Tuesday afternoon forecast 14/03/23

14 March -National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there, feeling colder on Tuesday as northerly winds return across the UK and in some places

00:07there'll even be a bit of snow. Not on the scale of what we saw in many spots last week

00:12but nevertheless snow showers affecting parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England

00:17as well as North Wales. Mainly at low levels this isn't going to be accumulating snow,

00:22it'll be a bit sleety but there'll be some accumulations over the hills and especially

00:27for the north of Scotland at lower levels. Further south and east actually sunny spells

00:32and for some places it's going to be largely dry, it's going to be feeling colder but it's

00:37going to be less windy and brighter compared with Monday. 10 Celsius in the south, mid

00:43to high single figures elsewhere, low single figures in the north of Scotland. Towards

00:47the end of the afternoon an area of rain and sleet at lower levels, hills, snow pushes

00:51into Wales, the Midlands and then crosses into southern counties of England so that'll

00:56clear during the late evening and once that clears actually for most it is a clear night

01:02but northern Scotland we're going to see some further snow showers and accumulating snow

01:08as much as 5 or even more centimetres for Shetland where there are already impacts from

01:13lying snow. So yellow warnings in force for the north and north-west of Scotland, some

01:17icy patches around as well. Elsewhere across the UK with those clear spells, temperatures

01:22dipping a few degrees below freezing and for parts of northern Scotland especially where

01:26we've got some snow cover minus double digits is possible. So despite the chill in the air

01:31first thing Wednesday actually there's plenty of bright skies around, a ridge of high pressure

01:36temporarily in place but the next set of weather fronts are arriving through Wednesday. They

01:42bring much milder air with them but initially as the cloud thickens and the rain starts

01:48to set in it's not going to feel that mild. In fact it's going to be cold enough for some

01:52snow on the leading edge of this system over the hills of Northern Ireland, the hills of

01:56mid and north Wales and then more significantly some snow for northern England as well as

02:03parts of Scotland later in the day. Meanwhile the snow in the west turns back to rain at

02:08all levels and it's going to be heavy in places with a strengthening wind as well. Feeling

02:14cold with that wet and windy weather coming after a cold start but eventually milder air

02:20is on the way within this system. But it's going to take its time for northern England

02:27and Scotland. Here snow the main issue later Wednesday with some significant snow accumulating

02:33above 200 metres, a few centimetres and 5 to 10 centimetres for central and southern

02:39Scotland above 400 metres. That could cause some real impact. I think at the very lowest

02:43levels not much snow at all and turning back to rain soon enough. However it's late Wednesday

02:49where that snow is of concern over the higher parts of northern England, central and southern

02:54Scotland and then it turns much milder Thursday and into Friday.