Tuesday evening forecast 24/01/23

24 January - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.

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00:00Hello. Temperatures will be levelling up across the UK in the next few days, but for the time

00:06being we still have the cold air in place across the south, much milder air further

00:11north. But this weather front is moving in and it will be heading south, bumping up against

00:15this area of high pressure, which is still dominating the weather to the south and where

00:19we've got clear skies and the cold air, a frost reforming here and also some fog patches.

00:26Particularly though, the cloud is trickling in from the north and that cloud is thick

00:29enough for a bit of light rain and drizzle over northwest England. And there's the weather

00:33front bringing rain to western Scotland, heading down towards Glasgow by dawn and into the

00:38north coast of Northern Ireland too. Still we've got the mild air in place here, however,

00:42so it will be a mild night with the colder air further south where the skies stay clearest,

00:47longest. Again, a fairly hard frost below freezing in towns and cities well below in

00:52rural spots. And there will be some mist and fog around, particularly through the evening,

00:56but still the odd patch for the morning rush hour too. So just bear that in mind for Wednesday

01:00morning's commute. It should steadily clear as the cloud continues to push southwards.

01:05A damp start through the central belt and for parts of Northern Ireland. But the rain

01:08is tracking its way into northern England, into north Wales, and we could see a little

01:12bit of light rain and drizzle ahead into parts of the Midlands, maybe the southwest. Generally,

01:17much of the south will stay dry. And as that weather front pulls away, northern England

01:21brightening up a touch and for much of the day, Northern Ireland, Scotland looking much

01:25brighter on Wednesday with sunny spells. There will be a brisk north westerly wind

01:29which will bring showers into the northern half of Scotland. They'll come and go through

01:33the day. And that is a cold front. So colder air is following on behind, but still temperatures

01:39eight or nine Celsius across the north. Further south, temperatures perhaps a little bit higher,

01:45but it won't feel any warmer, I don't suspect, through Wednesday. This can be fairly glum,

01:49a grey and very dank and cold feeling day. The rain and drizzle will continue to fizzle

01:56out, but maybe bring a few spots across southern England before it ebbs away. And then we've

02:01all got the clearer air as we head through Wednesday night and into Thursday morning.

02:05So we will see some frost, but it won't be as cold as the nights have been recently across

02:10the south. Thursday's weather is then dry and bright for the vast majority. There'll

02:15be a fair bit of cloud across parts of eastern England, eastern Scotland, a few showers just

02:19maybe grazing North Sea coast. But for most, it'll be dry and certainly in the west, decent

02:25spells of sunshine, light winds here. But I suspect this wind will feel pretty cold

02:29on these North Sea coasts and particularly gusty for a time through the Dover Strait.

02:35Temperature wise, well, we've got the levelling up going on. So we're generally seven or eight

02:39degrees Celsius, so turning a little cooler across the north, slowly temperatures rising

02:43a touch across parts of the south. As we look to the outlook, high pressure will continue

02:49to dominate. So that weather front sinking south over the next 24 hours will pull away.

02:54And then the high pressure is still with us. But now it's shifted out west where it will

02:58dominate for the next several days, actually, around the top of it. Weather front's trying

03:03to bring some cloud and rain at times to northern Scotland. But this high will bring most places

03:09a dry spell for several days, including the weekend. For more of a deep dive into the

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