Heavy bands of rain will push in from the west today accompanied by some gusty winds. The heaviest and most persistent rain will be over western hills, with some very high accumulations in Wales through today. Later on it will turn a little brighter in Scotland and Northern Ireland, though still with some blustery showers. Still mild for the time of year, but feeling a little chilly in the wind and rain. Yellow and amber warnings for rain and wind are in effect for today. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 23/02/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Kathryn Chalk.
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00:00Good afternoon. Well, after a brief sign of spring yesterday, it's turned downhill once
00:05again with heavy spells of rain and strong winds. Taking a look at the latest satellite
00:10and radar imagery then, we can see this big swirl of cloud associated with this area of
00:15low pressure. And putting on the ice bars, you can see that real squeeze in the ice bars
00:20indicating some very strong winds and heavy spells of rain already moving through across
00:25western areas. So, through the rest of the afternoon, there are rain and wind warnings
00:30in force, so do take care if you're travelling. Heaviest and most persistent rain will be
00:34across western hills, so north-western England into Wales and south-west England. And later,
00:41we have an amber rain warning that comes into force across southern parts of Wales. We could
00:46see totals of 80 to possibly 100 millimetres, so this could lead to surface water flooding,
00:52river flooding, but also some difficult driving conditions and some disruption on the roads.
00:59Behind this band of rain though, it will turn a little bit brighter across parts of Northern
01:03Ireland and Scotland with sunny spells, but also some frequent blustery showers moving
01:08through. However, we still hold on to this south and south-westerly wind, drawing up
01:14mild air, so temperatures, even though 10 to 12 degrees, actually probably feeling pretty
01:20unpleasant underneath all this cloud and rain. So, as we go through Sunday evening,
01:26like I mentioned, do take care on the roads. There could be some difficult driving conditions
01:30out there and some disruption. This band of rain then gradually starts clearing its way
01:34eastwards, but lingering the longest across southern parts of Wales. Behind that, Northern
01:40Ireland seeing clear spells, likewise for parts of Scotland, with some showers moving
01:45through here. So, a little bit cooler across Northern Ireland and Scotland, but further
01:51towards England and Wales, generally temperatures holding up at around 8 or 9 degrees. So, a
01:56mild start to Monday morning, but a damp and dreary start out there, still with heavy spells
02:03of rain, but that band of rain will continue to move its way eastwards. Then it will turn
02:08drier behind that, with sunnier spells developing, but we'll also see some frequent showers moving
02:14in, especially across the southern parts of England, into London and East Anglia. But
02:19the most frequent and heaviest of those showers will be across Northern Ireland and parts
02:24of Scotland, where they could contain the odd rumble of thunder. But otherwise, the
02:30winds will ease for most of us tomorrow, so actually it should be feeling pleasant in
02:34the sunshine. We could see highs up to 12 to even 14 degrees in the south and east.
02:42So as we go through Monday evening, any showers across eastern areas will generally ease and
02:46clear, so a clear night to come here. But further towards the west, we'll start to see
02:50further showers moving through, still on the heavy side, and still holding on to some blustery
02:55winds across north-western parts of Scotland. That's all from me for now though, but do
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03:05warnings. I'll see you soon. Bye bye.