Met Office Thursday evening weather forecast 08/02/24

Met Office

08 February -  National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hi there. It's been a complicated weather picture across the UK as mild and wet Atlantic

00:06air moves north and comes up against cold Arctic air that we've had in place across

00:11the northern two-thirds of the UK. And what we've seen through Thursday is one band of

00:16rain moved north, turned to sleet and snow in places across Wales, northern England,

00:21northern Ireland and southern Scotland, and then another bout of rain moving into southern

00:25parts of England and south Wales. Weather continues to be a yellow rain warning because

00:29of the risk of further issues due to that heavy rain overnight and into the start of

00:34Friday. Now, we've got that mild air moving north and it is winning out and as a result

00:40the snow increasingly becoming confined to higher parts of northern England, peak district

00:46northwards really, rain almost entirely now across Wales and increasingly the snow also

00:51confined to hills across northern Ireland into southern Scotland through the night above

00:55150, 200 metres. But still, the scope for significant snow accumulations could cause

01:00some issues over the Antrim Mountains, the Sperrins, the Mournes as well as the South

01:05Pennines up into the southern uplands. And so mostly this is a hill snow feature but

01:10there could be some patchy snow at lower levels for parts of Scotland as the main band of

01:15precipitation moves north overnight before eventually the snow level rises by the start

01:21of Friday. And these are the kinds of amounts that could occur, so a couple of centimetres

01:26possible at lower levels initially before eventually above 300 metres most of that snow

01:30will be lying 8 to 10 centimetres possible in places and that could cause some impacts

01:36on the roads, for example first thing Friday. Otherwise, it's rain that will be the main

01:42talking point I think overnight across much of England and Wales away from higher parts

01:45of northern England. Initially a band of rain moving north and then followed on by blustery

01:50showers into Wales, southern and south-western England. Further north again to the north

01:56of this weather front we've got clear conditions across parts of western Scotland, cloudier

02:01further east and north with further wintry showers coming through, further accumulating

02:05snow for the far north and north-east of Scotland for example. Minus 2 Celsius here but 10 Celsius

02:11in the south first thing, although it's not going to feel very pleasant with the blustery

02:15showers moving through, merging to longer spells of rain to the south and south-west

02:19as well as south Wales for a time, some heavy downpours but also some drier interludes emerging

02:23as the day goes on. Meanwhile, the main band of rain, sleet and hill snow moves north again

02:28most of the snow settling over hills above 2 or 300 metres, could come down to lower

02:34levels for a time across eastern Scotland but as the day goes on it will mostly be hill

02:39snow and there will be some significant accumulations with temperatures here at 2 or 3 Celsius but

02:45further south the mild air really taking control, 12 or 13 in the far south and with

02:51some sunny spells coming through it's actually going to feel quite pleasant out of the breeze.

02:56Now later Friday we're going to see that snow building up significantly over higher parts

03:01of eastern Scotland as you can see, rain at lower levels certainly near the coast but

03:06snow over the hills and some really substantial accumulations, 20 centimetres above 300 metres,

03:13a few centimetres building up at lower levels and the further north you are across Scotland

03:18the lower that snow height will be. So potential for disruption increasingly further north

03:26as we go through Friday, the milder air affecting the rest of the UK, areas of cloud and showers,

03:32certainly some showery rain for Northern Ireland into southern Scotland, northern England as

03:36we go through Friday night into Saturday, some clear spells further south but further

03:41showers come along for Wales and the south west and once again significant temperature

03:45contrast close to freezing in the north and north east of Scotland but back to mid to

03:50high single figures elsewhere across the country. We start Saturday with some sunshine for England

03:55and Wales certainly through central and south eastern parts but further showers are moving

04:00in across Wales and the south west so never too far away from a shower towards the south

04:05west but the best chance of any sunny spells will be across northern and eastern England.

04:10Much of Scotland and Northern Ireland sees cloudy skies, outbreaks of rain and some hill

04:16snow for the north and north east of Scotland but that will ease as the day goes on and

04:20for many places it is relatively mild, 8 to 11 Celsius just clinging on to the cold air

04:26there in the far north of Scotland. Plenty going on but eventually the wintry stuff becomes

04:33confined to the north and then the far north with rain elsewhere but some brighter weather

04:39into the weekend as well.

Category

Transcript

Recommended