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06 December - national forecast presented by Honor Criswick
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00:00Hello there, good afternoon. Storm Dara is set to bring a very unsettled weekend
00:05with heavy outbreaks of rain, some snow in Scotland and also some very strong
00:10winds. There are multiple Met Office warnings issued including yellow and
00:14amber warnings as well as a red warning for western parts of Wales. So a very
00:19unsettled weekend ahead with some severe gales at times. To start off though
00:24taking a look at the bigger picture it's the calm before the storm. We've got a
00:27ridge of high pressure bringing largely settled conditions particularly for
00:30eastern areas but Storm Dara moves its way in from the west dragging in some
00:35frontal systems bringing out some heavy outbreaks of rain at times and also
00:38notice the squeeze in the isobars too so some very strong winds associated with
00:43this storm as it moves across the country. So across Northern Ireland we'll
00:47start to see those heavy outbreaks of rain this afternoon. They'll slowly move
00:50their way into western parts of Scotland, western parts of England and Wales. The
00:54driest and brightest of the weather across the Far East where we'll see
00:57plenty of hazy sunshine as we see a build of high cloud and we will start to
01:02see winds pick up particularly in western areas as this rain starts to
01:06move through as well. So some strong blustery weather on its way, heavy
01:09outbreaks of rain, temperatures generally between highs of 10 to 12
01:14Celsius in the southwest. Through into the evening we'll continue to see those
01:20heavy outbreaks of rain move their way across the country falling as snow
01:23across hilly areas in Scotland and turning very blustery indeed. The bulk
01:28of the country are going to see some very strong winds away from the far
01:31north of Scotland but it's in western areas across Northern Ireland where we
01:35have the amber warning issued where we're likely to see some gales at times
01:39and western parts of Wales seeing very strong winds indeed where we have the
01:42red warning issued so do stay up to date with those on our Met Office website. Now
01:47the interesting thing about this storm is the winds are all of a sudden
01:51going to become very strong indeed particularly in western areas where we
01:54have the amber and red warnings issued so we'll turn from kind of blustery
01:58weather all of a sudden very strong winds likely to see some severe gales
02:02at times so wind gusts around western coasts and coasts of Northern Ireland
02:05perhaps even reaching inland at times as well we could see between 70 to 80 miles
02:10per hour and where that red warning is issued 90 miles per hour winds are
02:14possible so do avoid traveling if possible through the early hours of
02:19Saturday. Taking a look at temperatures then it's set to be a rather chilly
02:23night but in those brisk winds as well that's going to add on to the wind chill
02:27so even so it's going to be very blustery and feeling very chilly in
02:31those strong winds through the early hours of Saturday and that theme pretty
02:34much continues through into the start of the weekend as well so continuing to see
02:38those heavy outbreaks of rain heavy at times still falling as snow across
02:43northern areas mainly across Scotland and that main band of rain sitting
02:46across central and southeastern areas by the end of the day of plenty of
02:50blustery showers moving their way in from the north to turning largely dry
02:54across northern islands perhaps far western areas but those strong winds set
02:58to continue even through into the afternoon on Saturday as I say the
03:02strongest winds likely in western areas but it's going to be across most of the
03:06country that are going to see a very blustery day away from the very far
03:09north of Scotland and taking a look at those temperatures once again highs of
03:14around nine ten Celsius in the south but once again those brisk northerly
03:18winds really taking the edge of the temperatures so this is more likely what
03:22it's actually going to feel like outside now the strong winds are likely to bring
03:26very large waves around coastal areas so it's safe to stay away from those areas
03:30and in general avoid travel this weekend if possible as the storm is likely to
03:34bring widespread widespread disruption so very strong winds and heavy rain
03:39likely to cause some disruption over the weekend and there are multiple weather
03:43warnings issued across the country so as I say stay up to date on our website for
03:48those and for more updates on the storm or for general everyday weather you can
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