Tuesday morning forecast 30/01/24

30 January - National weather forecast presented by Alex Deakin.

Transcript

00:00Good morning. A bit of a drab start for many of us this morning, but some sparkling sunshine

00:06across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. As well as a touch of frost, this little bump

00:10of high pressure is pushing away this low pressure. That's what brought the clouds and

00:15the rain for quite a few of us during Monday and Monday night. It's now moving away, but

00:20it is introducing cooler conditions across the country. Those cooler conditions have

00:25led to a frosty start across Scotland and Northern Ireland. The blanket of cloud, though,

00:29has kept the frost at bay for England and Wales. A fairly grey start, some drizzly conditions

00:34in eastern England, a brisk wind for a time along those North Sea coasts, but it's all

00:38tending to clear away. Apart from a few showers in the far northwest, much of Scotland and

00:43Northern Ireland just bright and fine through the day, and it cheers up nicely over northern

00:47England, a much brighter day across Wales. The parts southeast and east Anglia likely

00:52to stay mostly cloudy, though, well into the afternoon. The winds easing for many through

00:58the day, but they will pick up again tonight. But with light winds in the sunshine, temperatures

01:03close to average, but it is cooler certainly than yesterday across the south. Now, as I

01:08mentioned, it's the winds picking up in the northwest that we need to watch next. They're

01:12going to get pretty lively as we go through the night. There's also this band of rain.

01:16That's an active cold front that will swing steadily southwards and introduce the rain

01:21back into northern Scotland by morning. Away from that, though, most places having a dry

01:26night, and we'll see a reversal of fortunes in terms of temperatures. It'll be further

01:30south with the lighter winds and the clearer skies that we see some pockets of frost by

01:34Wednesday morning. Further north, that strengthening wind and a bit more cloud means temperatures

01:39in most places will stay above freezing. Those winds, though, will pack a punch during Wednesday,

01:46getting very gusty over Scotland. Spell of heavy rain swinging in as well. That'll sweep

01:51across Scotland and through northern Ireland during the day, and eventually we'll see some

01:56of that rain turning up in northern England by the end of Wednesday. Brighter skies will

02:01follow, but so will a whole host of heavy showers. Those showers turning wintry and

02:04those winds will be a big feature of the day right across Scotland and northern Ireland.

02:10Metoff is warning in place across the far north. Further south, it'll just turn a bit

02:13breezy. The cloud will increase after a bright and chilly start, but temperatures eventually

02:19getting up to double figures in most places. But this is, as I said, a cold front, so it

02:23reintroduces the colder air further north and feeling colder with the strength of the

02:28wind. The weather warnings in place then, so do keep up to date with those as we go

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