Wet and windy across northern parts of Scotland, the rain becoming less persistent overnight. Increasing amounts of cloud from the west more widely will bring in milder temperatures. – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 01/02/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00 Hello again, very good evening to you. It is going to turn largely cloudy but also
00:04 milder as we go through the end of the week. That's because we have an area of
00:08 high pressure to the south of the UK and this high is then dragging in our air
00:12 from the southwest which is a mild direction. As well as this though we do
00:17 have a weather system across northern parts that's brought a significant amount
00:21 of rain already today and will continue to bring some wet and windy weather
00:24 through the end of the day across northern parts of Scotland before the
00:27 more persistent rain clears away towards the east overnight. Behind it then
00:32 increasing amounts of cloud pushing in from the west as we go through the night.
00:36 Ahead of that some clearer skies likely across the southeast to start the night
00:40 which means we could see a touch of frost at first but as the cloud feeds in
00:45 from the west we're going to see our temperatures rising. We're also going to
00:49 see some outbreaks of drizzly rain mainly towards western parts perhaps
00:53 something a little bit more persistent pushing into the far northwest of
00:56 Scotland. Like I said temperatures are rising as we go through the night so by
01:00 the time many of us wake up on Friday morning it's going to be pretty mild
01:04 some places in double figures by 5 or 6 a.m. As we go through Friday itself then
01:09 a cloudy picture for many of us much cloudier than today for most though some
01:14 brightness perhaps towards more eastern parts at times. That cloud then is going
01:18 to be a little bit low at times could be some dank drizzly conditions, outbreaks
01:23 of drizzly rain particularly over higher ground towards the west perhaps a few
01:26 spots of rain making their way further eastwards. A spell of more persistent
01:30 rain then pushes its way southwards across parts of Scotland later into
01:34 northern England and Northern Ireland perhaps but then something a little bit
01:38 clearer starts to follow in behind could see some sunnier skies developing across
01:43 some parts of Scotland with some more showery outbreaks of rain developing as
01:47 we go through the afternoon. Like I said we have got milder air pushing its way
01:52 in so temperatures are going to rise they're going to be significantly above
01:55 average for the time of year. We're looking at highs of around 14 or 15
01:59 Celsius towards the east that's where it's likely to be warmest but we do
02:03 always need to factor in that there are going to be some strong winds we're
02:07 talking 50 to 60 mile per hour gusts and exposed spots towards the west and also
02:11 some lee gustiness so as those winds bounce over the hills and the mountains
02:15 we could have some strong winds in association with that as well so some
02:19 blustery weather to watch out for on Friday. Later on Friday we do see a
02:24 frontal system brings showery outbreaks of rain initially across Scotland and
02:27 Northern Ireland pushing its way southwards overnight so bringing a spell
02:31 of perhaps slightly more persistent rain to parts of Wales through the early
02:35 hours and a bit more cloud across southern parts as we go through the
02:38 night too. Could stay largely dry but a few spots of rain are possible. Further
02:43 north and we will see some clearer spells developing also a scattering of
02:47 showers but some dry clearer weather for a time. We're also going to have a bit of
02:51 a north-south split when it comes to our temperatures as we go through Friday
02:55 night. Staying mild in the south most places staying in double figures but
02:59 further north a little bit chillier a much chillier start on Saturday morning
03:03 here than it will be on Friday morning. We keep with that north-south split as
03:07 we go through much of Saturday so quite a cloudy picture across many southern
03:11 areas and there will be some outbreaks of rain mainly towards the west some
03:15 eastern parts staying mostly dry. Something a bit brighter further north
03:19 across northern parts of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland so some
03:23 sunny spells at times but also quite a few showers particularly across parts of
03:27 Scotland. Some of them could be a little bit heavy and I am expecting a bit of
03:31 sleet or snow over the highest ground as well. Still blustery windy so
03:36 sticking with those gusts of 50 perhaps even 60 miles per hour in exposed
03:40 spots that will add to the chilly feel in the north. Meanwhile further south
03:44 it's staying mild temperatures still well into double figures highs around
03:49 13 possibly even 14 Celsius. As we look ahead towards Sunday and the frontal
03:55 system that pushes its way southwards into Saturday does then feed back
03:58 further northwards so on Sunday it looks like the wettest weather will be across
04:02 more northern parts and that's the theme into Monday as well before that feature
04:06 then starts to push its way southwards again as we go through Monday. For more
04:10 information about the weekend's weather you can check out our video on YouTube
04:14 Otherwise, I'll see you again soon. Bye. Bye