Storm Lilian is moving away from the UK bringing a drier afternoon for most parts of the UK, with breezy conditions particularly in the north west. Scattered showers are expected in parts of Scotland.Temperatures are slightly below average, particularly in the west due to the westerly breeze. This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 23/08/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Annie Shuttleworth.
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00:00Hello. It has been a busy start to the day with Storm Lillian causing a lot of disruption
00:04for many northern areas. But Storm Lillian will move away into the North Sea through
00:09the rest of today. This is a satellite picture from this morning. It pushed across the northern
00:13areas of England in particular. That's where we saw the strongest gusts and also there's
00:18been quite a lot of heavy rain across parts of Scotland. But things will change as we
00:22head into this afternoon as it turns much drier. Still going to be a pretty breezy afternoon
00:27for many of us, particularly across north and western areas. But across much of England
00:31and Wales, it should stay dry actually as we head into the latter part of Friday. In
00:36any sheltered sunshine, temperatures reaching around 21, 23 degrees at best. But for many
00:41of us, temperatures are going to be a little below par, particularly if you're on the western
00:44coast exposed to the quite brisk westerly breeze. And that will drag in showers through
00:50this evening across Northern Ireland, much of Scotland, some areas of northwest England.
00:54But it's across the south where we'll see the heaviest rain overnight tonight. It will
00:58linger across southern areas of England through Saturday morning. So with lots of cloud building
01:03in from the south and west, temperatures will be on the slightly warmer side overnight.
01:08In the north and west, slightly fresher, but there's still quite a breeze around, so it
01:11should be a fairly mild night. Now, there is a weather warning in force for many eastern
01:16areas of England as this rainfall will likely linger until around lunchtime, bringing some
01:21potential for travel disruption on Saturday morning. So there could be some slow moving
01:26roads and train delays as well. Behind it, though, we see a risk of some quite heavy,
01:31possibly thundery showers across much of England and southern areas of England and eastern
01:36areas of England, as well as the far northwest of Scotland, where the winds will be quite
01:40strong even through Saturday afternoon. For Wales and northern areas of England, a slightly
01:45drier afternoon, some sunshine to come through the latter part of the day. But it's still
01:49going to be feeling pretty cool temperatures just in the mid to higher teens. So that's
01:54a couple of degrees below average. So quite a cool feeling bank holiday weekend to come
01:59as we head into Sunday. This rain will continue across eastern areas as well as the far northwest.
02:04But for many areas in the west and for central parts of England and Wales, it will turn much
02:09dry as well as for some areas of Northern Ireland and eastern areas of Scotland, too.
02:14So fairly dry end to Saturday evening. The next batch of wet weather arrives across northwestern
02:19areas on Sunday, but it looks drier for Monday across England and Wales. Still a bit of a
02:23breeze, but it does turn slowly a bit warmer by Monday compared to the start of the weekend.
02:29And temperatures will continue to rise into the start of next week as we're in for a bit
02:33more of a settled week. But you can find more details on that on our YouTube channel. See
02:37you again soon. Bye bye.