Wednesday evening forecast 18/01/23

18 January - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.

Transcript

00:00A gradual change to slightly milder weather as we get towards the weekend, but for now

00:06the cold weather persists and we will again have snow showers and the risk of ice into

00:11Thursday morning. A number of Met Office yellow warnings in place covering snow and ice across

00:16northern Scotland, northern Ireland, southwest Scotland, Wales and an ice warning for southwest

00:22England too. That's where we've got the showers which are a mixture of sleet, hail and some

00:27snow particularly over hills and more snow showers certainly packing in across northern

00:32Scotland on a stiff wind here. Elsewhere the winds are fairly light, many places just having

00:37clear skies and that is going to lead to a cold and frosty start to Thursday morning.

00:42Minus two, minus three, that's in towns and cities. Rural spots minus four, minus eight,

00:48maybe where there's snow lying on the ground, minus double figures across parts of Scotland.

00:52We will continue to see snow showers coming in, mostly tending to rain along coasts and

00:57over the northern isles as we go through the day, but as I say further snow showers coming

01:01in certainly over the hills and a few flurries likely over northwest England, north Wales

01:06and still through parts of northern Ireland during Thursday morning. Not so many showers

01:11across the southwest and certainly many central and eastern parts just having a cold, dry,

01:16bright winter's day with highs of three or four Celsius. Feeling colder though in northern

01:21Scotland where that brisk and cold wind persists. That will still be bringing some showers into

01:27northern Scotland during Thursday night. So again the potential for things to turn icy.

01:32An extra hazard as we head into Friday morning could be fog could turn quite dense in some

01:37places particularly parts of northern Ireland. May well be slow to clear if we do get some

01:42fog patches through the course of Friday. Temperatures again dropping well below freezing

01:47certainly in rural areas. Another cold one to come then on Friday. Just the threat of

01:52a few showers grazing the east coast of England. But the showers in northeastern Scotland should

01:58be fading away and for the vast majority Friday looks dry, fine and sunny. With that cautionary

02:04note that we could see some stubborn fog patches and if that fog sticks well it really will

02:09be a cold day with temperatures struggling to get above freezing. But in the sunshine

02:14temperatures should be back up close to average although still a little below. But the winds

02:19will be light. So five to seven Celsius with a bit of sunshine will feel a bit milder perhaps

02:24than it has done for most of this week. And there is some milder air trying to creep in.

02:30A couple of weather fronts behind me you'll notice. These are pushing closer and closer.

02:36That's where the milder air is. But the UK is still firmly in the blue in the cold air

02:41until Friday. It's not until we get to the weekend where milder air trickles and I do mean trickles

02:47into the west. And even by Sunday these eastern areas are still likely to be cold. But slowly

02:53turning milder from the west as we go through the course of the weekend. There are those

02:57weather warnings in place. Make sure you check them out. See if your area is covered. Best

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