A yellow warning for rain across Wales and Northern England, and a yellow warning for strong winds across England and Wales with particularly strong gusts around coasts. Early rain gradually clearing southwards but with winds turning squally for a time. Dry initially ahead of this across the south and turning brighter and drier across northern England. Yellow warning for snow and ice across northern Scotland, and a widespread frost here. An area of rain, falling increasingly as snow over high ground, moving slowly southwards across northern Scotland into the central belt, driven by strong northerly winds. Snow showers following on behind into northern Scotland. Turning colder in the north but milder initially in the south. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 01/01/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.
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00:00Hello there, good morning and a very happy new year to you. As we head through the first
00:05of January, rain eventually clears more southern counties. Before that though, we do have warnings
00:10in force. Rain warnings across Wales, Northern England, a wind warning with gusts along the
00:14coast which could reach 65 to 75 miles an hour as the rain slowly clears, and this snow
00:19and ice warning associated with a cold stream of air coming in from the north, the risk
00:23of some slippery surfaces, ice and a widespread frost as we head into Thursday morning. But
00:29eventually the skies do clear and many of us are seeing some sunshine through the first
00:33few days of 2025 but the air will be very cold. Now let's take a look at the detail
00:39as we head through the first of January. There's a lot of weather out there still and certainly
00:43across northern Scotland we've seen rain and snow overnight with a driving wind. This batch
00:51of wet weather with some wintry precipitation, particularly over the high ground but even
00:54at lower levels, sinking southwards. At the same time it's a wet and windy start to the
00:58day for Yorkshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Wales, the Midlands, down towards the West
01:05Country through the first part of the morning. Notice this rain becomes quite squally and
01:09heavy for a time. Now the winds are going to be the key feature with weather towards
01:13the north as well as the south, driving in some showers for Northern Ireland as this
01:17rain with a little snow over the southern uplands just pushes down towards the central
01:21belt. So if you are stepping out mid to late morning this is what you're going to see.
01:26Cold stream of air, some snow showers, this batch of rain with some snow associated with
01:31it, showers moving in across Northern Ireland. Some brighter skies perhaps for Northumberland
01:35as well as Cumbria but further south it's still wet. So mid Wales towards Lincolnshire,
01:42down towards the south east, you're seeing the rain there and that rain does extend down
01:46towards the West Country and it will turn squally as I said as we head through into
01:50the afternoon. Notice there's a clearance coming in across the Midlands through the
01:54afternoon and certainly perhaps even a little bit of brighter weather before this front
01:58here will bring again that mix of rain and snow over the higher ground with a strong
02:03wind. It's a wet and windy end to the 1st of January across central southern parts of
02:07England and Wales with some heavy rain and also those gusty winds as that cold northerly
02:13wind just sinks southwards into New Year's Day night. Here are your temperatures then.
02:19In marked contrast to New Year's Eve it's much colder across the south through the latter
02:24part of the day and certainly temperatures struggling to arrive around 1 or 2 degrees
02:28Celsius where you see that snow over the higher ground. Now through today into tonight you
02:35can see that rain clears which is good news and then some drier skies but notice the frost
02:39extends southwards across most parts of the country so a fairly widespread frost into
02:44the 2nd of January. Temperatures sub zero, snow showers particularly across windward
02:49facing coasts and it's going to feel cold with that wind. These showers could clip the
02:53east coast of England certainly down towards Wales as well as the west country and a few
02:58coming in across the north and north east of Northern Ireland and again there could
03:02be a little wintry mix associated with them as well. Through the day on Thursday some
03:06brighter skies inland which is good news. The wind is still a feature of the weather
03:10but certainly inland you will see some fine and crystal clear air as temperatures arrive
03:15around 2 or 3 degrees Celsius but still those showers continue, wintry showers at that along
03:20the coastline. Now through Thursday evening and overnight that frost returns with a vengeance
03:26so another very cold start to the day on Friday where you see snow showers, the risk of ice
03:32but then through Friday some brighter skies yet again, temperatures struggling a little
03:36bit and a few wintry showers. Wherever you are take care, happy new year and I'll see
03:40you again soon.