A dry and bright start for central and southern England this morning with showers mostly along western and northern coasts. These showers will be heavy at times and will move southeastwards in the afternoon. - This is the Met Office Weather forecast for the morning 20/12/2024. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Honor Criswick.
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00:00Hello there, good morning. Only a few more days until the big day, but quite a lot of
00:04unsettled weather for the run up to Christmas, so it is worth keeping an eye on our website
00:09for any warnings as we head into the weekend. For today though, there should be lots of
00:13dry and bright weather across central and southern England, a few showers around western
00:17coasts at times, but a change is on its way as we start to see some outbreaks of rain
00:21slowly sink their way towards the southeast. This could be quite persistent, if not rather
00:25heavy at times too. Largely clearer to the north of this though, plenty of blustery showers
00:30feeding in around coasts of north-west Scotland, western parts of Northern Ireland, a few feeding
00:35inland at times and they could be heavy with some hail, perhaps some winteriness across
00:39hills over Scotland too. And temperatures largely a degree or two higher compared to
00:44Thursday, but it is going to be feeling chilly, particularly in those rather brisk north-westerly
00:49winds. Then through into the evening, we eventually say goodbye to the cloud and rain from the
00:54southeast. It turns settled for a time, but not for long as we then start to see further
00:59outbreaks of rain move their way in from the west. Once again, these could be quite persistent
01:03and heavy at times and it is going to turn rather blustery just to the north-west through
01:07the early hours of Saturday too. Once again, it is a fairly chilly night on offer, particularly
01:12in those brisk winds. Now as we head into the weekend, we've got an area of low pressure
01:18just to the north of the country that's sweeping in some frontal systems, leading us to a fairly
01:23unsettled weekend. And also it's creating a good squeeze in the isobar system, very
01:27strong winds at times, particularly across the north-west into Saturday and then more
01:31widespread across western coasts as we head into Sunday. But it is going to be largely
01:35breezy for all, particularly around those north-western areas where there is a risk
01:38of seeing some gales, if not some severe gales at times. And we do have multiple yellow wind
01:43warnings issued. So if you are travelling around for the Christmas period, it is worth
01:47keeping an eye on those. And it's going to be an unsettled start to the weekend too.
01:51Spikes of rain once again slowly sinking their way towards the south-east, could be
01:55heavy and persistent at times. They are remaining largely cloudy and damp across the south by
01:59the time we reach the afternoon. Once again, clearer to the north of this, but plenty of
02:03blustery showers. Once again, these heavy at times, falling as snow, mainly across hills
02:08in Scotland, but we may even see some wintry flurries to lower levels too. And these showers
02:12sometimes merging to bring some longer and heavy persistent spells of rain at times too,
02:17with that yellow wind warning out and through into Saturday and some weather warnings into
02:21Sunday too. So some very blustery conditions amongst these showers also. And it is turning
02:26largely mild for a time, particularly across the south where we see above average temperatures.
02:31But once again, it is going to be unsettled with plenty of blustery showers in the far
02:35north-west. So heading into the weekend, it is going to be unsettled. We are expecting
02:40some very strong winds at times. Multiple Met Office wind warnings already in force
02:44for the weekend. So do keep an eye on those if you are travelling around for the Christmas
02:48period into the weekend, as there is likely to be some disruption, particularly to travel.
02:53Otherwise, if you want more details on this weekend's weather, you can catch Aidan's video
02:58on YouTube. Otherwise, that's it from me. Bye-bye.