Met Office Monday Morning Forecast 04/03/2024

04 March - National weather forecast presented by Greg Dewhurst

Transcript

00:00Hello there, good morning. Welcome to your latest MetOvis forecast. We've got some dense

00:04fog patches around this morning, could lead to some tricky travelling conditions. Looking

00:09at the bigger picture, we've got an area of low pressure slowly starting to move in from

00:13the Atlantic this morning. It's going to spread its way north and eastwards giving some wet

00:17weather. But then as we move through the week, a battleground starts to develop. High pressure

00:23developing over Scandinavia will help keep weather fronts out in the Atlantic, meaning

00:27plenty of dry weather. The winds coming in from the south will lift temperatures. But

00:32perhaps towards the weekend, well, low pressure systems may start to return from the southwest

00:38introducing some rain. At the same time, we might see easterly winds developing and temperatures

00:43start to drop a little bit. So, some uncertainty towards the end of the week. Cold start this

00:47morning. Fog patches slowly lifting, plenty of sunshine across parts of Scotland, Northern

00:53England, Eastern and South East England for the day ahead, though the sunshine turning

00:58hazy. This band of rain slowly pushes in from the southwest, giving outbreaks of rain to

01:03the West Country, into Wales and Northern Ireland. Some of this rain could be heavy

01:06at times and quite blustery, particularly around the coasts. But the winds coming in

01:10from a southerly direction, lifting temperatures up to around 12 Celsius this afternoon. Single

01:16figures across Scotland, but plenty of sunshine here to compensate, except the Northern Isles

01:21where a weather front will continue to give some outbreaks of rain here through the day.

01:26Into the evening time, the weather front continues to push its way northwards and eastwards,

01:30though starts to fragment, becomes lighter and patchier in nature. Though overnight it

01:34stalls across eastern parts of England and Scotland, giving further outbreaks of rain

01:40here. Further west, some clear spells developing, but blustery showers across Northern Ireland,

01:44perhaps moving into parts of Wales and the southwest by the end of the night. And temperatures

01:49overall with more cloud around, the brisk winds around the coasts, it will keep temperatures

01:54up around 4 or 5 Celsius. So frost free for many to start Tuesday morning. A grey damp

02:01start across these eastern areas, but this weather front slowly fizzles away. It brightens

02:05up here, plenty of sunny spells by late morning. In the west, showery outbreaks of rain push

02:10their way eastwards, but again also break up by the afternoon. Sunny spells and showers

02:15for many, though plenty of dry weather and temperatures again 12 or 13 in the south,

02:217 to 10 Celsius in the north. So summarising the week ahead, a fairly unsettled start,

02:28outbreaks of rain pushing north and eastwards. Then it tends to settle down. Most places

02:34dry, some sunny spells, temperatures locally above average where we see that sunshine by

02:38the end of the week, possibly turning a little colder as those easterly winds develop and

02:43perhaps some rain starting to move in once more too. If you'd like more information on

02:48the weather where you are for the week ahead or the next few days, you can follow us on

02:53our social media channels. See you again soon.