Wednesday morning forecast 12/01/22

12 January- National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello and welcome to the latest from the Met Office. Frosty start in the south on

00:05Wednesday but sunny spells for much of England and Wales. Certainly brighter skies

00:09compared to Tuesday. However for the far north, breezier, milder and with some rain

00:15you can see the tight isobars there on the periphery of this area of high

00:18pressure which is building in across much of England and Wales, Northern Ireland,

00:20Southern Scotland. These weather fronts now clearing and so overnight the skies

00:25clearing across a large part of England and Wales. Once any drizzly rain is out

00:30of the way from the far south east and that should happen by about midnight. Then

00:34under those clear skies a few fog patches forming predominantly around

00:38river valleys and sheltered rural parts but certainly a widespread frost

00:43across central and southern parts of the UK. Temperatures in towns and cities not

00:49far from zero but in rural parts I think minus four or minus five possible.

00:54Cloudier skies meanwhile for Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland

00:58along with a breeze will keep temperatures higher and certainly in the

01:03far north a frost free night. But a grey damp start here first thing. That wind

01:08nearing gale force in the far north around exposed coasts, Northern Ireland

01:12and some persistent damp weather for the north and northwest of Scotland. A lot of

01:17cloud then for Scotland, for Northern Ireland into Northwest England but

01:21certainly plenty of sunshine once any of those fog patches clear by the

01:25afternoon. And looks like temperatures will be a touch lower in the south

01:29compared to Tuesday but only around average and certainly feeling more

01:33pleasant with those sunny skies and light winds. Whilst milder conditions in

01:38the far north 10 or 11 Celsius here but with that strong wind might not feel so

01:43pleasant. Into Wednesday night and more of the same really. North south split

01:48cloudy breezy mild in the north with some rain for the far northwest. Clear

01:53skies and chilly in the south with fog patches and temperatures in some parts a

01:59few degrees below freezing as we start off Thursday. But Thursday again once any

02:04fog patches lift looks like a fine bright sunny day for much of England and

02:09Wales. Some patchy cloud there for the northwest of England, thicker cloud for

02:13Scotland for Northern Ireland as well. That strong breeze continuing and

02:16staying damp for the Highlands for the northern and western isles at times. The breeze

02:22though in the north coming from the southwest so 10 or 11 Celsius in the far

02:25north and northwest. Whilst temperatures are dropping away further south

02:29particularly where we get any of those fog patches lingering. And I think

02:33lingering fog will increasingly become the theme into Thursday, Friday and the

02:39weekend across central and southern parts of England and Wales. So

02:43increasingly foggy conditions as we end the week and go into the weekend. That

02:48will make it feel cold where that fog lingers through the day as well. But

02:53staying mostly dry away from the far north northwest of Scotland. Follow us on

02:57social media, we'll keep you updated on all of that. Bye bye.