Friday afternoon forecast 20/01/23

20 January -National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello again. A crisp, sparkling winter's day for many of us before it turns cloudier and

00:07milder from the northwest through the weekend. However, it will take its time as that milder

00:12air comes in slowly from the west. First signs of it actually across Cornwall during the

00:16rest of the day. Cloudier here with one or two spots of rain in the far southwest and

00:21for the Siliars and some cloud and some showers affecting the east coast where it will be

00:26fairly blustery, those showers mostly falling as rain. But for the vast majority in between

00:31those areas, well, it's sunny skies but still with a chill in the air. However, light winds

00:38for many will mean that the sunshine will feel pleasant enough, five to seven Celsius

00:43or so for many even lower than that over northern hills. Now into the evening under those clear

00:48skies and with light winds, temperatures fall widely and very quickly a frost forms. In

00:55addition to the frost, some freezing fog patches will form, some very dense fog through

01:00the Vale of York into parts of the Midlands, Welsh Marches towards the central and southwestern

01:04part of England. Minus two to minus three Celsius typically, lower than that in some

01:09shelter spots and where we've got some snow cover and it's going to be frost free towards

01:15the west and northwest. Here, cloudier skies begin to arrive and the wind picks up notably

01:20across the western isles with gales in exposed spots. A damp start to Saturday here with

01:28the milder air slowly spilling in from the west but it does take its time. In fact, it's

01:33going to take a long time for that milder air to reach the southeast but it is going

01:38to be prevalent across western Scotland and Northern Ireland first thing Saturday, frost

01:41free here but a damp start and a breezy start. The rain then pushes into eastern Scotland

01:47where it will fall perhaps as snow or even freezing rain over the Grampians and the southern

01:53uplands above around 300 metres but it's mainly light precipitation and to the east and south

01:59of Scotland, largely dry. It's England and Wales where we'll see the lion's share of

02:03the sunshine after a widespread frost and some icy patches to begin things. It's going

02:07to be another bright winter's day, five to seven Celsius in the south, seven or eight,

02:13possibly even nine towards the far northwest as that milder but also breezier and more

02:18damp weather spills in. You can see that boundary between England and Wales as well as Scotland

02:25and Northern Ireland. Cloudier skies in the west and northwest will lead to a frost free

02:29night on Saturday night but widely frost and some dense fog patches forming across central

02:36and southeastern parts of the UK by Sunday morning. Cold but bright here on Sunday but

02:42elsewhere it's going to be cloudier, breezier with some light outbreaks of rain, some mist

02:48and fog but also milder conditions. Follow us on social media for all the latest but

02:54for now that's all from me. Bye bye.