Tuesday afternoon forecast 31/01/23

31 January - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there. For many places it's going to turn windier through the rest of the day, but especially

00:05in the far north where we are closest to this area of low pressure. Deep low crossing Iceland.

00:10It's sent forth its weather fronts overnight, bringing a spell of rain for many, although

00:14in the south those weather fronts considerably weaker as they run into high pressure and

00:19by the afternoon really we're clearing the cloud as well and for many places across England

00:24and Wales certainly bright spells or even some sunshine coming through. Now for the

00:29far north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, showers arrive and these showers

00:34in cold air are falling as snow above 400 or 500 metres, settling on some of the very

00:39highest routes across Scotland and also accompanied by a strong wind, that wind gusty around hills

00:45and coasts with the risk of gales in the far north. The wind will also strengthen further

00:50as we head into Tuesday evening, the area of low pressure near Iceland coming closer

00:54to northern Scotland, isobars tightening up and the risk for northern coasts, especially

00:59around Orkney, the north of the mainland and Lewes, of 60 or 70 mph wind gusts, perhaps

01:03a touch more for some of the very exposed sea areas. So risk of disruption overnight

01:09from those strengthening winds. They'll also bring an increase in the showery activity

01:13across Scotland, Northern Ireland, into Northern England as well and for a time the rain will

01:17become more prolonged and heavier, especially across the central belt and southern Scotland

01:23by dawn. It's also going to be a wintry night over Scotland's hills and mountains above

01:28400 or 500 metres and a cold night, 3 or 4 Celsius at lower levels but a frost over

01:34higher ground. Further south, 5 or 6 Celsius in some of the very sheltered spots, perhaps

01:40a touch of ground frost. But a bright start in the southern half of the UK, some decent

01:44sunny spells first thing. Area of cloud affecting northern England, southern Scotland and Northern

01:49Ireland with some outbreaks of rain. The showery rain here, more persistent at times. But further

01:54north the showers and the wind tend to ease during the afternoon. The worst of the conditions

01:59clear from the very far north-east. Some sunshine reappears for eastern Scotland but cloudier

02:05skies filter south into southern parts of the UK. So perhaps not quite as mild in the

02:09south, 9, 10, 11 Celsius but a little milder further north, 7 to 9 Celsius as those winds

02:16ease and we start to bring a milder air in from the west. This is a warm front. It's

02:21going to cross the northern half of the UK during Wednesday afternoon and into the evening.

02:27A relatively weak feature but it's going to pep up as we go into Wednesday night bringing

02:32some more extensive rain and hills now across Scotland and northern England for a time.

02:37A lot of cloud associated with this but some clear spells further south. And then we're

02:41into this warming up trend as we go into Thursday and Friday. Temperatures across the UK rising

02:48above average.