New Year’s Eve forecast 30/12/19

How’s the weather looking as the clock strikes midnight? Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern has the forecast for the New Year.

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00:00Hello, there has been plenty of weather to talk about during 2019 and I'm sure there'll

00:05be plenty more in 2020. But as we transition from one decade to the next, well, the weather

00:12is looking largely fine. There'll be a lot of dry weather across the country for New

00:16Year's Eve and New Year's Day, but there will be some low cloud drizzle and fog, especially

00:21for southern and western parts of the country. High pressure extends across the whole of

00:26Western Europe at the moment, keeping things settled. But this little feature, well, this

00:32is a very weak area of low pressure and it will keep some showers going for New Year's

00:37Eve itself into the south-west of England, mainly Cornwall, and it will extend an area

00:42of low cloud across Wales, southern and south-western parts of England. That cloud covering the

00:49hills and moors of the south-west, as well as the Welsh mountains. Milder in the south

00:54and south-west, seven or eight Celsius. There will be a few spots of drizzle where the

00:59low cloud is thickest, but otherwise it's largely dry. Eastern and northern England

01:04sees clear skies at first, but under those clear skies temperatures will fall away, frost

01:08forming in many places and some dense fog patches, especially for parts of Yorkshire

01:13to watch out for as we head into the evening. Further north and west, clear skies at first

01:19for Northern Ireland and Scotland, but low cloud creeps in during the evening itself.

01:23And again that will bring a few spots of rain and drizzle to western hills and coasts, along

01:28with a strengthening breeze there out to the far north-west into the Outer Hebrides. Again,

01:34chilly here where we've got only clear skies into the low single figures or a touch below

01:38freezing as the clock strikes midnight. However, for New Year's Eve it's worth emphasising

01:45plenty of fine and dry weather about. New Year's Day, if you're heading out, well, it's

01:50again looking largely settled. A lot of dry weather, but a lot more cloud compared to

01:56New Year's Eve, especially for northern Britain, where the cloud is thickest over western hills,

02:00for example. You couldn't rule out a few spots of drizzle. Temperatures a little lower compared

02:05to recent days. We're into the mid to high single figures by and large, and then the

02:09weather turns much more blustery overnight New Year's Day and into Thursday, especially

02:14in the northwest. Like I say, I'm sure there'll be plenty more weather to talk about into

02:18the 2020s. But for now, I just want to wish you a very happy New Year and stay up to date

02:24on social media for all the very latest. Bye bye.