder air is in place. It's going to
00:47be much milder than it has been. Still quite chilly in eastern areas for a time on Friday
00:51evening. The cloud, though, spilling in here. A little bit of showery rain is possible in
00:56the east, but not much really here. It's been a very wet day in western Scotland. Heavy
01:01and more persistent rain will work across the northern isles, so it will turn drier
01:05in northwest Scotland, just a few showers through the night. For most, it's going to
01:09be a dry night with a lot of cloud around and that fairly brisk wind bringing the milder
01:14air up from the south. Yes, single digits across eastern areas, probably coldest through
01:19Friday evening. By the time we get to Saturday morning, those temperatures will be on the
01:22rise. And look at these numbers out west, double digits. And that's how we'll go into
01:27the weekend then with milder air and a lot of clouds. Now, with the winds coming up from
01:32the south or south-southwest, we'll see some breaks in the clouds to the northeast of hills.
01:37So parts of northeast Wales, northwest England, northeast England and northern Scotland, we'll
01:42see some breaks at times in the cloud. We'll see a bit more cloud pushing across Scotland
01:47with a little bit of showery rain. And always in the west, the possibility of the cloud
01:50thick enough for one or two showers. But I suspect most places will be dry for much
01:54of Saturday. And even further south, we could get some breaks in the cloud, allowing a bit
01:59of sunshine to poke through. That cloud, though, certainly initially is going to be quite low.
02:03So some of the higher routes may have some quite poor visibility. Our skies bright and
02:08no temperatures will be lifting. We're going to start at double digits. Remember, certainly
02:12in the west and come the afternoon, most places up towards the teens, 13, 14, with some sunshine,
02:18we could reach 15 degrees Celsius. Still quite breezy, particularly around western
02:21coasts. And the winds will strengthen further on Saturday night across northwest Scotland.
02:27You can see here, that's the low pressure, that swirl in the rain. And there will be
02:31a bit more rain around Saturday night and into Sunday, as well as those strengthening
02:34winds across the far northwest. So getting very gusty here. Line of rain moving in across
02:39southern Scotland, then towards England and Wales by morning time. But again, with a lot
02:44of cloud and that mild air in place, look at these temperatures for overnight, Saturday
02:49into Sunday morning. We start Sunday in double figures pretty much across the board. We will
02:53again start with a lot of cloud and we'll have a bit more rain on Sunday. So it won't
02:57be as dry, certainly likely to be a wet start to parts of Wales and the Midlands. A band
03:01of rain crossing northern and eastern England, tending to fizzle out as it does so. Another
03:06line of showery rain coming in from the west. So there will be some rain at times during
03:11Sunday, but there will also be some breaks in the cloud and a bit of sunshine which may
03:16poke through from time to time. Temperature wise, well, still on the mild sides, particularly
03:21where we see any bits of blue sky, 13, 14 degrees, generally 11 or 12 Celsius where
03:26it's cloudy. The breeze easing down as we go through the day. But notice the change
03:31in wind direction. Northerly winds not far away from northern Scotland. That will bring
03:35colder weather south as we head into Monday. Do keep up to date with the forecast. Best
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