Scattered heavy showers across much of the country this evening, with some blustery winds. Some strong gusts can be expected especially in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and northern areas of England and Wales where a yellow warning is in effect. Some showers may turn wintry over high ground as it will feel colder in the wind. Milder in the south. - This is the Met Office Weather forecast for the evening of 21/12/2024. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Craig Snell.
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00:00Hello, there. Welcome to your latest weather forecast from the Met Office. Well, as we
00:04approach Christmas, the weather is set to change after a very cold and windy Sunday,
00:09courtesy of this area of low pressure. We start to see high pressure begin to move in
00:13and that will really settle things down as we approach Christmas Day itself. With wind
00:17coming in from the southwest, it will start to feel much milder too.
00:22Back to the here and now for the rest of Saturday. We've still got some rain just clearing the
00:26very far southwest of England. But for most, as we move into the early hours of Sunday,
00:31it's going to be a mixture of clear spells and blustery showers. Some of the showers
00:35will be turning to sleet and snow across the high ground of Scotland, Northern Ireland
00:39and Northern England. So that may introduce a nice risk in places. But more significantly,
00:43the winds will remain quite strong, especially across more northern and western areas. Warnings
00:48are in force right throughout Sunday. So if you do have any travel plans, stay up to date
00:52with the latest warnings on our website. Temperatures overnight, I think for most towns and cities
00:57holding above freezing. But in the countryside, we could just see a few spots just falling
01:02just below freezing. So as we start Sunday, it's going to be really
01:07a mixture of sunshine and scattered showers and that's going to maintain itself right
01:11throughout the day. We could just see a spell of more persistent rain arriving in the far
01:14northeast of Scotland again. That will really be a mix of rain, sleet and snow. But the
01:21main feature tomorrow will be the strength of the wind. A very windy day for all of us,
01:24but especially so across the far north of Scotland. And that's really going to take
01:28an edge off the temperatures. On the thermometers, possibly up to 7 or 9 degrees. But factor
01:33in that wind, it's going to be feeling significantly colder than that. Parts of Scotland probably
01:37feeling sub-zero for the whole day. Certainly a day to be wrapping up warmly for most of
01:44the country. And then as we move into the earlier hours of Monday, what we'll see is
01:48the winds gradually beginning to ease from the west. That allows clearing skies. So I
01:52think Monday morning we'll see a widespread frost across many parts of Scotland and England.
01:58But already out towards the west, we're starting to see a change as this cloud and rain arrives
02:03into the far west of Northern Ireland. But as I mentioned ahead of that, under the clear
02:07skies, certainly a frost in the countryside and even some towns and cities approaching
02:12freezing as we start Monday morning. But comes with lots of sunshine across eastern
02:17and central parts Monday morning. But out towards the west, this area of cloud and rain
02:21will gradually work its way a little bit further eastwards. But probably maintaining with the
02:26sunshine in the east for the whole day. But still feeling pretty chilly here. Temperatures
02:31only reaching around 6 or 7 degrees and still got a little bit of a nagging wind here. But
02:36out towards the west as the day goes on, increasingly mild could be up to about 9 or 10 degrees
02:41by the end of the afternoon. And then Christmas Eve, a mild but cloudy day for most of us.
02:46Risk of some rain, especially for parts of Scotland, that may well turn persistent at times.
02:50Still fairly breezy across this part of the world. But elsewhere, lighter winds, but plenty
02:55of cloud cover around. And as I mentioned, feeling pretty mild highs up to about 12 or
03:0113 degrees. And a very similar story on Christmas Day. Certainly going to be a grey Christmas
03:05I think for most of us. But mild temperatures again up to about 12 to 13 degrees in a few
03:11spots. Still the risk of some rain across the far northwest of Scotland. And that may
03:15continue into Boxing Day too. But you can find out more information about the weather
03:19where you are over the next few days on our app or on our website. But from me for now,
03:23take care and I'll see you again soon.