Met Office Weather Feb 5
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00:00 Hello there, very good morning to you. It is a reasonably mild start to the new week
00:05 for many of us as we step outside. That's all due to our winds actually originating
00:09 from parts of North West Africa, circling around this area of high pressure and feeding
00:13 in those mild conditions for pretty much all areas away from the far north of Scotland.
00:17 There are a lot of isobars on the chart though you'll see, so those winds are going to be
00:21 fairly brisk. Some strong gusts of wind around, particularly for Northern Ireland, Central
00:25 Southern Scotland into Northern England as well. For Western Scotland though, the main
00:30 talking point of the weather is certainly going to be the rainfall that set itself up
00:33 yesterday. It has been persistent throughout Sunday night and will remain persistent and
00:37 occasionally heavy throughout Monday as well. A rain warning is in force and some localised
00:42 disruption is possible. Elsewhere there'll be some outbreaks of drizzle for Western areas,
00:46 some mist and murk around coastal areas. We could hold on to a few clearer sunnier spells
00:50 across Central Eastern areas, a bit more than the graphics may necessarily show here. And
00:55 with those southwesterly winds coming in, it is again going to be another reasonably
00:58 mild day, 11, 10 degrees Celsius, the top temperature for many of us. But just remember
01:04 the strength of those winds doesn't mean it will probably feel a touch colder when you
01:07 are outside. To the north of that rain band though, we hold on to the colder air with
01:12 a bit more of a polar influence. So three degrees Celsius, the top temperature for Lerwick.
01:17 And as the colder air reaches this rain band, we could see a touch of snow for the likes
01:22 of Caverness and Sutherland during the day. Into this evening and overnight though, it
01:26 will eventually turn drier for Western Scotland as the rain band pushes southwards. In return
01:32 though, that means it's going to turn wetter for Northern Ireland, Northern areas of England.
01:36 Reasonably drier further towards the south, but a cloudy, mild blustery night for much
01:41 of England and Wales. Again, with those southwesterly winds temperatures not dropping much below
01:46 nine or 10 degrees Celsius. They're actually temperatures we normally see during the day
01:50 at this point in the year. But as the rain band pushes southwards, we'll see northerly
01:54 winds pushing into areas of Scotland. So that colder air reaching more areas of the mainland
01:59 as we kick off Tuesday and a touch of frost is possible here. Throughout Tuesday, we will
02:05 essentially watch this rain band to slowly push its way further southwards with the cold
02:09 air digging in behind that there is potential for some mountain snow across Northern Ireland
02:13 into the Lake District, the Pennines and North York Moors as well. A touch of brightness
02:17 possible across the far southeast during the day, but the best of the sunshine will be
02:21 filtering its way in for Scotland as that rain eventually clears its way off. There's
02:25 northerly winds though filtering in some snow showers for the far north winds quite brisk
02:30 for the Northern Isles and gales around at times. Despite the sunshine though, temperatures
02:35 will be taking a bit of a tumble in the north, closer towards average for the time of year,
02:40 but certainly lower for Northern Ireland and central Scotland compared to what we have
02:44 seen on Sunday and Monday as well. But where we see those southwesterly winds still pushing
02:49 into the south, we hold on to the mild theme 13, 14, maybe even locally 15 degrees Celsius
02:54 in a few spots. Might not necessarily feel that mild though when you're stuck underneath
02:59 the most persistent cloud and rain. This rain band will continue to move its way southwards
03:04 as we head into Tuesday evening and overnight. So generally most areas seeing some brighter
03:09 skies develop for Wednesday with just a touch of cloud, potentially the milder air still
03:13 holding on in the very far south, but a bit more widely wet and windy for Thursday. And
03:19 depending on where that low pressure arrives into the cold air ahead of it, there is the
03:23 potential for some sleet and snow around for some of us and temperatures always generally
03:29 colder in the north where we see that colder air digging its way in potential for still
03:33 for some double digit figures towards the latter part of the week in the far south.
03:37 But we'll have plenty more updates on that on the full week ahead weather on our YouTube
03:41 channel. So make sure you are subscribing for that and we'll see you here again very
03:45 soon. Bye bye.
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