Wednesday morning forecast 23/02/22
23 February - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.
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00:00Hello, welcome to your latest national weather forecast.
00:03The weather continues to keep us on our toes.
00:05And yes, the winds will be picking up once more
00:08during Wednesday.
00:10This weather front has been sinking its way southwards
00:12across the country on Tuesday.
00:14Another one follows, almost a repeat performance
00:17through Wednesday, but a couple of subtle differences.
00:20This one's slower and so lingers more
00:22across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
00:24The isobars are closer together, so it is going to be windier.
00:27This little kink in the isobars here
00:30is indicative of the winds bouncing over the Pennines.
00:32So we're a bit concerned about the gusts
00:34across parts of north-east England and south-east Scotland.
00:39Let's get back to Tuesday evening,
00:40however, because the winds are finally easing off.
00:44And the relatively calm conditions with clear skies
00:46will allow temperatures to fall, certainly
00:48across England and Wales.
00:49Maybe a touch of frost across north-east Scotland
00:52for a time before the cloud spills in across the far north
00:55once more, and the winds start to increase later here
00:59in the night.
00:59But as I say, temperatures will drop down
01:01with the clearer skies and the lighter winds.
01:04Enough of a breeze to stop too much of a frost,
01:06but certainly some pockets of frost,
01:07likely in the countryside across parts of England and Wales.
01:11So a chilly start, but actually a bright, fine start
01:14for much of the Midlands, eastern England,
01:16and southern England.
01:17More rain, though, to come from this next weather front
01:19across Scotland, and it only slowly
01:22drifts southwards through the central belt
01:24and across Northern Ireland during the morning.
01:26But once it arrives, it kind of lingers here.
01:28So quite a wet afternoon for central southern Scotland
01:31and Northern Ireland.
01:32It will be rain here, but over the hills further north,
01:35increasingly we're going to see some snow coming in.
01:38Across England and Wales, most of the day will be dry.
01:41We will see a scattering of showers
01:43for the Midlands, parts of southern England, and south
01:45Wales.
01:46We will see some sunny spells as well.
01:48But all the while, the wind's picking up.
01:50And as I said, we are a bit concerned about the winds
01:52coming over the Pennines and really increasing the gusts.
01:56So across the far north-east of England
01:57into southeast Scotland, we could see gusts of 50,
02:01possibly for a time even 60 miles an hour.
02:03And after recent storms, that could
02:05cause a bit of disruption.
02:07So we do have a yellow warning in place.
02:10Temperature-wise, well, still above average across the south.
02:12Obviously not feeling all that mild
02:14as the winds start to pick up.
02:16And the colder air is arriving behind this next cold front.
02:20And that's the next area for concern
02:23as we start to see the weather turning more and more wintry
02:25in the northwest.
02:26The snow showers coming down to increasingly lower levels
02:30as we go through the day.
02:31Rain bands sinking south across England and Wales,
02:34introducing that colder air.
02:36We do have another Met Office yellow warning
02:39in place for the snow showers through Wednesday afternoon,
02:42evening, and overnight.
02:44We could easily see 2 to 5 centimetres
02:46even at low levels in this yellow warning area,
02:49but maybe as much as 7 to 10 centimetres.
02:52And over hills, easily 20 to maybe 30 centimetres.
02:55Now, this is showers, so they're going to be hit and miss.
02:58Not everywhere in this yellow warning area
03:00is going to see these kind of amounts,
03:01but the kind of amounts that we certainly
03:03could see in any one location.
03:06And with these winds whipping up again,
03:08particularly for Northern Ireland and Western Scotland
03:10on the coasts, 60 maybe in exposed areas,
03:1370 miles an hour.
03:15So again, we could see some disruption for that
03:18after structures have been weakened,
03:19but also going to blow the snow around.
03:21So we are going to see blizzards.
03:23So some pretty horrible travelling conditions
03:26if you get caught in one of those heavy snow showers
03:28with those gusty winds.
03:29And that's through Wednesday night and well into Thursday
03:33because the wintry showers will keep going here.
03:36And maybe some for Northern England too.
03:38Mostly here, the snow will be over the hills,
03:40but we could see some down to lower levels.
03:42A few scattered rain showers across the south as well
03:45once that rain band has cleared away.
03:47But again, we will see some good spells of sunshine,
03:51but a cold wind.
03:52We're all in the proper cold air by Thursday.
03:55So temperatures below average for the time of year,
03:58certainly well below where they have been
03:59for most of this week.
04:01Add on the wind and it will feel even colder on Thursday,
04:05leading to a chilly night,
04:06but actually by and large,
04:07some fine weather around on Friday.
04:10Plenty still going on with the weather.
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