Wednesday afternoon forecast 01/02/23

1 February - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hello. Gales overnight will ease through the rest of the day across northern Scotland but

00:05it stays windy and we keep a lot of cloud cover across the country with this strong

00:09westerly airflow. This warm front will provide a focus for some wetter weather into Northern

00:15Ireland, Western and Southern Scotland as well as North West England. A lot of thick

00:18cloud associated with that area. But either side of there, well, to the north east of

00:24Scotland still windy, still a few showers around but becoming less so as the afternoon

00:29progresses. And some bright spells towards the south west as well as south Wales. But

00:33a lot of cloud for many. And the outbreaks of rain for Northern Ireland pushing into

00:37Northern England as well as parts of Western Scotland falling as snow over the tops of

00:41the mountains. So for some it is a wet afternoon. However, it's a little milder compared with

00:48Tuesday in the north, 7-9C. In the south, similar temperatures to Tuesday, 11C but with

00:55less sunshine I think. The best of the sunshine, eastern Scotland. And as the winds ease here,

01:01well, a touch of frost possible early in the night. But we are going to see the area of

01:06cloud and outbreaks of rain progress its way eastwards across Scotland, across Northern

01:11England. Further spells of rain into Northern Ireland through the evening as well. The southern

01:15half of the country, however, yet again closest to an area of high pressure will remain mostly

01:19dry overnight although with a fair amount of cloud about. So temperatures dipping to

01:24the mid-single figures. And you can see how those temperatures dip into the low single

01:28figures in the north east before recovering later in the night as it becomes wetter. And

01:33it is a wet start across parts of Scotland, especially for western hills and the north

01:39west islands seeing a considerable amount of rain during the rest of Wednesday into

01:44much of Thursday as well. Persistent and at times heavy. Elsewhere, rain pushing into

01:49the northern isles. Also a few spots of rain for southern Scotland, western parts of England

01:54and Wales. A lot of cloud on the map, a blustery breeze, but that breeze coming from the south

02:00west. So it's going to be a mild feel. Twelve, thirteen Celsius possible in the south, particularly

02:07around the Exeter area, perhaps Hereford. Yorkshire could see thirteen Celsius as well.

02:12And for many, it is a gusty afternoon, particularly over the Pennines and the Scottish mountains,

02:17the wind bouncing over those hills. Into the evening, the spells of rain continue to arrive

02:23into much of Scotland, especially north of the central belt and over higher parts. But

02:28eventually the rain becomes more showery and for many, it's another cloudy night, another

02:34breezy night. So frost free as we start off Friday. In fact, Friday is going to be a relatively

02:39mild day across the board with a lot of cloud cover and staying fairly damp at times towards

02:44the north west. The weekend stays fairly changeable in the north, but mostly dry in the south

02:50before a trend towards colder conditions into next week. More on that in the Met Office

02:54Ten Day Trend, which will be on the YouTube channel towards the end of Wednesday.