Sunday Evening Forecast 04/02/24
04 February - National Weather Forecast presented by Jonathon Vautrey
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00:00Hello there, hope you're able to enjoy your weekend even if sunshine has been in fairly
00:05short supply for many of us during Sunday. Looking at the earlier satellite image you
00:09can see great expanses of cloud pretty much covering the entirety of the UK but you also
00:13might just notice that the thickest of that cloud forms this sort of arc stretching into
00:18northern areas of Scotland, the far north of Northern Ireland as well. That's all associated
00:21with this warm front that has become very slow moving during today and will eventually
00:27stall across western areas of Scotland in particular as we head into tomorrow. It's
00:32already providing a reasonable amount of rainfall but that will be turning heavier as we head
00:36into the overnight period. A yellow rain warning does come into force and runs throughout Monday
00:40as well. Could see a touch of snow across Sutherland cave nests as that pushes into
00:44slightly colder air ahead of it. Elsewhere for tonight though it's a reasonably cloud
00:48with a few clearer spells around at times. A touch of drizzle particularly in western
00:52areas, mist and murk around coastal areas as well. Some quite blustery southwesterly
00:57winds coming in though but that is a mild direction of air so temperatures not dropping
01:01much lower than 7 to 9 degrees Celsius for most of us. However in the far north of Scotland
01:07there is a touch of frost possible as we kick off Monday morning where we hold on to that
01:11milder air just to the north of the rain band. The rain though really will be very persistent
01:16for the Highlands, Argyll and Bute throughout Monday. Pretty miserable day with 170mm of
01:22rain potentially totting up by the end of the day. Some localised disruption is possible.
01:27Elsewhere continuing to see outbreaks of rain and drizzle particularly in the west. A few
01:30clearer sunnier spells potentially for central eastern areas but those blustery southwesterly
01:35winds really will be continuing right throughout the day. Very gusty around coasts particularly
01:40over higher ground areas of Northern Ireland into the Pennines, the Lake District as well
01:44even central areas of Scotland. We're seeing some gusts of 40-45mph in there. We'll take
01:50the edge off the feeler things a touch. The lightest winds are actually across northern
01:54areas of Scotland but here we do still hold on to that colder air so temperatures not
01:59going to be much higher than 3-4 degrees Celsius. Elsewhere it is mild 10-11 degrees Celsius
02:05but again those blustery winds will probably just make it feel that bit colder. It is eventually
02:10into Monday evening where the rain will subside across areas of western Scotland as the rain
02:16band moves its way slightly further southwards eventually spreading into Northern Ireland
02:20and Northern England during the second half of the night. So the south of that is going
02:24to remain pretty cloudy, pretty blustery again, misty and murky around coastal districts.
02:30Some slightly clearer spells moving into the far north of Scotland later on with some showers
02:34that will allow that colder air to slowly push its way into more areas of the mainland
02:38so again a touch of frost possible first thing in the morning here but to the south of that
02:42rain band it's going to be another mild night. Temperatures not much lower than 10 degrees
02:46Celsius. During Tuesday we really watch as that rain band pushes its way southwards even
02:53further spreading in to parts of Wales, central England as we head into the latter part of
02:57the day as well. Might even see some mountain snow for Northern Ireland across the Pennines,
03:01the Lake District for a time as well. A touch of brightness possible in the far south east
03:06of England but really the best of the sunshine will be filtering its way in across Scotland
03:09as that rain eventually clears its way off. Still with some snow showers pushing in in
03:14those northerly winds. Those winds could be very quite brisk across Shetland and Orkney
03:19with some gales, potentially severe gales around for a time. But as that rain band pushes
03:24its way southwards that cold northerly wind is going to arrive across Scotland, Northern
03:28Ireland so temperatures particularly for central Scotland, Northern Ireland is the far north
03:32of England will be lower on Tuesday compared to where we do see them on Monday. But further
03:37towards the south we are still holding onto that mild air so 13-14 degrees Celsius possible.
03:43Not necessarily going to feel like that when you are stuck underneath the more extensive
03:47cloud and rain that does eventually arrive later on in the day. This band of rain and
03:53its associated weather fronts will continue to push their way southwards as we head into
03:56Wednesday as well so really allowing that northerly wind to start arriving across the
04:01bulk of the UK apart from maybe the very far south later on on Wednesday.
04:07The milder air though is still fairly close by, this next area of low pressure wanting
04:11to reintroduce it to some of us as we head towards Thursday turning a bit more widely
04:16wet and windy, maybe even with some snow for some of us. But we'll have further updates
04:21on all of that as we head over the next few days so make sure you are subscribing to the
04:25YouTube channel for all of that and we'll see you here again very soon. Bye bye.