Monday afternoon forecast 14/02/22
14 February - National forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hello, and welcome to the latest update from the Met Office. Two bouts of serious weather
00:05later this week. Two storms have been named by the Met Office. Storm Dudley initially
00:10bringing winds that warrant an amber warning at this stage and Friday's storm, Storm Eunice
00:16also posing a considerable risk for the end of the week. Initially, Storm Dudley will
00:21be picked up by a very powerful jet stream and that jet stream is going to throw us numerous
00:26bouts of wind and rain this week but Storm Dudley is the initial storm that's going
00:30to push in on Wednesday night and bring the strongest winds to the northern half of the
00:34UK overnight and into the start of Thursday. Then, something that doesn't appear until
00:40Thursday on the pressure chart, Storm Eunice deepens rapidly as it approaches the southern
00:45half of the UK this time on Friday morning and that again is likely to bring some impact,
00:51some disruptive winds in places and perhaps even on the northern flank some disruptive
00:56snow. So, an awful lot going on this week and the weather stays unsettled throughout
01:01the week but first at least the wind's not quite as disruptive. Still a breezy day to
01:06come on Monday, some strong gusts across the northern west of Scotland in particular, showers
01:11here and to the west of England as well as Wales but more persistent rain only slowly
01:17clearing northern and eastern England as the afternoon goes on, feeling cold under
01:21that wind, 10 Celsius possible in the far south, 7s, 8s elsewhere. Into Monday evening
01:28the rain eventually clears off from the east of England, something a little clearer and
01:33drier for a time, one or two showers still going across northern England, southern Scotland
01:37but for many, clearing skies for the first half of Monday night so a touch of frost is
01:43possible at first but by the end of the night the next bout of rain arrives into western
01:48areas, that falling of snow above 400 metres for northern England, southern Scotland, above
01:52300 metres for central and northern Scotland and some accumulations over those hills and
01:57mountains with some heavy and persistent rain to wake up to for western England and Wales,
02:03northern England as well as Scotland also. But in Scotland, northern Ireland, northern
02:08England the rain clears to showers early on whilst it continues for some time into the
02:12afternoon for southern counties of England, only slowly easing by the end of the day in
02:16the far south east. Otherwise something a little drier and brighter for a time on Tuesday
02:21afternoon for many and temperatures not far from average in the north, 10 or 11 in the
02:27south. Then the next bout of rain starts to push in from the west so numerous areas of
02:34low pressure and numerous weather fronts to watch out for this week. This spell of rain
02:39bringing a wet night to many on Tuesday night into the start of Wednesday. This isn't Storm
02:45Dudley, it's ahead of Storm Dudley which by this stage is powering across the Atlantic
02:50and set to arrive towards the end of Wednesday and you can see it there making its track
02:56across northern parts of the UK. The ice bars really tighten on Wednesday night especially
03:02around midnight and into the early hours of Thursday and so a yellow warning has been
03:07issued for the northern half of the UK, that's where wind gusts could be disruptive, 60,
03:1270 mph wind gusts in places. But an amber warning in force for central and southern
03:16Scotland, the far north of northern Ireland, northern England as well where there's the
03:20risk of 80 mph wind gusts in places and for some of the more exposed spots even the risk
03:24of 90 mph wind gusts. So some seriously disruptive winds in places, that's why there's an amber
03:29warning and Storm Dudley has been named. But we're also closely monitoring this low coming
03:35at the end of the week, deepening rapidly on its approach to southern parts of the UK
03:39and also likely to bring disruptive wind and on its northern flank disruptive snow. Yellow
03:45wind warning in force for large parts of the UK, the focus at the moment looks to be southern
03:50areas but we'll firm up on the track and depth of that low for the next few days. It does
03:55look like 80 mph wind gusts are possible in some of the more exposed spots so we'll keep
04:01a close eye on that. And of course you can keep up to date with all the updates from
04:06the Met Office and we'll keep you informed on social media. Bye bye.