Friday afternoon forecast 17/12/21

17th December- National weather forecast presented by Luke Miall.

Transcript

00:00Hello, over the next few days we've got high pressure dominating the weather across the

00:04UK and in the winter time that can often mean quite cloudy skies. So for many of us through

00:09the next few days we will see a lot of cloud in the sky, the risk of some fog at times

00:14too and as we go through the weekend and into next week it'll start to turn that bit colder

00:19as well. Let's take a look at the bigger picture then. High pressure is anchored to the UK

00:25at the moment, that's bringing us fairly settled weather conditions, not a lot of change but

00:30a lot of cloud out there as well. That cloud is trapped beneath that area of high pressure

00:35so it's not moving anywhere very quickly. And Friday is no different, particularly across

00:41East Anglia, parts of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, that's where we've got some fog

00:45that could persist through much of the day. Temperatures will struggle where we see the

00:49fog highs of just three or four degrees. For most of us it's cloudy out there, there will

00:54be one or two breaks in that cloud but I think for many of us a lot of cloud in the

00:58sky will remain the feature of the day. Temperatures struggling under the cloud as well but perhaps

01:04a little milder down towards the far south west, 11 degrees there in Plymouth with an

01:09increasing breeze then as we go through Friday evening. And that will become more of a feature

01:14of our weather through the overnight period for parts of Devon and Cornwall, quite gusty

01:18at times here. Elsewhere with lighter winds and expanse of cloud and fog returning to

01:22the map, that fog becoming more widespread and locally quite dense in places so do take

01:27care if you are travelling. Under clearer skies though, particularly for Scotland, we'll

01:31see the risk of some frost, temperatures minus two to minus four possible in some of the

01:36sheltered glens. So a cold start to Saturday morning. Quite a chilly one everywhere actually

01:42and as you go through the day on Saturday there will be again the risk of that fog persisting

01:47through much of the day. So quite grey, quite gloomy out there if you're making plans for

01:51Christmas through the afternoon, don't be surprised if you continue to see fog through

01:56much of the day. Elsewhere it will lift into low cloud, a few breaks developing in that

02:01cloud, again the best of these likely to be for Scotland, perhaps Northern Ireland. One

02:05or two breaks may be likely for western parts of Wales as well. Temperatures just down a

02:09few degrees on Friday, eights and nines at the very best but colder than that where that

02:15fog persists and then again as we go into Saturday night we'll see that fog area becoming

02:21more widespread. So some dense patches as we go into the first part of Sunday. Here's

02:27a quick snapshot to Sunday then. As I say, some fog persisting through much of the day.

02:32Quite grey, quite gloomy across England and Wales. There will be some breaks developing

02:36in that cloud as well. Some sunshine perhaps poking through for central and western parts

02:41of Scotland but all the while those temperatures continuing to slide away. Three to six degrees

02:46for many of us. We may be a little milder down towards the very far south-west. So our

02:52weather is remaining quite similar over the next few days. Do take care if you are travelling

02:57there will be the risk of some fog as I say and as we go into the early part of next week

03:02things remaining on the chilly side as we go into the run up to Christmas. Of course

03:06you can find out more information across our social media channels and I'll be back later

03:10on. Take care.