Thursday morning forecast 01/02/24
1 February - National weather forecast presented by Clare Nasir.
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00:00Hello there, welcome to your Thursday morning weather update from the Met Office.
00:05It's a cold start to the morning and bright for some before cloud rolls in from the south-west.
00:11Even so, still showers continue across northern and western parts of Scotland,
00:16wintry over the highest ground and some patchy frost to start the day where we've seen clear skies,
00:21particularly across the glens of Scotland, northern England also getting off to a bit of a chilly one.
00:26Over Northern Ireland always more clouds extending down towards Wales, the south-west midlands,
00:31south-western parts of England, central-southern England, but towards the east a bright morning,
00:35a chilly one with some sunshine.
00:38So through the morning we watch as this cloud continues just to make inroads eastwards.
00:43These showers here will persist through the morning and still we have a strong wind towards Shetland
00:49as well as Orkney and a bit of a breeze coming in across the western side of Scotland as well.
00:54However, through the morning a few things change.
00:57The showers tend to fade through the day and any sunshine becomes a bit more hazy
01:02as this cloud slowly pushes eastwards.
01:05Most places dry, particularly across eastern and southern parts of Scotland,
01:09northern Ireland, England and Wales, but notice towards the north-west.
01:14That cloud will thicken even further and eventually we'll see some outbreaks of rain,
01:18particularly affecting the north-west highlands, but it will become persistent
01:22across northern and western parts of Scotland through the latter part of the day.
01:25Now across England and Wales the cloud will be thick at times where you catch some brightness,
01:30at the best some hazy sunshine, as temperatures reach 7 to 9 degrees Celsius,
01:35but a wet and windy evening to come across western Scotland.
01:39So through Wednesday evening and overnight the air turns a lot milder
01:43across the northern and western part of the country.
01:46Again outbreaks of rain extending towards Shetland as well as Orkney.
01:49Patchy rain and drizzle for the southern uplands, the Pennines, the higher ground of northern Ireland,
01:54Welsh mountains down towards the west country.
01:56Further east that cloud thickens all the while and so temperatures not as low as the night before,
02:02but even so still around 4 or 5 degrees Celsius, but notice towards the north,
02:068, 9, 10 degrees Celsius to start Friday.
02:10And Friday will be cloudy generally and with that the rain will be persistent
02:14across western areas of Scotland.
02:16Now this wind will be fairly strong hopping over the highlands,
02:19it will turn gusty across the highlands as well as Pennine districts
02:22and more persistent rain extends across Scotland into northern Ireland through the afternoon.
02:27But these temperatures will be on the high side.
02:29Added to the fern effect we could see 14 degrees Celsius for the Moray Firth as well as Aberdeenshire.
02:35Now the air across Scotland will wax and wane between mild and cold through the weekend.
02:40You can see here this front brings with it more cloud across England and Wales,
02:45but for Scotland yes a gusty wind and a few showers,
02:48but some brighter weather particularly towards more eastern areas.
02:51Before yet again the cloud it thickens with this warm front bringing milder conditions,
02:56a breezy day on Sunday and outbreaks of rain towards the north.
02:59See you later.