Tuesday afternoon forecast 07/12/21

07 December - National weather forecast presented by Aiden McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello. Storm Barra has arrived and is expected to bring disruptive wind and rain to large

00:05parts of the UK, as well as hill snow for parts of northern England and Scotland in

00:10particular. Barra deepened rapidly during Monday and the first part of Tuesday. It's

00:14now pushing into Ireland, where Mayor Erin issued red warnings because of the strength

00:19of the wind expected in the south and the west. It's yellow warnings for the UK, so

00:23some disruption expected from the wind, the rain and the hill snow, but not, fortunately,

00:29on the same scale as Storm Arwen. Nevertheless, for those areas that are still affected by

00:35ongoing issues due to Storm Arwen, it's not good news. And treacherous conditions are

00:39expected across parts of northern England and Scotland through the rest of the day,

00:43with snow falling above 200 metres and up to 5 centimetres settling in places, along

00:49with the wind driving that snow into drifts and blizzards likely in places. So, some really

00:55tricky conditions for trans-Pennine routes, for the M74, for the M80, the higher parts

01:01of the M8 as well, with that snow falling and settling on the higher routes. And for

01:08the southern uplands, for the Grampians as well, later in the day, even higher snowfall

01:12totals are expected on some of the highest ground. The rain and hill snow pushes through

01:17later in the day, followed by blustery showers, and it's at this stage that the winds really

01:21ramp up, particularly for western and southern coasts. 60 mph wind gusts expected widely,

01:2770 in some of the more exposed spots, and some of the most exposed spots later in the

01:32afternoon and into the evening, particularly parts of, say, West Wales through the Bristol

01:36Channel, there's the risk of 80 mph wind gusts. So, disruption likely from these winds, as

01:42well as some very big waves and dangerous conditions around coasts. The wind driving

01:46showers in, it's going to be milder in the southwest, but staying cold towards the north

01:51and the east, but feeling unpleasant wherever you are because of that wind, and the frequent

01:55heavy showers that follow the main area of rain and hill snow. The rain pushes into the

02:00north of Scotland by the end of the day, further hill snow expected with the Grampians, but

02:04eventually it eases, and then it's just showers really rotating around, by this stage, filling

02:09low that is Storm Barrow, which will be centred over parts of northern UK. It's going to be

02:16a less cold night because of the wind and the cloud, but a very unsettled night to come,

02:21a noisy night with those showers rotating around the area of low pressure, and continued

02:26gales expected across parts of Wales and the southwest as we go through Wednesday, 65 mph

02:32wind gusts are expected in one or two spots. Further showers and longer spells of rain

02:37also being driven by that wind, just about anywhere really, but particularly into western

02:43and southwestern areas, Northern Ireland, as well as the northeast of Scotland. Hill

02:47snow also where those showers fall over the higher ground of northern UK, but not likely

02:52to be as disruptive as Tuesday's weather. Temperatures a little below average for the

02:57time of year, it's going to feel unpleasant in that strong wind, but eventually quieter

03:02weather is on the way for Thursday and into Friday, still fairly blustery at times, still

03:07some showers about and some gusty winds, but not on the scale of the next couple of days.

03:12So we'll keep you updated as always on social media and you can follow those updates on

03:16these channels. Bye bye.

03:17Thanks for watching.

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