Remaining cloudy for northeast Scotland and northeast England with any showers during the morning, tending to fade. Further south and east, variable amounts of cloud with the best of the sunshine across East Anglia, southern counties of England and to the lee of higher terrain in the west. Feeling chilly in a brisk easterly breeze but less chilly in the south and west – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 08/03/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Annie Shuttleworth
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00:00 Good afternoon. It'll be a dry and bright afternoon for some of us. However, some
00:04 wet weather is due to arrive for many southern and central areas through the
00:09 weekend. That says the high pressure that's brought us this fine week so far
00:13 will retreat away to Scandinavia through today, allowing low pressure to arrive
00:17 up into the southwest. That's got a series of weather fronts wrapped around
00:21 it. Those will bring the focus for any particularly heavy rainfall through the
00:25 weekend. Further north and east though, we've still got this brisk easterly
00:28 breeze, so it's staying much cloudier across eastern areas of Scotland,
00:32 northeastern England as well. There's been some drizzly rain so far today. It
00:35 should be a bit of a drier afternoon, but it will stay fairly cloudy. Further south
00:39 and east though, where it was quite a cloudy day yesterday, it's got drier air here, so it
00:43 will be a brighter afternoon. However, we've got a fairly brisk easterly breeze,
00:48 so it's going to feel quite chilly out there. However, in any sheltered sunshine,
00:52 particularly across western areas of Wales, western areas of Scotland, it will
00:56 still feel fairly pleasant. Cloud will thicken this evening across southern
01:00 areas as the showery rain starts to arrive into parts of Cornwall and
01:04 South Devon. Further north though, it should stay dry, but it will be quite a
01:08 cloudy and a breezy night. That will limit any frost forming to just the
01:12 clearest skies in any sheltered glens of northwest Scotland. However, further south
01:17 across central areas of England, much of the south coast as well, there's a risk
01:21 of some showery rain to start the weekend. And it will still feel fairly
01:25 chilly. The winds stay quite strong, particularly across northern areas of
01:29 the UK through Saturday. It's still easterly direction, so it will bring that
01:32 chillier feel. The winds could be quite gusty over the higher ground of Scotland,
01:36 where we do have the best of any drier and brighter weather. It will turn cloudy
01:40 across parts of Northern Ireland and Northern England for a time. Rain will be
01:43 fairly patchy and limited, but it certainly will be cloudier than it has
01:47 been through today. Further south, there will be some sunny breaks, particularly
01:51 around lunchtime, but those sunny breaks will allow showers to start to develop.
01:55 Those showers could turn quite heavy as well, so you need to keep an eye on those
01:59 through the next few days. But in any of those sunnier breaks, it's not going to
02:02 feel too bad. Highs of around 12 or 13 degrees. But as I said, the winds are still
02:07 fairly strong through Saturday. That low pressure will continue to push
02:12 weather fronts further north through Sunday, so more areas will see that
02:15 cloudier, wetter weather. However, it should stay largely dry and bright
02:19 across western areas of Scotland on Sunday. So there are some showers to
02:23 dodge, so it's worth keeping up to date with the forecast over the next few days.
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