Monday afternoon forecast 13/02/23

13 February – National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello. A change in the weather is on the way for later this week. But for the time being,

00:05high pressure remains in charge. That high pressure has sunk a little bit further to

00:10the east over the central part of Europe. Jet stream well to the north of the UK and

00:16we're drawing up this drier air from the south. But also the jet stream gearing up over the

00:21Atlantic to bring some weather fronts and some low pressure systems in later in the

00:25week. For the time being, however, it's a quiet picture out there on Monday afternoon

00:30for the vast majority. Still some areas of cloud, most likely western and south-western

00:33Scotland and Northern Ireland. Parts of West Wales and the south-west as well, especially

00:38feeding in towards coastal areas. And a patch remaining across some central and eastern

00:43parts of England. But otherwise, the cloud tending to break up. A better chance of some

00:47sunshine appearing through the afternoon compared with what we saw at the weekend. And with

00:52light winds feeling pleasant out there, temperatures generally 9-12C could squeak 13C somewhere.

00:59So technically, it is mild for the time of year. Then through the evening, the clear

01:03spells and the light winds will lead to frost and fog forming. The fog most likely across

01:08some southern and eastern parts of England. Further west, the breeze picks up a little

01:14through the night, so more likely to see low cloud than fog. But there will also be some

01:19clear spells around and under clear skies with light winds temperatures dipping to around

01:23minus 2 up to 2C. In Northern Ireland and western Scotland, clouds will tend to thicken,

01:30the breeze picks up, so frost-free here, but some showers arriving during the morning.

01:36Elsewhere, we've got the fog to start things off, especially towards the south-east of

01:39England. That will tend to lift around the middle of the morning. And then, actually

01:44once again, plenty of sunny skies, increasingly so for the southern half of the UK and also

01:48eastern Scotland and eastern England. Light winds once more, but the breeze is coming

01:54up from the south and so it's north coasts of Devon, north coasts of Wales, where we'll

02:00see the highest temperatures as the breeze warms out over the higher ground to the south

02:05and could even see 15 or 16C in some spots. Otherwise, more generally, 11-13C, so really

02:12quite mild on Tuesday afternoon and feeling so in that breeze. But Northern Ireland, western

02:18Scotland, cloudier skies here and some showers coming through from time to time. This more

02:24active band of showery rain though appears on Tuesday evening into western parts of Northern

02:30Ireland and then eventually it will feed some showers into western Scotland, the breeze

02:33picking up all the while. Further south and east, clear spells for a time and some frost

02:40and fog forming. But overnight, actually it will become more and more breezy, so much

02:44of that tends to lift. The weather front pushes some cloud and rain in on Wednesday.

02:49Either side of that front, some brighter spells, but you can see further weather fronts lined

02:53up to come our way from the Atlantic because high pressures losing its influence by now.

02:58The jet stream gearing up and by the latter half of Thursday and into Friday morning,

03:04we're going to see things turn much more unsettled with a relatively deep low pushing into northern

03:10Scotland, winds picking up and the risk of gales in places particularly across northern

03:14areas. These weather fronts bringing some persistent rain as well. So wet and windy

03:20end to the working week, but for the start of the week at least, it is dry, it's bright

03:26and it is very mild.