Wednesday afternoon forecast 26/01/22
26th January - National weather forecast, presented by Alex Deakin.
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00:00Hello again, dry and cloudy sums up the weather for most of us again today, but
00:05overall it's a little brighter. A few more places seeing a little bit more in
00:09the way of sunshine, but it's also not completely dry because these sort of
00:13weather fronts are moving in bringing somewhat wet weather to the northwest.
00:16But for one more day at least, high pressure dominating the weather across
00:20the southern half of the UK. As this load arrives though it is intensifying so the
00:24weather fronts will bring some rain, but also we're going to see some strong winds
00:28tonight across the far north of Scotland. In fact the winds picking up as the rain
00:32pushes in turning soggy across the Highlands and the Western Isles. A bit of
00:35patchy rain spreading across Northern Ireland and into the central belt too.
00:39But certainly further south and east it's generally dry and it is a bit
00:43brighter compared to recent days. We've seen some sunshine over parts of eastern
00:46England and brightening up at times further south as well. And it's not as
00:50cold either, I mean where it's staying glum temperatures will struggle a little
00:53bit, but generally it is a bit milder than recent days with temperatures close
00:58to average and a little bit higher across the far north. But it is windy
01:02here. Now those winds do need watching because they're going to pep up further
01:06overnight tonight as the rain band sinks south so it will turn wet across Northern
01:11Ireland, southern Scotland for a time. That rain eventually arriving across
01:14Northern England and North Wales. But it's through the early hours where the winds
01:18are going to get very lively. There's a Met Office yellow warning in place
01:21across Orkney and the far north of the mainland. Those winds likely to reach 65,
01:2670 miles an hour, possibly even a little bit more for a time and that could cause
01:31some disruption. Certainly some ferries are likely to be affected by those gusty
01:35winds overnight. Generally the wet weather will continue to track
01:40southwards but peter out as it does so. But perhaps turning up in South Wales
01:43and the Midlands through the course of the night as we head into Thursday
01:47morning. At the same time the winds will generally start to ease a little bit.
01:51Temperatures will hold up either because of the breeze or because of the cloud so
01:56we're a few degrees above freezing to start Thursday. But that wind is going to
02:00make it feel cold in the northeast and here there will be some showers packing
02:05in which may have a wintry flavor at times over the hills. There'll be a dull
02:09damp soggy start really for South Wales and parts of southwest England on
02:13Thursday morning. The rain tending to peter out though and for many it'll
02:17brighten up quite nicely I suspect and we'll see some good spells of sunshine
02:21across the country by Thursday afternoon. A fresh cold wind across the northeast
02:26and temperatures here struggling a little bit particularly when you add on
02:29that wind. But elsewhere temperatures quite a bit higher than they have been
02:33certainly across the south with some sunshine it'll feel very different.
02:37Highs there of 11 in Birmingham and even Glasgow to 9 Celsius in the sunny spells
02:42but just 5 to 7 across the northeast where there will be that cold wind
02:46blowing. That'll continue to ease down on Thursday evening we might keep some
02:50cloud close to the far southwest of England but for most Thursday evening is
02:55going to see clear skies and those winds easing down which means we'll see a
03:00pretty cold start to Friday. So the weather's chopping and changing a lot
03:03more through the rest of this week. High pressure in control through most of
03:07Friday but weather fronts then coming into the north on Friday night and
03:11Saturday. This one's sinking south during Saturday the isobars closing together so
03:15it could get quite blustery. High pressure trying to hold on in the south
03:18but we do need to watch this new area of low pressure moving in potentially on
03:23Sunday perhaps bringing some wet and windy weather with it. So as I said the
03:27outlook is far more changeable through the end of this week and into the
03:30weekend. For more on that and the uncertainty in the longer range forecast
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