Tuesday evening forecast 21/03/23

21 March – National weather forecast presented by Clare Nasir.

Transcript

00:00Hello there, welcome to your weather update. Now through the next few days it remains lively

00:05wet and windy weather at times, sunshine in between and temperatures above average but

00:09through the early hours of Wednesday morning expect strong winds covering much of the country

00:14and there's a wind warning in force for central and western areas of Scotland. Gusts inland

00:18could reach 60 miles an hour along the west coast, 75 miles an hour with some high waves

00:23but notice a slight ridging in those isobars through the latter part of the day. The winds

00:27will ease. Before that though through Tuesday evening wet weather covering much of the western

00:31half of the country moves quite quickly eastwards. Dry skies towards the far southeast as well

00:36as the northern isle as well we see some clearer skies but notice these winds really picking

00:40up some strength, they're going to be quite potent through the early hours of the morning

00:43as the rain clears these parts but also some showers to follow which will be heavy. Look

00:47at these temperatures though, it will be a mild start to the day come Wednesday morning

00:51but for some it will be wet. So let's take a look at the detail for the far north of

00:55Scotland, yes eventually you'll see that rain. Here's that showery rain which will

00:59be persistent and heavy, snow over the highest ground and watch out for those winds, gales

01:03if not severe gales for a time. We hang on to some sunshine first thing across southern

01:07Scotland, northern Ireland a few showers waiting the wings here, much of the Midlands, Wales,

01:11the West Country, northern England but towards the southeast that's where we'll see the clouds

01:15and also some pulses of rain which eventually will clear. So a window of some dry weather

01:20across the central sway of the country, northwest always seeing that showery rain which will

01:25be heavy and then eventually we'll see some showers developing and trundling north northeastwards

01:30and again they could be heavy through the day with the risk of thunder. So through the

01:34morning into the afternoon we watch as these showers move across the country and then another

01:38system waits in the wings and again we can see some really heavy rain associated with

01:43that. Before that though in any shelter temperatures could reach 10 to 16 degrees Celsius, still

01:48an overhang of clouds across the far southeast as we end Wednesday. So through Wednesday

01:53night eventually that area of rain will move northwards towards most parts of the country,

02:00most places seeing some wet weather then and then some clearer skies yet again it really

02:03is a repeat pattern before more showery rain arrives across northern Ireland through the

02:08early hours of the morning. Clearer skies elsewhere but heavy showers waiting in the

02:12wings and still a fresh wind coming in from a mild direction on Thursday yet again. So

02:17if you catch some sunshine not feeling too bad certainly for central parts of Scotland

02:21you'll see some fine conditions before this showery rain moves northwards and the risk

02:25of showers elsewhere with some sunshine in between. Here are your temperatures 12 to

02:2915, 16 degrees Celsius. I'll see you later.