Met Office Weather 6th Jan: More cold weather on the way

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00:00Hello. The wintry weather will remain in place for much of this week. Met Office weather

00:05warnings remain in place and there are also many flood warnings from the Environment Agency

00:10also issued because of the wet weather we saw over the weekend. This area of cloud is

00:15an area of low pressure that is now heading out into the North Sea. But the isobars pretty

00:21closely packed across the UK. It's windy out there and that is a cold wind. The wet weather

00:26is retreating but still some snow mixed in over the hills of eastern England as it starts

00:30to pull away out into the North Sea and showers are following on across northern Scotland.

00:35Snow mixed in here and a mix of rain sleet and hail showers coming into Northern Ireland,

00:40Wales and South West England through the afternoon. Many places though turning drier and brighter

00:45at least through the day but even if you see the sun do not expect any warmth. These are

00:50the top temperatures 3, 4, 5 in many areas actually turning colder through the afternoon

00:54as the cold air pushes back in across East Anglia and the South East. And when you add

00:58on the wind well it feels colder still feeling much closer to freezing. So a chilly wind

01:05bringing in those showers which will get heavier again across northern Scotland through this

01:09evening and as temperatures tumble that could again lead to some very icy conditions. Met

01:14Office yellow warning in place here. Then we have to look at this little weather feature

01:18increasing amounts of showers coming into Northern Ireland. Rain perhaps at low levels

01:23but sleet and snow certainly likely here. Same goes for Wales and then South West England

01:27as the showers increase through the night. We could easily see quite a bit more snow

01:33in some locations but it's going to be very patchy. Mostly close to the coast it will

01:36be rain or sleet but inland we could easily see several more centimetres and same goes

01:41for South West England. And even if it is rain that falls it could well turn icy as

01:46those temperatures tumble away. We'll see some of those showers just drifting a little

01:50further inland as we head towards dawn as well. These are the overall temperatures.

01:54So again dipping down close to freezing or below even in towns and cities and well below

02:00in rural spots and feeling colder with that brisk wind particularly across northern Scotland

02:05where the ice and snow risk continues for most of Tuesday morning. Same goes for Northern

02:10Ireland and further showers coming into Wales and the South West of England. Again that

02:14mixture of rain sleet and snow making for some slippery conditions on the roads. Many

02:19places again across the Midlands and certainly much of Eastern and Southern England looking

02:24dry fine and sunny through much of Tuesday. But again it is going to be on the cold side.

02:29The wind still bringing the air down from the north. The wind's generally lighter in

02:34many places tomorrow so perhaps it won't feel quite as cold as today. But obviously when

02:38we've got these showers coming in temperatures are going to struggle somewhat and we're only

02:43looking at highs of four or five maybe six seven perhaps eight in the far South West

02:47late in the day. We do need to look down to the South West as things start to change

02:52as we go around the middle part of the week. Tuesday evening again we'll see that frost

02:56forming pretty rapidly. So wherever we've got showers whatever flavor those showers

03:00are hail sleet snow it could well turn icy. But notice down to the South West the cloud

03:06starting to thicken. There is a weather system looming out in the Atlantic an area of low

03:11pressure. Now that's got some pretty mild air with it. But we've got the cold air in

03:16place across the UK. And as these weather fronts approach they are going to bring the

03:21moisture. Bit of a question mark about exactly where this weather front sits. It could easily

03:25be a little further north than is shown here but it's going to bring that wet weather where

03:30it's the colder conditions across the south likely to generate some snowfall. But big

03:36question mark about how far north how far south it gets. Now there is a Met Office snow

03:41warning that has been issued because it could be further north but equally it could stay

03:46further south. We may not see much snow at all. It's just one to watch at this stage

03:51because if it is further north it could bring some heavier snow during Wednesday across

03:56the southern most counties of England. But I must stress at this stage it is far from

04:01guaranteed. It's just something we're keeping an eye on at the moment. So please do keep

04:05up to date with the latest weather forecasts. Keep up to date with all those weather weather

04:10warnings as well. You can do that on our website and of course on our app. And if you

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