Tuesday afternoon forecast 01/02/22

01 February - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello again. A bright day across northern parts of the UK, albeit with a few showers

00:04for the far north of Scotland and a strong wind. That wind because an area of low pressure

00:09is moving away, high pressure towards the southwest and this squeeze in the isobars

00:13for the far north of Scotland will lead to some fairly gusty winds at times. Otherwise,

00:20the wind in the north bringing colder air to the far north of Scotland but mild air

00:24pushing into southern parts of the UK and a cold front drifting south. That's bringing

00:29fairly largely cloudy skies and some outbreaks of light rain and drizzle for parts of Wales

00:33into western England at times. However, for many places it's a dry day but a blustery

00:40day in northern parts of the UK, the wind bouncing over the hills of northern England

00:43and Scotland and 55 to 65 mile per hour wind gusts possible for exposed parts of Caithness,

00:48Sutherland, Orkney and of course following the storms at the weekend that could cause

00:52some ongoing issues, so yellow warning in force. Feeling cold in that wind in the north

00:57but much milder further south, 12 or 13 Celsius even with the cloud cover and the cloud thickens

01:04overnight as it pushes north east once again. The rain turns more persistent for northern

01:10Ireland for a time, southern and western Scotland, parts of northern England as well. Showers

01:14continue in the far north, it's cold in Shetland, cold enough for some wintry showers at times

01:19but it's a mild night elsewhere. Temperatures staying well above freezing, especially across

01:25England and Wales. Nevertheless, a dreary start for northern England, southern and western

01:29Scotland, northern Ireland. A lot of cloud here, outbreaks of light rain and drizzle.

01:34Brighter skies further south, certainly a bit more sunshine compared to this afternoon

01:39but for Scotland it doesn't look like such a bright afternoon. Some heavy rain developing

01:44by the end of the day and that rain pushing north eastwards as the day progresses. And

01:49you can see the brighter colours there on the forecast rain showing the heavier rainfall

01:54coming through by the end of the evening across western Scotland and eventually the far north

02:00of Scotland. Outbreaks of lighter rain for northern England, parts of Scotland, more

02:05showery here and further south again. Heading into Wednesday night we're seeing clear spells

02:10for southern parts of England and Wales but we're in a warm flow from the Atlantic so

02:15it's not going to be a cold night by any means. A warm sector between a warm front and a cold

02:19front and then later Thursday the cold front sinks south eastwards introducing colder air

02:24across all parts for Friday but with that colder air brighter skies. Nevertheless, it's

02:30a bright start to the day for central and southern parts of the UK, some eastern areas

02:33as well on Thursday. A mild beginning and then outbreaks of showery rain affecting northern

02:39and western parts of England, parts of Wales as well as western Scotland. It turns increasingly

02:44cloudy for Scotland and northern Ireland as this active cold front pushes in and that's

02:49going to bring a short spell of heavy rain and gusty winds as it clears its way south

02:53eastwards but it will introduce that colder air. So double figures on Thursday I think

02:59but turning colder by Friday albeit with brighter skies and a few blustery showers. We'll keep

03:05you updated on all of that on social media. Bye bye.