High pressure continues to bring settled weather. For England and Wales, it will generally be dry with overcast skies, although there may be the occasional spells of rain in southern and eastern England. Meanwhile the skies will mostly be clear in Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland, leading to frost and dense fog patches developing as the temperatures drop below freezing. - This is the Met Office Weather forecast for the evening of 11/12/2024. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00Hello, very good evening to you. Through today, large chunks of the country have been stuck
00:05under quite a bit of cloud. Not everywhere, there has been some sunshine, especially across
00:09the north, but it has been quite a cloudy, settled picture because we have high pressure
00:15firmly across us. And this high pressure is going to continue to stick with us for a little
00:20while yet. So as we go through the rest of today, a lot of cloud still across the bulk
00:24of England and Wales, more cloud as well across parts of Northern Ireland, perhaps some clear
00:28breaks across the far northwest of both Wales and Northern Ireland. But on the whole, it
00:32is looking pretty cloudy for many. We're also going to see a bit of drizzly rain pushing
00:36its way in from the east in particular, maybe towards some southern coastal parts as well.
00:41And there could be some hill fog where the cloud is thick and low enough as well. The
00:45clearest skies through tonight will be across parts of Scotland. Here, we are likely to
00:50see quite a bit of clear skies. And as a result, temperatures could take quite a drop. Most
00:55places under the cloud, temperatures won't fall too much. But where we get the clear
00:58skies turning colder with some frost, in fact, across some parts of Scotland, temperatures
01:03could get into negative double figures. So fairly harsh frost. And as well as this, there's
01:08going to be some fog and freezing fog to watch out for as we go through tomorrow morning.
01:12Some of the fog patches across parts of Scotland could take quite a while to clear. In fact,
01:17they could linger through much of the day. And if you're stuck under the fog, it is going
01:21to feel really cold indeed. But otherwise, there's actually going to be, again, quite
01:25a bit of sunshine across parts of Scotland in particular. Also, glimmers of sunshine
01:29around some parts of Northern Ireland and perhaps some parts of England and Wales as
01:33we go through the afternoon. But really, for many, again, it is going to be largely cloudy.
01:38The difference being the fact that there'll be a bit more rain around. It doesn't look
01:42especially heavy, just some light drizzly rain starting off in the east but then pushing
01:47further west across many central and perhaps some western parts as we go through later
01:51on. I've already mentioned temperatures across
01:53parts of Scotland where you're stuck under that fog will really be quite low. But generally,
01:58they are a bit below average for the time of year, maybe a degree or so up compared
02:02to Wednesday. But nonetheless, a bit of a chilly feel despite the fact that the winds
02:06for most of us are pretty light, just a bit of a breeze towards the far south and perhaps
02:10towards the far north as well. As we go through later on tomorrow evening, it stays pretty
02:16similar. So a lot of cloud through Thursday night and into Friday. Further outbreaks of
02:20drizzly rain mainly across parts of England and Wales, some pushing into parts of Northern
02:25Ireland and Scotland as well. So a bit of rain arriving here after a largely dry couple
02:30of days. There will still be some clear skies around across parts of Northern Ireland, maybe
02:34towards the northeast of Scotland, but not as clear as compared to the previous night.
02:40And with that, then temperatures not dropping quite as low, but nonetheless, still a bit
02:43chilly for some where we see the clear skies. Otherwise, and with the cloud, temperatures
02:48really not dropping much at all, not much of a diurnal range to the difference between
02:51our daytime highs and our overnight mins. And that's not too surprising because of how
02:56thick the cloud is. So then Friday, similar to Thursday, really a lot of clouds and outbreaks
03:02of drizzly rain across many parts of England and Wales. All of it will have pushed a bit
03:06further north and westward. So across central eastern parts, it looks a bit drier, albeit
03:10it is still going to stay pretty cloudy. Later on, there is going to be a front pushing its
03:15way in from the northwest, and that's going to bring something a bit more persistent rain
03:18wise into parts of Scotland. And then it's gradually going to push its way southwards
03:22as we go through later Friday and into Saturday. We are going to see temperatures, while relatively
03:27similar to today, tomorrow, really a bit below average for the time of year. And all the
03:32time when you're stuck under that cloud, it's not going to feel particularly warm at all.
03:37It's going to feel pretty chilly as we go through later on and head towards the weekend.
03:41That front I mentioned towards the south does push its way southwards, but doesn't bring
03:44a huge amount of rain. It's another feature that comes in later on in the weekend as we
03:48go into Sunday that's bringing more unsettled weather. So we're going to see the winds strengthening
03:53through Sunday, particularly across northern parts, but everywhere turning windier for
03:57sure. And we're going to see some rain arriving. And so really, as we go into the beginning
04:01of next week, things definitely do look more unsettled with some strong winds and some
04:05heavy rains for most of us. We will, of course, be keeping you up to date with those. So do
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04:13I'll see you again soon. Bye bye.