Grey and gloomy for much of the UK during the rest of today, with the best of sunshine across parts of eastern Scotland where temperatures won't be much above freezing. The thickest cloud with hill fog and patchy rain will be in eastern Wales, Midlands and parts of southern England. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 12/12/2024. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hi there. Grey and gloomy for much of the UK during the rest of the day and increasingly
00:07so in fact across many areas into Friday. The best chance of some sunshine will again
00:14be across parts of Scotland but even here there is a bit more cloud compared with recent
00:18days and one or two spots of rain as well. But the greyest skies, the mistiest conditions
00:24will be through East Wales, the Midlands, parts of the South, East and Northern England.
00:29Hill fog, patchy light rain and drizzle, some showery rain as well for the far South West
00:35with a brisk breeze here. But all in all for most it's a cloudy day. The rain won't be
00:41particularly heavy but in some places it will be persistently damp and as a result it's
00:45not going to feel very pleasant even if temperatures do rise up to 8 or 9 Celsius. Meanwhile it's
00:50been a chilly start to the day for Scotland and in some spots temperatures won't rise
00:55much above freezing. That's where the brightest skies will be nevertheless and as we go into
01:00the evening we'll keep some holes in the cloud across Central and Northern Scotland as a
01:05result still the potential for an overnight frost and temperatures dipping to minus 3
01:10to minus 6 Celsius. But it's going to be much more localised through parts of the Grampians
01:14into North East Scotland for example. Otherwise for the North and West of Scotland a thicker
01:19cloud and some light outbreaks of rain. A few holes in the cloud for Northern Ireland
01:23there. West Wales for example, the South West where we get some holes in the cloud further
01:28South 1 or 2 Celsius as we start the day. But for many we keep the sheet of cloud and
01:33we keep temperatures of 5 or 6 Celsius and we also keep some light rain and drizzle as
01:38well as mist to begin things on Friday. So another gloomy start to the day and for the
01:42vast majority it's a cloudy day I suspect. But there will be some breaks in the cloud,
01:47some brighter interludes for parts of Northern Ireland, North East Scotland for example.
01:52The North West of Scotland sees some heavier rain, more persistent rain moving in as the
01:56weather front pushes through during Friday afternoon. Some clearer spells coming on a
02:01brisk North Westerly breeze later in the day albeit with 1 or 2 showers. But for the vast
02:06majority it's a similar picture. It's cloudy, it's misty, it's gloomy and it's drizzly.
02:136, 7, 8 Celsius in the South and in fact across parts of Scotland it's going to be
02:19less chilly but cloudier compared with recent days. Now the front I mentioned is going to
02:25sink its way South Eastwards across Scotland and Northern Ireland on Friday night but it
02:29does tend to fizzle away, it turns to an area of showers. And we've got clear spells and
02:34showers returning to the North West of Scotland. Under those clear spells could be a touch
02:38of frost on Friday night but otherwise for most of the UK it's a cloudy start to the
02:43weekend. The front comes South and fizzles away as it runs into high pressure. This next
02:50high builds into the South but it's going to be sufficiently far South to allow Westerlies
02:55across much of the UK and that means increasingly wet weather across Northern areas, especially
03:02Western Scotland with some significant rain totals building up from Sunday for a few days.
03:08And so we're also going to see strong winds with particularly gusty winds for the North
03:12East of the UK. So Westerlies return through the weekend. It's going to turn more changeable
03:18with the most unsettled weather in the North. It's also going to turn much, much milder.
03:23We'll keep you updated right here on YouTube. Bye bye.