Storm Bert continues to move in, bringing impactful weather across much of the UK. A risk of snow remains for parts of Northern Ireland and Wales, quickly being replaces by rain as milder air moves in from the south. Meanwhile. snow persists through the morning for Scotland and northern England, combined with strong winds causing blizzards over higher ground. An amber weather warning for snow is in place for parts of Scotland. Wet and windy conditions continue to affect elsewhere, with winds reaching 60-70mph across the south and east at times. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 23/11/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00Hello, good morning. Storm Bert is moving in, bringing the risk of a very impactful
00:05weather across many parts of the UK, from significant snow for northern England and
00:09Scotland to some flooding risks across western and south-western UK, along with increasing
00:15winds for many. Let's deal with the snow first of all. Transient risk of snow for some parts
00:21of Northern Ireland during the early hours, as well as parts of mid to north Wales, but
00:25quite quickly that gets replaced by rain as milder air rushes in. Meanwhile, for northern
00:30England and Scotland, two to four hours of heavy snow is expected through the morning.
00:35That snow accumulating thick and fast, five to ten centimetres at lower levels and twenty
00:39to forty centimetres over hills could cause some serious disruption. All of that combined
00:44with strong winds leading to blizzards over hills of northern England and Scotland, atrocious
00:50travelling conditions, and with the risk of snow accumulation on power lines, there's
00:54the risk of power interruptions as well. All in all, not at all a pleasant day for
01:01going out and about for northern England and Scotland, or indeed elsewhere in the UK as
01:05the western windy weather continues to affect northern Ireland, Wales and the south. Winds
01:11reaching 60 or even 70 miles an hour across some western coasts and then later into the
01:16east. The snow moves north into central and northern Scotland, but it turns to rain across
01:22northern England and the rest of Scotland as it very quickly turns milder into the afternoon,
01:27leading to a substantial and rapid thaw. Look at these temperatures by the afternoon, 14
01:33or 15 Celsius in the southwest, although not feeling it given the wind and the rain, but
01:39that will of course lead to the rapid thaw later on after these areas are affected by
01:45temporary snow accumulation. So transient hills, snow for northern Ireland, northern
01:49England into Scotland, the risk of 5 to 10 centimetres of snow in places, 20 to 40 over
01:56hills followed by a rapid thaw and heavy rain later. Stay up to date with the very latest
02:01warnings on the Met Office website and app, of course these will be updated through the
02:06next 24 hours or so. Wind warnings also in force, not only across north-western and western
02:13parts as well as the north-east through Saturday, but into Saturday night and Sunday, the winds
02:18picking up across the south coast. 60 mile per hour gusts and in places more than 70 miles an hour.
02:24And finally, the risk of localised flooding because of 75 millimetres of rain across Wales
02:30in the southwest, more than 100 over the hills of South Wales and Dartmoor. That rain continuing
02:36across much of England and Wales, western Scotland and northern Ireland during the evening.
02:40Heavy bouts of wet weather interspersed by lively showers, strong wind gusts driving
02:45it all in from the Atlantic. And by the end of the day and overnight, the mild air is
02:50across the whole of the UK with snow quickly melting. 14, 15 Celsius possible Sunday morning,
02:57a remarkable increase in temperatures in a short space of time. But it's going to be
03:03an unpleasant start to Sunday, even if it is mild. We've got strong winds, 60, perhaps
03:0870 miles an hour running along the south coast. A brief reprieve from the very windy weather
03:14across Scotland and northern Ireland before further blustery showers move in by the afternoon,
03:19along with an increase in winds later. And for much of England and Wales, the steady
03:24rain continues, although it's increasingly confined to the south and south-east by the
03:28afternoon. Very mild, 15 to 16 Celsius, but not feeling pleasant given the blustery rain
03:34and showers. And then it turns a bit colder across Scotland and northern Ireland later
03:38with further downpours. And into next week, it's looking a lot quieter. But step-to-dates
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