Monday evening forecast 22/01/24
22 January - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.
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00:00Welcome to your latest update from the Met Office. No sooner have we said
00:03goodbye to Storm Isha, Storm Jocelyn is moving in and on Tuesday night we have
00:09an amber warning for the strong winds coming into northwest Scotland. There is
00:13Storm Isha heading away to the northeast but behind me out in the Atlantic this
00:17is Storm Jocelyn, a bigger storm in terms of its overall size but in terms
00:22of its intensity and the strength of the wind it will be a notch down on Storm
00:26Isha but nevertheless it could well still cause some disruption. The
00:30weather front's approaching by Tuesday morning and then the winds really pick
00:34up as the storm system heads to the north of Scotland as the ice have all
00:37squeezed together here. So the strongest winds are going to be across the
00:41northern half of the UK. As I said could cause some disruption particularly in
00:46the wake of Storm Isha. Okay let's rewind the clock and get back to Monday night
00:52because I'm still pretty gusty out there through the evening but the winds will
00:56ease down a little bit. The showers will tend to fade as temperatures tumble could
00:59turn a little icy in parts of Scotland as we could see a touch of frost here
01:04but for most despite the clear skies temperatures holding up at about three
01:08or four degrees Celsius certainly in urban areas. For the West temperatures
01:12won't drop as much because the cloud will be spilling in as the rain starts
01:15to push in by dawn across much of Northern Ireland spreading into most of
01:19Wales and southwest England also. It doesn't stop there however it will
01:23continue to spread eastward so most places turning damp by lunchtime. The
01:27heaviest rain though in the West, the Western Hills, hills of North Wales,
01:31Northwest England, Western Scotland bearing the brunt of this rainfall. We
01:34have rain warnings in place again following on the footsteps of Storm Isha.
01:39This extra rainfall could cause some further disruption and some further
01:43flooding. It'll stay cloudy in the south it won't rain all day here there'll be
01:48some lengthier drier spells through the afternoon but for most it's a wet and
01:52windy kind of sums up Tuesday. It will technically be quite mild as well
01:56temperatures getting into the teens once more but obviously not feeling all that
01:59mild with the wind and the rain. Now let's deal with those winds because they
02:04are going to strengthen more through Tuesday evening as the storm system
02:08heads to the north of Scotland and the isobars pinch together particularly
02:12across parts of Northern Ireland and Western Scotland during the evening but
02:17we'll also see some strong gusts across Wales, northern and even central parts
02:22of England too. But the strongest winds really there the west coast of Scotland
02:25and a zone of even stronger winds for the Western Isles and then the northern
02:31parts of the mainland spreading up towards the Northern Isles by Wednesday
02:34morning. So those gusts of wind I say particularly after Storm Isha could
02:39cause some further disruption. We do have warnings in place a yellow warning
02:43covering a good chunk of the country an amber warning covering the west coast
02:47and the north coast of Scotland where gusts of 70 perhaps in exposed places 80
02:53miles an hour could cause damage to buildings may bring down further trees
02:57and branches could cause some power cuts. In this broader yellow warning area
03:02gusts of 50 to 60 65 miles an hour could also cause some issues again
03:07particularly in the wake of Storm Isha where things could have been weakened. As
03:12we go through the night then not just the winds picking up but further bands
03:15of showers moving in as well. So some pretty lively conditions heavy showers
03:20zipping through on those very gusty winds and it stays fairly blustery into
03:25Wednesday. In the south the winds won't be anything like as strong but still
03:29quite blustery conditions nonetheless but generally here staying dry through
03:33much of Wednesday dry and a bright breezy day. Further north too there won't
03:37be as many showers during Wednesday and the winds will steadily ease through the
03:42morning but still very blustery. Certainly first thing on Wednesday
03:45morning by the end of the day those winds will start to calm down. Temperature
03:49wise on Wednesday we're back closer to average so it will be a cooler feel 9-10
03:53degrees in most areas. Do keep up to date with the latest from the Met Office as
03:58this next storm system moves in. The warnings are on the app of course and
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