Tuesday morning forecast 29/03/22

29th March - National weather forecast, presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello, and welcome to the latest weather from the Met Office. Much colder weather is on

00:06the way and in places there will be snow by the middle of the week. But rain is going

00:12to make an appearance during Monday night. One area of rain pushing up from the Channel

00:16to affect southern counties of England. Some heavy bursts with this later on. Another area

00:21of rain pushing south across the Northern Isles. That's a cold front and that's going

00:26to be an important feature during the next few days as it sweeps south across the country.

00:31Shetland already in the Arctic air, but for the rest of the country, well the air is coming

00:36in from the east. And as a result it's bringing some low cloud mist and fog with it. Temperatures

00:41by dawn 5 to 9 Celsius, but a grey start, a gloomy start for many, particularly central

00:47eastern England and for eastern parts of Scotland. Here are the two areas of rain though, either

00:53side of the country, so the far north and the far south. This area in the south of

00:58England tends to peter out by the afternoon and drift into the Channel. And this area

01:03across Scotland, mixing with cold air, could bring some seat and snow over the higher ground.

01:07But that's again a fairly weak feature. To the north of it though, much colder air arrives,

01:135 to 7 degrees in the far north of Scotland, whilst temperatures stay above average further

01:18south. Although not as high as they have been, with a lot more cloud cover than we've been

01:23used to recently. And a few showers breaking out for southwest Scotland, parts of central

01:27England into Wales. Now, by Tuesday night, here's the cold front. It becomes an increasingly

01:34important feature as it potentially reactivates and mixes with the cold air to bring some

01:41snowfall to places by Wednesday and Thursday. But for the start of Tuesday night, we're

01:49going to see a lot of cloud cover, some low cloud, mist and fog again in places. And here's

01:54the cold front. You can see some snow on it over the Pennines, rain mainly at lower levels.

01:59It's slowly sinking south, but it's dividing the country in two. A frosty start for Scotland,

02:04for parts of the far north of England behind the front, but milder further south, albeit

02:09with a lot of cloud cover and a few bits of showery rain in places. So, a grey start for

02:14England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and here are the outbreaks of rain associated with

02:18the cold front. Some sleet and snow as it crosses, say, the Peak District, Snowdonia

02:23as well. Showers breaking out to the south, across south Wales, southwest England, some

02:28pokey downpours here. A lot of cloud around the cold front. Brighter skies further north,

02:33but much colder air. A strong wind blowing wintry showers into the far north of Scotland,

02:37a mixture of sleet, snow and hail around coasts and some snow making their way inland as well.

02:43But some brightness there for central Scotland. However, it will feel much colder compared

02:47to recent days, 5 to 7 degrees in the north, 11 or 12 further south, and it will be increasingly

02:55cold in the south as well as that front comes southwards. More on that in the Met Office

03:02week ahead forecast, which can be found on YouTube. But for now, that's all for me. Bye-bye.