Storm Lilian moving eastwards through Friday bringing some disruptive weather to parts of the UK. Windy for most, especially strong across northern England, with rain, particularly heavy across parts of southwest Scotland and Aberdeenshire coasts. Storm Lilian will clear quickly leaving a drier and brighter day, though some scattered showers in the north. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 23/08/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.
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00:00Hello there and a very good morning to you on this Friday morning. It's been a
00:04lively night, wet and windy weather associated with storm Lillian which has
00:09been tracking in from the Atlantic. It's a small feature but it's potent. Strongest
00:14winds on its southern flank. Overnight we've seen gusts in excess of 70 miles
00:18an hour across exposure and also there's rain warnings as well as wind warnings
00:23this morning. Now the rain warnings across Dumfries and Galloway, western
00:26borders as well as Angus and Aberdeenshire over six hours up to
00:30around 50 millimetres in places. So some heavy rain to come associated with this
00:35frontal system. It's all moving its way eastwards and the strongest winds again
00:40across this southern part of the low and over the higher ground it's going to be
00:45very windy indeed damaging gusts likely through the next few hours. But it is
00:49moving its way eastwards so clearance expecting around lunchtime along this
00:54eastern side as this tailing front clears towards the far southeast during
00:59the first part of the afternoon and the winds will ease a little bit through the
01:02day. However through the next few hours you can see where the heaviest rain is
01:06extending across central, eastern and southern parts of Scotland. Northern
01:10England as well, winds swirling around it. Clearer weather across the far
01:14northwest of Scotland. You haven't seen the storm overnight, you're seeing some
01:17sunshine and showers now for Northern Ireland. Brighter skies evolving, moving
01:22in across Wales as well as the West Country but for the Midlands and the
01:25southeast cloud here and also some outbreaks of rain. It's windy down
01:29towards the southeast, strongest winds are always associated with this centre
01:33of the low which will move from the west towards the east through the first part
01:37of today. So as I said it is an improving picture, winds will slowly ease as this
01:43low moves towards the North Sea. Now for Shetland and Orkney you've seen a mostly
01:48fine morning, a few showers as we head through the day. A breeze coming in
01:52across the western side of Scotland, frequent showers as we head through the
01:56morning into the afternoon and a scattering of showers which could turn
01:59heavy across Northern Ireland but for the bulk of England and Wales it's a
02:03fine afternoon. You'll see some sunshine, a bit of a breeze coming through, even
02:06so some drier weather. Most of the showers confined to the northern half of
02:10the UK. So let's take a look at the temperatures as we head through the
02:14afternoon. 15, 16, 17 for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Republic of Ireland
02:19coming in around 18. Wales around 20, 21, 23 down towards the southeast. So through
02:25Friday evening and overnight further showers are likely particularly across
02:29Western Scotland as well as Northern Ireland. A cluster moving in also which
02:33could turn heavy across Northern England but notice towards the south
02:37thickening cloud will again bring some outbreaks of rain and this rain could
02:41turn heavy into the early hours of Saturday morning as the winds pick up
02:45particularly towards the far southeast. So first thing if you're stepping out
02:49across more northern areas on Saturday you could run into some heavy showers,
02:53winds not as strong though. Some brighter weather for Northern Ireland, a few
02:57showers here and a cluster coming in across the western side of Wales,
03:00northwest England but this bulk of cloud and rain will extend towards
03:05Lincolnshire as well as the southeast of England through the first part of
03:09Saturday. It is moving its way and clearing very slowly but certainly
03:14through the morning you could see some wet weather as the winds pick up some
03:17strength particularly towards the southeast touching Galeforce possibly
03:21towards the far southeast there. But through the afternoon we'll see that
03:25rain gradually move towards the low countries as we see sunshine and showers
03:30elsewhere and again these could turn heavy. So your outlook through Sunday.
03:34Sunday more in the way of clouds and some outbreaks of showery rain across
03:37the north as well as the west. Always the chance of showers further south and
03:41east and temperatures fairly fresh for this time of year and here's your
03:44outlook through Monday. I'll see you later, bye bye.