A band of persistent rain from the southwest up to the north of England this afternoon, with much of this area gloomy under the cloud. To the east, some showers with the possibility of thunderstorms amidst warmer temperatures during sunny spells. In Northern Ireland and Scotland, much drier, but cooler and cloudier than recent days. Later this evening, rain will push eastwards over southern Scotland and central England. A yellow rain warning is in effect for England and Wales. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 08/09/24 Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Greg Dewhurst.
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00:00Hello, there. Welcome to your latest broadcast from the Met Office. It remains unsettled
00:06over the course of Sunday and into next week as well. At the moment, low pressure in charge
00:10of our weather bringing outbreaks of heavy rain, some thunderstorms as well. Just notice
00:15those slightly drier for Northern Ireland and Scotland. And if we play the sequence
00:19through, this area of low pressure pulls away. However, we switch the winds to a northerly
00:24direction and as we head towards the middle of next week, we introduce colder air, quite
00:29cold for the time of year as well across many areas. Temperatures below average, perhaps
00:34a touch of snow over the Scottish mountains as well. For the early hours, we've seen
00:41some heavy showers, thunderstorms push across England and Wales, some localised flooding
00:45in places too. So you may have been woken up by some flashes of lightning, some rumbles
00:50of thunder. So let's take a look at the details for Sunday afternoon. We can see a band of
00:55rain across Northern England, stretching down into Wales, the West Country, some heavy
00:59bursts in here. So it's stayed quite cloudy and gloomy here. To the south-east, turning
01:04brighter but some heavy showers possible, some thunderstorms here and some localised
01:10flooding is possible. The Met Office rain warning out for much of England and Wales
01:14through the day. Generally drier for Northern Ireland and Scotland but cloudier here compared
01:19to recent days, a cloud thick enough for some Apache rain at times too. The wind's coming
01:25in more of a northerly direction across Scotland and Northern Ireland so temperatures are lower
01:29compared to recent days. We've seen 25-26 Celsius here but this afternoon 17-21 Celsius
01:36and similar values under the cloud and rain. Best of the temperatures will be towards the
01:41south-east in the sunshine, reaching around 23, possibly 24 degrees. As we head through
01:48into the evening time, this weather system gives further outbreaks of heavy rain across
01:53Northern England, perhaps south-east Scotland for a time too, and then into the early hours
01:57just starts to ease a little and push its way eastwards. So notice how we could still
02:01see a few rumbles of thunder and heavier bursts across south-east England right through the
02:06night. Clearer skies coming in across Northern Ireland, parts of Scotland, and under the
02:10clearest skies, temperatures lower than we've seen for quite some time, dipping into single
02:15figures under the cloud and rain across much of England and Wales, generally holding up
02:20around 14-15 Celsius. So grey stars across central eastern parts of England in particular,
02:26outbreaks of rain here, then only slowly through the days as this push a little further eastwards
02:31so some eastern areas staying cloudy and damp all day. Brightening skies, Northern England,
02:36Wales, the West Country, the West Midlands as we go through into the afternoon, plenty
02:40of sunny spells here. Morning sunshine being replaced by a thicker cloud across much of
02:44Scotland and Northern Ireland. The next weather system bringing some rain and stronger winds
02:49to western parts by the afternoon and temperatures a little lower for everyone, the winds starting
02:54to change to that north-westerly direction. So mid-teens across the north of the UK, high
03:00teens in the south, perhaps locally 20 Celsius, which is actually nearer to where they should
03:04be for the time of year. Turning wetter and windier into the evening time across the north-west
03:10of the UK as this system slowly pushes its way eastwards, generally dry end to the day
03:14across much of England and Wales, but a few showers still possible and then weather systems
03:20pushing south-eastwards through the week and turning much colder for all. For more information
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