Thursday afternoon forecast 09/02/23

9 February - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello, it may have been a dull and damp start to the day in the south but bright

00:05skies are on their way across England, Wales and some brightness in the skies

00:09for Scotland and Northern Ireland albeit with a stronger breeze here and

00:14plenty of showers in the north of Scotland. We've also got cold air here

00:18and those showers are falling as snow over 400 metres for Northern Scotland

00:22and 150 metres for Shetland accompanied by a wind that's gusting 50 to 60 miles

00:27an hour. Lighter winds further south and with the sunny skies feeling pleasant

00:31enough once that early cloud clears away. 10 Celsius, 11 Celsius even possible in

00:36the far south and southwest, 7 to 8 further north. Into the evening we'll see

00:42the cloud in the north thicken. The showers in the northeast tend to ease

00:46and the wind does as well but next bout of rain comes into the far northwest

00:53and mostly this is light and patchy but some persistence to it as it moves into

00:57the Northwest Highlands, some drizzly stuff for Northern Ireland, the rest of

01:00Western Scotland and eventually parts of the Irish Sea coast. With the cloudy

01:04skies in the north here it's going to be largely frost free, temperatures in the

01:09mid-single figures but a widespread frost for southern parts of Wales, the

01:13Midlands, East Anglia and the south and in some spots prone locations like RAF

01:19Bentham for example temperatures dipping to minus 7 Celsius. So another very cold

01:25start to the day in the far south. Here we've got an area of high pressure

01:29stubbornly persisting across Europe whilst the isobars are tighter further

01:34north in fact they tighten together further on Friday and we'll see these

01:38weather fronts move in to the north of Scotland bringing cloud and some

01:41outbreaks of rain but all in all we've got this milder airflow setting up

01:46during Friday and into the weekend from the west southwest. That milder flow will

01:51also bring thicker clouds so although it's a bright start in the south we will

01:55also see some higher medium cloud rifting southwards through the day, the

01:59best of any sunshine clinging on to the far southeast and as the cloud thickens

02:03across Wales, Northwest England some drizzle likely over the hills and coasts

02:07but the most persistent rain will be across Western Scotland especially the

02:10West Highlands where it will be heavy at times. Some breaks on the other side of

02:14the mountains for the northeast of Scotland and a blustery breeze coming in

02:19from the west southwest that will be bouncing off the hills at the Pennines

02:23and the Scottish Mountains so gusty conditions could disrupt travel in places

02:28but it's a mild breeze 11 12 Celsius possible especially in the north and

02:33northeast 9 Celsius further south although with cloudier skies perhaps

02:38not feeling quite as pleasant as Thursday. Into the evening we'll see the

02:44thicker cloud tend to hang around but you'll notice some thinning of the cloud

02:49at times across central and southern parts of the UK and where that happens

02:52with lighter winds in the south we'll see a touch of frost in places as we

02:57start the weekend so we're not entirely saying goodbye to the frosts but they'll

03:01become a bit more patchy across southern parts of the UK. In the north it is going

03:06to be a mild weekend but with a lot of cloud at times and some rain in the

03:10northwest.