Low pressure continues to dominate, bringing gusty winds, heavy rain and thundery downpours. Persistent rain across much of northern England and Northern Ireland. With strong winds across much of Scotland, and gusty winds in southwest England. Widely showery elsewhere, potentially thundery in SE England, with a yellow weather warnings for Thunderstorm having been issued for much of south and eastern England. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 08/10/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkhill.
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00:00Sunny spells, gusty winds, heavy rain, even some thundery downpours.
00:05Not everywhere we'll see all of this, but there is a lot going on today
00:09because we have an area of low pressure dominating our weather.
00:13As well as this, there's another low just to the west-southwest of us
00:16and this is actually the remnants of what was Hurricane Kirk.
00:20It's now come across the Atlantic, lost its hurricane status,
00:23but it is still quite a potent feature and it is going to bring some very wet and windy weather,
00:28particularly to France, but also other parts of Central Europe through the next few days,
00:32which is why it's actually been named Storm Kirk by the French Met Service.
00:36But for the UK, it's this area of low pressure bringing the fairly unsettled day ahead.
00:41There will be some persistent rain across parts of Northern England
00:44into Southern Scotland and perhaps Northern Ireland too.
00:47Elsewhere, quite a lot of showers around and some of these showers will be heavy and they will be thundery.
00:52Yes, some sunny spells in between the downpours, but these downpours could cause some issues,
00:57especially towards central-southern-eastern parts of England.
01:02Here we do have a warning out, potential for 20-30mm of rain in just a few hours
01:08and perhaps more than that building up through the whole day.
01:11As well as the rain, watch out for some gusty winds with the downpours,
01:14even some large hail and frequent lightning and so some disruption is quite possible.
01:19Nonetheless, across southern parts it's relatively mild or even warm,
01:23especially in any sunny spells.
01:25Temperatures getting into the high teens, a bit fresher than this further north.
01:28And worth bearing in mind, there are some strong winds across northern parts of Scotland,
01:32also some strong gusty winds towards the southwest as well.
01:36And so these will make it feel a bit fresher, a bit cooler than these temperatures may suggest.
01:40As we go through the evening, still some heavy thundery downpours
01:43across many parts of England and Wales in particular.
01:46The more persistent rain across parts of Northern England does continue
01:50and edges into more parts of Scotland.
01:52Northern Scotland also having a pretty damp, wet picture as we go overnight.
01:56Elsewhere, there will be some drier, perhaps even clearer weather around.
02:00But for most, it is generally going to be a mild night.
02:03Temperatures generally holding up in double figures.
02:06Perhaps a bit cooler, a bit chillier than this further north.
02:08Some places perhaps getting into mid-single digits.
02:12As we go through Wednesday then, a wet start across eastern parts of Scotland,
02:16some parts of northeast England as well.
02:19But should eventually break up and clear away.
02:21Otherwise, there will again be some showers around.
02:24They could be a bit on the heavy side.
02:26Some rumbles of thunder are possible, but they're not looking as frequent,
02:30as intense as the showers that we're going to see through the rest of today.
02:33So I'm not expecting a repeat of the impacts that we could be seeing through this afternoon.
02:38And there will be some sunny spells around.
02:41And with that then, again, temperatures not doing too badly,
02:44mid to possibly high teens towards the south.
02:46But further north, starting to turn a bit colder.
02:49Because we do then have a northerly flow that's going to be plunging its way down.
02:53The showers will be easing a little bit as we go through the end of Wednesday
02:57and overnight into Thursday.
02:59Both the low pressure across the UK and what is Storm Kirk clearing away towards the east.
03:04And as they do so, they then do allow for this cold arctic air to make its way in across the UK.
03:10So we are going to see temperatures plummeting as we go towards the end of the week.
03:15Now, looking across the other side of the Atlantic, I wanted to mention major Hurricane Milton.
03:20It's currently fluctuating between being a Category 4 or Category 5.
03:24And it is going to bring some devastating conditions, particularly to parts of Florida,
03:28as we go through Wednesday into Thursday.
03:31It is really causing some major issues as we go through the next few days.
03:35We will, of course, be keeping you up to date with the drop in our temperatures
03:39and also what's happening with Hurricane Milton.
03:41You can find all the details about this in our deep dive,
03:45which will have a slightly new look with Aidan later on this afternoon on our YouTube channel.
03:50I'll see you again soon. Bye-bye.