A bitterly cold start to the day today, with gusty winds bringing an especially chilly feel to the far north. Wintry showers will affect the northern half of Scotland, pushing south through the day with some areas of Northern Ireland and northwest England seeing showers. A band of rain and snow will push into southwest England on Thursday morning, with snow accumulations expected particularly in upland areas. This will move northeast through the day to also affect the south of England and Wales. Elsewhere remaining dry and very cold for the time of year. There is a yellow warning in effect for Scotland for snow and ice. Yellow warnings are also in effect for Northern Ireland, north Wales, northwest England, and eastern coasts for ice. A yellow snow warning is also in effect for southwest England. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 21/11/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.
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00:00Hello there, welcome to your Thursday morning weather update from the Met
00:03Office. It's a bitterly cold start to the day with a widespread frost. There were
00:07warnings through this morning for snow and ice across northern, western and the
00:11northeastern part of Scotland. Those snow showers continue with further
00:14accumulations. A few running down towards Northern Ireland as well as the
00:18far northwest of England, northern parts of Wales. Where we've seen snow and snow
00:23showers through the last few days, also the risk of ice particularly on this
00:27eastern side. But many areas getting away with a dry morning, a crisp one.
00:31Towards the southwest though, it's a different story. Overnight we've seen
00:35this rain arrive. It's only slowly pushing its way and northeastwards. The
00:39extent is limited. But notice there's some snow on its northern edge,
00:43particularly over the moors, over the high ground. But even at lower levels
00:46just for a time, the air is that cold towards the north of this rain band. The
00:51winds will pick up as well, so some tricky driving through this morning into
00:55this afternoon. The whole feature will slide down towards the south as we head
00:59through the day. Now elsewhere it's mostly dry, although these showers will
01:05continue through the morning across coastal districts and penetrating inland
01:10as well, where we see those stronger winds. A mix of rain and snow along the
01:14coast inland. Yes, it will be snow. The frost will slowly lift from the ground
01:20where you see the sunshine through the morning into the afternoon. But this
01:23feature here will run down towards the North Channel through the afternoon,
01:27extending towards Northern Ireland, southwest Scotland, the far northwest of
01:30England. Later at the same time, further rain and snow showers towards the
01:34northeast of Scotland, again pushing ever southwards across the North Sea.
01:39Temperatures well below average for this time of year. And across the snowfields
01:42of Scotland, we're expecting values to remain sub-zero. So a very cold day here,
01:47chilly elsewhere, at least though you'll see some sunshine. Now through this
01:51evening and overnight, that rain recedes and showers continue across coastal
01:56districts, but it may penetrate towards Wales as well as the West Midlands
02:00through the night. And again, we'll see some wintriness here. Winds pick up along
02:04the east coast into Friday morning. A scattered affair when it comes to
02:08showers towards the north as we lose the wind here. And after a frosty start,
02:12you'll see some fine weather, some sunshine, a lighter wind as well, which
02:15is good news. However, through Friday night into Saturday, this system moves in.
02:21Rain preceded by some snow, so we could see some travel disruption associated
02:25with it. Gales as well, and some high rainfall totals towards Wales as well as
02:30the West Country. Rainfall warnings are in force here through Saturday. And then
02:34eventually, we'll see showers on Sunday and into Monday. It looks like this,
02:39yes, remaining unsettled with further strong winds and further heavy showers. A
02:44little detail for you then on Saturday. We hang on to the cold air across
02:48Scotland until much later on into Sunday. So that rain will be snow for a
02:52time. Elsewhere, outbreaks of rain, which will be heavy. Watch out for those
02:56gales and blustery showers to follow on Sunday. Wherever you are, take care. And
03:00if you want more details about our ten day outlook, check out our ten day
03:04trend. This week, it's with Alex Deacon. I'll see you later.