Heavy rain is moving into the west of the UK this afternoon as Storm Darragh begins to affect the country. This will be accompanied by strong winds especially in coastal exposed areas. Temperatures around the average in the east, while in the west it will become rather mild as the rain bands arrive. There is a red warning for wind out for Wales and southwest England. Amber wind warnings are in effect for Wales, the southwest, the northwest, and Northern Ireland. A yellow wind warning is out for the rest of England, and yellow rain warnings are in effect for northeast England and southwest Scotland. A yellow snow warning is in effect for central Scotland. This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 06/12/2024. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Honor Criswick.
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00:00Hello there, good afternoon. Storm Dara is set to bring a very unsettled weekend
00:05with heavy outbreaks of rain, some snow in Scotland and also some very strong
00:10winds. There are multiple Met Office warnings issued including yellow and
00:14amber warnings as well as a red warning for western parts of Wales. So a very
00:19unsettled weekend ahead with some severe gales at times. To start off though
00:24taking a look at the bigger picture it's the calm before the storm. We've got a
00:27ridge of high pressure bringing largely settled conditions particularly for
00:30eastern areas but Storm Dara moves its way in from the west dragging in some
00:35frontal systems bringing out some heavy outbreaks of rain at times and also
00:38notice the squeeze in the isobars too so some very strong winds associated with
00:43this storm as it moves across the country. So across Northern Ireland we'll
00:47start to see those heavy outbreaks of rain this afternoon. They'll slowly move
00:50their way into western parts of Scotland, western parts of England and Wales. The
00:54driest and brightest of the weather across the Far East where we'll see
00:57plenty of hazy sunshine as we see a build of high cloud and we will start to
01:02see winds pick up particularly in western areas as this rain starts to
01:06move through as well. So some strong blustery weather on its way, heavy
01:09outbreaks of rain, temperatures generally between highs of 10 to 12
01:14Celsius in the southwest. Through into the evening we'll continue to see those
01:20heavy outbreaks of rain move their way across the country falling as snow
01:23across hilly areas in Scotland and turning very blustery indeed. The bulk
01:28of the country are going to see some very strong winds away from the far
01:31north of Scotland but it's in western areas across Northern Ireland where we
01:35have the amber warning issued where we're likely to see some gales at times
01:39and western parts of Wales seeing very strong winds indeed where we have the
01:42red warning issued so do stay up to date with those on our Met Office website. Now
01:47the interesting thing about this storm is the winds are all of a sudden
01:51going to become very strong indeed particularly in western areas where we
01:54have the amber and red warnings issued so we'll turn from kind of blustery
01:58weather all of a sudden very strong winds likely to see some severe gales
02:02at times so wind gusts around western coasts and coasts of Northern Ireland
02:05perhaps even reaching inland at times as well we could see between 70 to 80 miles
02:10per hour and where that red warning is issued 90 miles per hour winds are
02:14possible so do avoid traveling if possible through the early hours of
02:19Saturday. Taking a look at temperatures then it's set to be a rather chilly
02:23night but in those brisk winds as well that's going to add on to the wind chill
02:27so even so it's going to be very blustery and feeling very chilly in
02:31those strong winds through the early hours of Saturday and that theme pretty
02:34much continues through into the start of the weekend as well so continuing to see
02:38those heavy outbreaks of rain heavy at times still falling as snow across
02:43northern areas mainly across Scotland and that main band of rain sitting
02:46across central and southeastern areas by the end of the day at plenty of
02:50blustery showers moving their way in from the north to turning largely dry
02:54across northern islands perhaps far western areas but those strong winds set
02:58to continue even through into the afternoon on Saturday as I say the
03:02strongest winds likely in western areas but it's going to be across most of the
03:06country that are going to see a very blustery day away from the very far
03:09north of Scotland and taking a look at those temperatures once again highs of
03:14around nine ten Celsius in the south but once again those brisk northerly
03:18winds really taking the edge of the temperatures so this is more likely what
03:22it's actually going to feel like outside now the strong winds are likely to bring
03:26very large waves around coastal areas so it's safe to stay away from those areas
03:30and in general avoid travel this weekend if possible as the storm is likely to
03:34bring widespread widespread disruption so very strong winds and heavy rain
03:39likely to cause some disruption over the weekend and there are multiple weather
03:43warnings issued across the country so as I say stay up to date on our website for
03:48those and for more updates on the storm or for general everyday weather you can
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