A high pressure system sits over the UK bringing dry and relatively calm weather, though there are some gusty winds in the central and southern England. England and Wales will be mostly cloudy, though still rather cold, whereas in Scotland and Northern Ireland there will be more sunshine but temperatures here will generally be even lower. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 10/12/2024. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Deakin.
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00:00Thanks for joining me for your afternoon weather update from the Met Office.
00:04North-South split continues through today. High pressure is the dominant
00:08weather force sitting across Scotland and Northern Ireland, pushing weather
00:12fronts up to the north. Still quite a few isobars across the south, not as
00:16windy as yesterday but still a bit gusty, particularly to the west of the
00:20Pennines, the west of the Peak District, some lively gusts and quite a brisk
00:24breeze blowing right across eastern England, blowing in a few showers across
00:27southeast of England to the odd shower elsewhere but tending to ease off a bit
00:32through the afternoon. A bit more thick cloud and some light rain and drizzle
00:36over Shetland but for most it's a dry day. Plenty of sunshine for Scotland and
00:40Northern Ireland, a few stubborn fog patches, bit of brightness coming out
00:43across parts of Cumbria, North Wales too but most of England and Wales just
00:48fairly drab, overcast and temperatures struggling. Even where we've got the
00:52sunshine only 3-4 degrees Celsius where the fog lingers, not even getting that
00:57high. Further south, well feels cold doesn't it with that breeze and the
01:01thick cloud 7 or 8 degrees for most. As we go through the night, well not a great
01:05deal of change. One thing we are likely to see, the fog thickening up
01:09particularly in and around the Glasgow area but also the west of Northern
01:13Ireland. Potentially seeing some very dense patches of fog forming through
01:16this evening that could last well into tomorrow. Again the likelihood of a few
01:21showers just drifting up at times across the southeast, so staying a bit damp over
01:26night here and still quite breezy here too. Elsewhere across England and Wales
01:30those winds continue to ease down and with light winds and clear skies, a harsh
01:34frost across Scotland. Well in the shelter glens negative double digits is
01:39possible. It stays milder over the Northern Isles here, more cloud and some
01:43rain and drizzle on and off across Shetland. As we go through Wednesday, not
01:47a great deal of change. As I mentioned though, those fog patches particularly
01:51across the western Northern Ireland and through the central belt of Scotland,
01:54especially the western end, may last all day. And if the fog sticks we're not
01:59going to get above freezing. But again, out of the fog, much of Scotland and
02:02Northern Ireland dry, fine and sunny. Most of England and Wales dry and cloudy. Again
02:07a few showers in the far south of England just at times, drifting along the
02:11south coast, particularly towards Devon. A greater chance of some showers in
02:15South Devon for the afternoon and still quite breezy along the south coast. But
02:19elsewhere those winds are lighter than today. Still on the chilly side though,
02:22six, seven degrees for many, even with the sunshine across Scotland and Northern
02:27Ireland, only four or five. And as I mentioned, if the fog sticks we're not
02:30going to get above freezing I suspect. And quite rapidly that frost returns
02:35across Scotland during Wednesday night. We are going to see a bit more in the way
02:39of cloud just spilling in across eastern areas initially here. But Thursday looks
02:44like being an even duller, more dank day with rain and drizzle across parts of
02:48England and Wales. Even though the high pressure is still in place, it does get
02:52pushed away towards the east pretty rapidly as we go towards the weekend.
02:56And weather fronts start toppling in. They'll bring some wetter and windier
02:59weather across the northwest. But another area of high pressure will still keep
03:03things largely dry across the south. For all things weather, you'll want to catch
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