Met Office Friday Evening Weather Forecast 24/01/2025

24 January - national forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello, with the Republic of Ireland seeing its highest wind gust on record and for large

00:06parts of the UK seeing wind gusts in excess of 80, 90 miles an hour, it's little wonder

00:11that Storm Eowyn has brought widespread severe disruption as it's moved north-eastwards

00:16across the UK and Ireland. It is now pushing north, that means the worst is over for Northern

00:21Ireland, Central and Southern Scotland, but the winds will continue to pick up over the

00:24evening for Northern Scotland, still the risk of 70 to 80 mph wind gusts, perhaps 90 in

00:30exposed spots. Those winds do come down a little by the end of the night and certainly

00:33a much calmer night for England, Wales and Northern Ireland with clear spells. We'll

00:38see temperatures falling away, perhaps even a touch of frost and some icy patches out

00:43there. Yellow warnings in force for snow and ice with some wintry showers affecting Northern

00:47Ireland as the night progresses and also some icy patches likely for parts of England and

00:53Wales. But the windiest weather will remain across the north of Scotland, accompanied

00:58by frequent bands of rain and hill snow and that also could cause some issues first thing

01:05this weekend. But it is an improving picture through Saturday, indeed a beautiful start

01:10the day for much of England and Wales, clear blue skies, a crisp winter day to come, staying

01:15chilly but less windy compared with Friday. Scotland and Northern Ireland stay blustery,

01:20some sunshine for a time as the strongest winds move away from Scotland. We'll continue

01:25to see showers in the Northern Isles but eventually a drier interlude before this next system

01:31pushes into Northern Ireland by the middle of the afternoon. That's going to bring some

01:34lively showers, perhaps some thunder, hail and gusty winds with it as well. It's going

01:39to make it feel cold. Now that's going to work its way west, east across the UK on Saturday

01:47evening. Like I say, a lively spell of weather similar to Thursday's system where we saw

01:54some high wind gusts and some thunder. It's a brief spell of heavy rain as well but not

02:00on the scale of storm Eowyn and it's replaced by showers towards the west so I imagine that

02:06on Sunday morning again it will be chilly in places, perhaps a few icy patches here

02:11and there. The lowest temperatures will be towards the east under any clear spells but

02:15towards the south-west already we'll see a shield of medium and high cloud arriving

02:19ahead of the next system. Now, for eastern and northern parts of the country, a fine

02:26day until at least later in the afternoon, some hazy sunshine. But for much of Northern

02:32Ireland, central and southern England as well as Wales, we'll see a deterioration into the

02:37afternoon, a spell of wet weather moving in accompanied by strong winds, 60, perhaps 70

02:42mph wind gusts. Again, not anywhere near on the scale of storm Eowyn but certainly

02:48not welcome and likely to hamper recovery efforts so yellow warnings in force for that

02:54and as always I would urge you to check the very latest warnings and forecasts on the

02:59Met Office social media channels website and app. Milder air accompanies this and once

03:04it moves in, well, the start of next week brings yet more turbulent weather with heavy

03:09showers and gusty winds at times. Higher pressure is on the horizon but not until later

03:15next week. We'll keep you updated right here.