time for a look at the weather. we have some strong winds on the way for the uk but before that we have seen damp conditions for many of us and the worst of the rain is clearing eastwards followed by heavy showers, the heaviest across north east england and wales. showers, the heaviest across north-east england and wales. hefty downpours around. the winds are starting to turn north westerly dragging in coolerairand starting to turn north westerly dragging in cooler air and otherwise it isa dragging in cooler air and otherwise it is a mild afternoon. overnight we will continue with breezy weather and a few showers. some patchy cloud as well. it will not be the coldest of nights. we are going to see some big developments taking place in the atlantic. looking at the jet stream which makes our areas of low pressure, it is going to get strong over the next 2a hours, reaching winds of 180 miles per hour. an area of low pressure form is just here and start spinning around the north
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