Sunday morning forecast 02/01/22

02 January - National weather forecast presented by Tom Morgan.

Transcript

00:00Hello again and a very Happy New Year from everyone here at the Met Office.

00:042022 has started much like 2021 ended, exceptionally mild for the time of year.

00:10And as we move into Sunday, it remains very mild, but it will also be quite breezy once again

00:15and there will be more on the way of blustery showers compared to Saturday, but also some sunshine around too.

00:20The bigger picture shows that low pressure is in charge of the weather across northwest Europe through the coming few days.

00:26The ice bars stay fairly tightly packed together as well, so it stays quite breezy.

00:30And as these weather fronts move across the country, we will see some longer spells of rain.

00:34But by Tuesday, cold northerly winds bring a much colder feel to all areas and there will be potentially some snow in places.

00:41Back to this evening, though, and we have got some dry and clear weather out there for a time,

00:46but there's going to be an increasing chance of bands of showers or longer spells of rain

00:50working across the country from the southwest as we go through the early hours of Sunday morning

00:54and some fairly persistent heavy rains possible in places.

00:58With that mild southwest breeze continuing, though, it will once again be a very mild night for the time of year

01:03and in some places, temperatures won't fall below double figures.

01:07So Sunday is shaping up to be a much more changeable day than on Saturday.

01:11There will be some sunnier and drier periods of weather around,

01:14but there's a greater chance that we'll see bands of heavy showers working their way from west to east across the country.

01:20Some pretty heavy downpours in places with the risk of hail and thunder, particularly in the west,

01:25and also some gusty and blustery winds in places, particularly on some southern coastal counties of England

01:30and more generally around these northwestern coasts.

01:33Another very mild picture, though, but just not quite as exceptionally mild as it has been.

01:38It stays changeable through Sunday evening with further showers moving from west to east across the country

01:43and some clearer interludes in between.

01:46As we go into next week, it turns much colder, particularly by Tuesday,

01:50and as that colder air digs in, we'll see a return to overnight frosts,

01:54but also the chance of some snow in places, particularly in the north.

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02:03Otherwise, have a lovely weekend and a happy new year.