Met Office Saturday evening weather forecast 04/01/2025

Met Office

4 January - National weather forecast presented by Greg Dewhurst.

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00:00Hello, there. Welcome to your latest MetOvis forecast. It remains very unsettled through

00:06tonight into Sunday across the U.K. as low pressure dominates this area, bumping into

00:11cold air, which is in place across the U.K., turning to snow, particularly across parts

00:15of Wales, northern England, and then pulls away and allows colder air to sink back south

00:19again with wintry showers as we head into Monday. So, an unsettled picture as we head

00:25through a Saturday evening. MetOvis warnings out for much of the country. Snow and ice

00:30across parts of Wales, the Midlands, East Anglia, up into northern England, particularly

00:33northern England could be disruptive as we head through this evening and overnight. Expect

00:38some travel disruption as well as the risk of power outages as well, especially as we

00:43head into Sunday morning. Amber warnings in force here. Up to 40 centimetres of snow possible

00:49across some higher ground. Even to lower levels, we could see 5 to 10 centimetres locally a

00:54bit more. But there will be some areas that will see rain and rain is the main feature

00:59as we head into the early hours across parts of Wales and southern parts of England. Any

01:04snow that fell during the day here will begin to melt as well. We could see the risk of

01:09some flooding. Wintry mix across northern Ireland and southern Scotland, while as much

01:14of central northern parts of Scotland, cold and icy here. Some wintry showers in the far

01:19north, temperatures falling below freezing. Minus 6 to minus 8 across the glens of Scotland

01:24once more for many temperatures around freezing. Just something a little less cold across the

01:30far south and southwest. So, a very unsettled start to Sunday. Disruptive snow as I mentioned

01:36across southern Scotland, northern England in particular. This continues through the

01:40day. So, do stay tuned to the MetOvis warnings and forecast as the situation adapts and changes

01:47throughout. Further rain, which will be heavy across Wales, but a little drier across parts

01:52of the Midlands, central southern England with some showers here. Quite brisk winds

01:57developing. A mixture of rain, sleet and snow for parts of northern Ireland initially, but

02:02trying to become a bit drier across the west and also that reflected across the Highlands

02:09as well with some sunny spells, wintry showers. But further snow across the Moray Firth down

02:13eastern and southern parts of Scotland as well. Icy stretches too. And temperatures

02:19at a large contrast across the UK to the south of this weather front. Temperatures reaching

02:23double figures, 12 to 13 Celsius. Under the snow and rain, 3 or 4 degrees at best. Most

02:29places though, struggling to get much above freezing and temperatures in the glens of

02:34Scotland remaining below freezing for much of the day. As we head into the evening time

02:39on Sunday, this weather system slowly starts to push its way eastwards. Further snow for

02:43a time across northern England, but then turning more showery as we head into the early hours.

02:48This rain band pushes into south-east England, the back edge over the higher ground. We could

02:53see some sleet and snow returning here. Elsewhere, clear spells developing, some wintry showers

02:58in that northerly flow. So expect further icy stretches and temperatures. Again, Townsend

03:04cities close to freezing. In the countryside, Northern Ireland, Scotland below freezing.

03:09Some icy stretches to start Monday morning. A wet start across the south-east, a risk

03:13of some hill snow for a time before this system pulls away. Further wintry showers then pulling

03:19their way southwards through the day on Monday. Some sunny spells in between. Any mild air

03:24that held on across southern counties of England and Wales through the weekend then pulls away

03:30and it's a much colder feeling day here. Temperatures 5 to 8 degrees at best and further

03:34north 3 or 4 degrees in any bright or sunny spells. Again, a few places staying below

03:39freezing all day and that strong northerly breeze continuing. So it is worth staying

03:45up to date with the Met Office forecast through the rest of the weekend into the beginning

03:50of next week. Met Office warnings in place for many areas and they'll continually be

03:54updated as the situation changes. See you again soon.

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