Tuesday morning forecast 16/01/24

16 January - National weather forecast presented by Alex Burkill.

Transcript

00:00Hello, good morning. Another cold and for some of us a snowy day ahead. There's the

00:05potential for some heavy persistent snow to affect some northern areas, particularly parts

00:09of Scotland as we go through today. But some of that heavy snow could also impact parts

00:13of Northern Ireland into Northern England for a time too. There is some uncertainty

00:17as to exactly when and where we're going to see the heaviest snow, but there's the potential

00:22for even some lower levels to see in excess of 10 centimetres and 20 centimetres over

00:27higher ground, so some significant disruption is quite likely. Further south, across many

00:32parts of England and Wales, it's actually looking like another largely fine day. Again,

00:36plenty of winter sunshine around, but it is still going to feel cold. Temperatures may

00:41be up a degree or so compared to yesterday, with highs of around 5, possibly 6 Celsius,

00:46but still a chilly feel to things. And further north, with all that snowy weather around,

00:51it is going to feel cold indeed. Through the evening and overnight, outbreaks of rain-sleet

00:56snow across northern areas generally push their way east and southwards, so many of

01:00it clears away towards the east, but some of it does push southwards, so some outbreaks

01:05of rain-sleet or snow pushing into north Wales and perhaps more central northern parts of

01:10England as we go through the early hours of Wednesday. Something a little bit drier following

01:14in behind across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, but also more snow showers then following

01:19across northern areas in particular. To the south, we're likely to hold on to largely

01:24clear skies, and so again, temperatures are going to take quite a drop. A widely frosty

01:29night for many of us once more, many places falling several degrees below freezing, so

01:33watch out for some icy patches first thing on Wednesday morning. The lowest temperatures

01:37likely to be where we have some significant lying snow across parts of Scotland. Again,

01:41we could fall into negative double figures, so a very cold start to the day here. Now,

01:46Wednesday is still causing us some headaches. We have a weather system just to the south

01:50of us, and it's likely to just avoid the UK, but potentially it will push a little

01:56bit further northwards and reach more southern counties. If it does this, it could bring

02:00some disruptive snow to southern areas, but like I said, most likely just to stay to the

02:05south of us. Otherwise, and apart from some further snow showers feeding down from the

02:09north, so particularly affecting northern parts of Scotland and anywhere exposed to

02:13that northerly wind, it is going to be mostly dry with, again, some decent winter sunshine

02:18for many of us. But staying cold, temperatures only getting a few degrees above freezing

02:22for most. There is some more cold weather to come through the next few days, but as

02:26we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend, temperatures should start to

02:30lift that little bit, with more unsettled weather to come as well. Now, there will be

02:35some more information, greater detail about the warnings and the wintry hazards we have

02:39through the next few days in our deep dive with Annie, which will be available on our

02:42YouTube channel this afternoon.