Met Office Wednesday Afternoon Weather Forecast 08/01/2024

08 January - national forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hi there, it's another cold day out there for all of us and there will be further snow

00:04in places. Northern and Western Scotland as well as parts of Northern Ireland will continue

00:10to see sleet and snow showers arriving from the north, rain around coasts of Northern

00:15Ireland but some centimetres building up inland from any of these snow showers. Likewise for

00:21Northern and Western Scotland the risk of icy patches out there and further snow showers

00:26with the build-up most notably over higher parts of Northern Scotland, a few more centimetres

00:31over the hills. For much of the northern two-thirds of the UK though it's a dry and bright crisp

00:37winter's day, plenty of sunshine for Northern England, Southern Scotland for example. A

00:42build-up of cloud across Wales, the Midlands and East Anglia and that's because we've got

00:46a system moving up from the south to bring an area of rain in from the Atlantic for southern

00:52counties of England and South Wales. But as that mixes with the cold air there's the

00:57chance of some sleet and snow in places. Especially for areas north of Exeter we're likely to

01:03see some snow as the winds become more north-easterly and bring that colder air back in. But it's

01:11one of those marginal situations where it will be a mixture of rain and sleet at lower

01:16levels and even any falling snow at lower levels may not settle everywhere. So perhaps

01:20a centimetre or two for lower parts of Southern England and South Wales could cause some disruption

01:26of course given that this is a busy part of the country with a lot of traffic through

01:30the M4 for example. But the largest snow totals are likely over higher ground, Salisbury Plain

01:36into Dartmoor Exmoor for example, five to ten centimetres. So yes, certainly something

01:43to watch out for if you've got travel plans during the rest of Wednesday, that mixture

01:48of rain, sleet and snow across southern parts of the UK. It's going to feel cold wherever

01:54you are and as that system continues during the evening temperatures will drop and surface

02:00temperatures likely to drop as well. So again adding to that risk around the rush hour of

02:05some snow disruption in places hence the yellow warning. It does pull away though and it turns

02:10drier and clearer across much of the UK overnight. That leads to a widespread frost, icy patches

02:16where we've seen precipitation and temperatures widely minus three to minus five Celsius minus

02:21double figures where we've got snow cover across northern parts of the country. So a

02:26very cold start to Thursday but a bright start for most. We've got further showers running

02:31into parts of Wales, northern Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland as well. Away from these

02:35showers, away from these clumps of cloud that are coming through on the north-northwest

02:39wind it's going to be a bright afternoon. Plenty of crisp winter sunshine, temperatures

02:44up to one to three Celsius in places staying below freezing I suspect over higher ground

02:50and where we've got snow cover. So that sets the scene going into Friday. We've got widely

02:55cold conditions, widespread frost and icy patches once again on Thursday night. But

03:00another Atlantic system is attempting to move in at this stage and this is another rain

03:06bearing system bringing milder air and on the leading edge of that we're likely to see

03:12some issues with snow and ice but it will be transient and it will be patchy in many

03:20places because behind that system we've got a rush of milder air returning for the weekend

03:25and that's going to lift temperatures throughout Saturday and Sunday initially in the west

03:31and then later on in the east so that it's a much milder start to next week. We'll keep

03:36you updated on all of that and you can follow those updates on our YouTube channel. Bye

03:40bye.