Met Office Monday afternoon weather forecast 20/01/2025

20 January -  National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern

Transcript

00:00Hi there, three zones of weather across the UK through the rest of Monday as a cold front

00:06bisects the country and that's going to give a lot of cloud through Northern England, North

00:11Wales, some outbreaks of drizzly rain. To the south of that, again, a lot of low cloud,

00:16a few spots of rain and drizzle but some brighter spells possible at times as well. Brighter

00:20skies emerging for Scotland and Northern Ireland, some decent sunshine for the north-east of

00:24Scotland but showers moving into the west and north-west along with a blustery breeze.

00:30It's still relatively mild across the north-west, 9 Celsius, a little milder further south as

00:36well compared with recent days but the south-east still 4 or 5 Celsius, a little below average

00:41for the time of year. Now, overnight, we're going to see that front basically stall across

00:45central parts of the country. Again, outbreaks of rain and drizzle for North Wales, north

00:50Midlands into Northern England on and off throughout much of the night. Showery rain

00:54pushing into the north and west of Scotland but where we do get some clear spells in Scotland

01:00and Northern Ireland, temperatures will fall close to freezing, perhaps a few patches of

01:04ice and frost and fog. There'll also be some fog in the south and quite dense as we start

01:11off Tuesday so potentially some poor visibility but that's going to tend to lift through the

01:16morning. Various amounts of cloud floating about but also some brighter spells. Likewise,

01:21Scotland and Northern Ireland see some sunny spells but also some showers moving into the

01:25north-west on a blustery breeze but we've still got that zone of cloud and outbreaks

01:30of drizzly rain through North Wales, Northern England and the north Midlands. Temperatures

01:34typically at 5 to 8 Celsius, perhaps a little higher or a little lower in one or two spots

01:39but that's the general feeling for Tuesday. Now, into Tuesday night, we're going to see

01:45that front eventually fizzle away and move south-eastwards and it's going to then turn

01:51much, much different later in the week because of what's happening across North America.

01:56You might have seen it on the news that the presidential inauguration has been moved indoors

02:00because of the cold weather and this is exceptionally cold weather that's spreading south across

02:05much of Canada and the US central-eastern areas most impacted during Monday. But it's

02:11also going to feed into, well, the more general northern hemisphere weather pattern courtesy

02:17of the jet stream. That cold outbreak clashing with milder air further south will strengthen

02:22the jet stream and that strong jet stream, 250 miles or so, will develop this area of

02:28low pressure which is going to head our way for the end of the week and as you can see

02:32it's likely to bring very tight isobars, especially to Western Scotland and Northern Ireland.

02:38So we'll keep you updated on how that's going to play out over the next few days. You can

02:42follow those updates on our YouTube channel as always or check the very latest on the

02:47Met Office website and app. Bye-bye.