Met Office Saturday afternoon weather forecast 11/01/2025

11 January - National weather forecast presented by Jonathan Vautrey.

Transcript

00:00Hello there. It certainly has been a very cold start to the weekend. In fact, we've

00:05reported our coldest morning in four years, with close to minus 19 degrees Celsius reported

00:12in the north of Scotland. It's been a very frosty start to the day across England and

00:16Wales as well, but actually for Northern Ireland, the coldest temperature this morning was a

00:21very balmy 1.1 degrees Celsius at Armagh. Here we're starting to see milder air push

00:28its way in from the west in association with an occluded front. It is making very slow

00:33progress so the cold air is going to remain across many other areas underneath this area

00:37of high pressure. But this occluded front in the west is starting to bring more in the

00:41way of cloud for south-west England and Wales into north-west as well. We will see some

00:46patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle. It might also produce some hill snow in places.

00:50Further towards the east, a much sunnier day here, but some of us could see freezing fog

00:54patches lingering throughout the day. If you do see that fog persist, temperatures

00:59will struggle to climb much above freezing. The fog will also reform and become quite

01:04dense in places this evening and overnight, particularly through the Vale of York down

01:08towards East Anglia, but also Northern Ireland has the potential to see some quite widespread

01:12fog overnight. The cloud in the middle will produce some patchy drizzle in places. That

01:17could lead to some frosty and icy conditions, particularly where that's falling on frozen

01:23surfaces. In the east, it is going to be another very cold night, a widespread frost

01:27developing, not as cold as the one we've just seen, but certainly still sub-freezing for

01:32many. A contrast though in the west, once again, that milder air that's slowly moving

01:36its way in will help to keep temperatures on the positive side of the temperature scale

01:41first thing on Sunday. If you are stepping out in the morning, it is again worth remembering

01:45that those fog patches will be in place, so some tricky travelling conditions are possible

01:50around. The fog patches will slowly lift throughout the day, quickest in the northwest

01:55where we start to see the winds pick up, particularly into the afternoon and the evening. We could

01:59start to see some gales across the Outer Hebrides as some outbreaks of rain arrive here. Generally

02:04a calmer day for England and Wales, some sunshine around at times once that fog does eventually

02:08clear its way off. The temperatures in the south and east are still struggling, 3-4 degrees

02:14Celsius as your top temperatures here, but that milder air in the northwest allowing

02:19for 8 degrees Celsius. This milder air will continue to push its way in as we head into

02:25the new working week and very slowly push its way further towards the south, east and

02:30well. So as we do head towards Monday and particularly into the middle part of the week,

02:35temperatures will be rebounding closer towards average for the time of year. We will be losing

02:39many of those frosty nights, but particularly in the north, temperatures are going to be

02:43well above average for the time of year with double digit figures across Scotland and Northern

02:48Ireland. We'll have plenty more updates on what you can expect for the new week of course,

02:52so do stay up to date on the YouTube channel and across our social media sites. We'll see

02:56you again here very soon. Bye bye.