Friday morning forecast 04/02/22

04 February – National weather forecast presented by Clare Nasir.

Transcript

00:00Hello there. Friday is looking much colder than last few days, with the risk of ice,

00:05particularly early on, courtesy of some snow showers. First of all though, let me take

00:10you through the bigger picture. This is the cold front which delineates the milder air

00:14towards the south east, the colder conditions further north and west. An ice warning in

00:19place through the early hours into Friday morning as those snow showers move in. And

00:23this cold front here will actually produce some quite heavy rain just for a time before

00:28it clears the south east on Friday morning and then much of the UK bathed in that colder,

00:34clearer air. So let's backtrack to Thursday evening. Rain pushes down towards England

00:39and Wales. Now on the back edge of the rain, as that cold air digs in, you could see a

00:42transient spell of sleet and snow just for a time. And certainly the risk of ice across

00:47the north and the west with those snow showers moving in on a cold, blustery wind. So a bitterly

00:52cold start to the day come Friday morning. Watch out for icy stretches on untreated roads.

00:58Now through the morning into the afternoon, that rain clears towards the south east. Some

01:01clearer and brighter weather, but the wind will be pretty relentless everywhere, particularly

01:05across the north and the west of the country where those showers will continue. Wintry

01:08over the higher ground, certainly some snow at lower levels along the coast, a mix of

01:12rain and hail with the risk of thunder. Here's your bigger picture through Saturday. Some

01:17milder air slowly wafts across more northern areas with more clouds and outbreaks of rain

01:21sinking down towards the south on Sunday where we will see some patchy rain. The air then

01:26turns colder, a cold wind across the north and also the risk of some wintry showers through

01:30the day on Sunday. Some brighter weather here as well before things turn slightly milder

01:35into the beginning of the working week. Bye bye.