Wednesday afternoon forecast 12/01/2022

12 January - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin

Transcript

00:00Sunshine has been in short supply for most of us so far this winter, so enjoy

00:05today because for many it is a sparkling day of blue sky. Not everywhere though

00:09there is quite a little cloud across northwest England, western Scotland and

00:13Northern Ireland and tonight, as is often the case in the winter months with clear

00:17skies, we are going to see some fog and frost patches. Here's the bigger picture

00:21you can see largely clear skies to the south, cloudier conditions further north.

00:26The clearest skies closest to the area of high pressure which is dominating on

00:30weather fronts trickling away to the southeast, another one way up to the

00:34north. That one will bring perhaps a bit more cloud across the Northern Isles, a

00:37little bit of patchy rain possible here and certainly the cloud spilling in on a

00:41brisk westerly winds across western Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of

00:46northwest England. So quite windy across the far north but further south the

00:50winds are light and there's plenty of sunshine. Temperatures, well broadly

00:55speaking, similar across the board but some of the highest temperatures are

00:58likely to be across the eastern side of Scotland with that strong westerly wind

01:03as it goes over the mountains, things tend to warm up on the lee side. So 12

01:08maybe 13 Celsius in Aberdeenshire, generally speaking 7, 8, 9 degrees should

01:13cover it. Those temperatures will fall quite quickly this evening with the

01:16clear skies across the south, frost forming in rural areas before midnight.

01:21Meanwhile we'll keep a stiff breeze blowing across the north and a lot of

01:24cloud here but apart from a bit of drizzle at times over the Northern Isles

01:28and the Highlands it's a dry night. We will though see fog patches forming

01:33across the south, particularly central and southern parts of England and

01:36temperatures likely here to drop below freezing by dawn even in urban areas but

01:41further north the cloud and the breeze should prevent too much frost. So a bit

01:46of a north-south split again with Thursday's weather, the south starting

01:49with some dense fog patches, just be aware of those for the morning commutes

01:53but they should clear, the frost will disappear and then for much of the south

01:57it's another day of sunshine. Further north generally bright conditions, some

02:01sunshine at times but thick cloud persisting over the Western Isles and

02:05the Highlands of Scotland and staying fairly breezy here too but again that's

02:09where we'll see the top temperatures 10, 11 maybe 12 Celsius. Further south

02:13temperatures struggling a little bit more 6, 7, 8 Celsius but perhaps up to

02:17double figures in the far southwest. Thursday evening again there's clear

02:21skies across the south will allow some frost to form and some fog patches as

02:25well, a bit more in the way of rain moving into the Northern Isles at this stage

02:29from a weak weather front but high pressure continuing to dominate for most

02:33of us as we head into the weekend. It does tend to shrink away a little bit to

02:38the east which will eventually allow weather fronts to bring a few showers in

02:42perhaps during the second half of the weekend but for most places through the

02:46rest of this week and even into the weekend staying lightly dry, continued

02:49likelihood of fog and patches of frost. Keep up to date with everything from the

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