Wednesday evening is calm and dry too for most places. For much of England and Wales as well as many parts of Scotland it will be a clear night with a frost likely to develop in eastern Scotland and northeastern England. However northwestern England, southern Scotland and the far northwest of Scotland are expected to be overcast and experience some showers. - This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the evening of 22/01/2025. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.
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00:00Hello there, welcome to your Wednesday evening weather update from the Met
00:04Office. The weather ramps up twice over the next 48 hours, a squally band of rain
00:09through Thursday and then Storm Eowyn comes in through the early hours of
00:13Friday, bringing multiple hazards. Most parts of the country will see rain, wind,
00:17some snow in the north and also some damaging winds. Before that though it's
00:21fairly quiet into Thursday morning away from Northern Ireland and also cold. And
00:25then this squally band of rain moves in, we've got a wind warning covering the
00:29West Wales, western parts of England, the south coast of England. About four to
00:33five hours of very strong winds, gusts could reach 50 to 60 miles an hour as
00:37that rain hill snow pushes towards the far northeast. And then we watch as
00:42Storm Eowyn comes in through Thursday night and into Friday. For the time being
00:47it's fairly quiet outside, we'll see some starry skies, fairly widespread frost
00:52across central eastern areas of Scotland pushing down towards the northeast of
00:56England and elsewhere we could see some rural frost as we head into the first
01:00part of a Thursday. Now towards the west the winds will pick up for Northern
01:05Ireland, eventually you'll see that rain, so a wet and windy start to the day here.
01:08A cold one elsewhere but some brighter skies coming through, variable amounts of
01:13cloud but also a little sunshine. In fact we hang on to some drier weather across
01:18the far northeast of Scotland until much later on into the day, perhaps by the
01:22time sunset you may see that rain. Not the case for Northern Ireland, you'll see
01:26it first, so wet and windy here, by around 8 o'clock West Wales, the West
01:30Country seeing that rain and then the winds really pick up some strength gusts
01:3450 miles an hour across the coastline. The rain extends across much of western
01:39and southern parts of Scotland before clearing Northern Ireland by around
01:42lunchtime. Northern England seeing it and then some heavy rain down towards the
01:46southeast through the afternoon, again with those squally winds. Eventually we'll
01:50clear here. The east coast seeing that rain till probably evening time but that
01:55rain turning to snow over the higher ground of Scotland as it eventually
01:58reaches Caithness and Orkney through the latter part of tomorrow afternoon. A
02:02reminder of that warning zone for winds through the day across West Wales, West
02:06Country, the south coast of England. Temperatures still on the low side. Now
02:11here's Storm Eoin coming in through into Friday morning. This is a deep area of
02:17low pressure causing multiple hazards across the whole of the country. So let's
02:21just pick up on some of these warnings for you. All of these are on our website
02:25but certainly this amber warning, this is for central and southern parts of
02:28Scotland. Northern England down towards Derbyshire, the northern and northwestern
02:32part of Wales and Northern Ireland. On the southern flank of this low, a real
02:37squeeze on the isobars. We could see gusts up to 90 miles an hour. That's
02:42going to cause a lot of problems. So disruptive winds, there could be power
02:47cuts, flying debris, trees could be uprooted, certainly bridges will be
02:52closed, very high waves associated with it as well. So dangerous conditions for
02:57driving into Friday morning as these strongest winds extend across this
03:02central swathe of the country. Now there's wind warnings elsewhere and
03:06winds could actually reach 50 perhaps even 60 miles an hour across exposure
03:10associated with this yellow wind warning. Also a warning for snow across
03:15central northern areas of Scotland. So as the rain bumps into the cold air it will
03:20turn to snow even for the central belt where with those winds we could actually
03:23see some gales and blizzard conditions. Now accumulations are likely,
03:29particularly above around 200-300 metres, up to 25 centimetres in places. We also
03:34have a rain warning across Wales and the West Country through the morning on
03:38Friday. We're likely to see some high rainfall totals associated with this
03:43cold front. So some very wet conditions here but the rain will clear. So this is
03:48the centre of the low and it's moving towards a north northeastern area of
03:52Scotland. As you can see this amber warning extends throughout the day and
03:56that wind warning covers most of the country through the afternoon away from
03:59East Anglia as well as the East Midlands. Now into Saturday morning we still have
04:03that wind warning for Scotland. Rain eventually clears Shetland into Saturday
04:09and then things generally speaking will calm down although this weather front
04:13here could bring a bit more cloud and a few showers from time to time. Things
04:17change yet again towards the southwest into Sunday. Now let's pick up on the
04:22detail through Thursday evening. You can see this rain clearing off the scene
04:26then some calm conditions for a time, some clearer weather as well.
04:30Temperatures taking quite a tumble particularly across the northern half of
04:33the UK. Here's that rain moving in after midnight. Some hill snow also for
04:39Northern Ireland. Strong winds associated with it. These are going to pick up to
04:43gales and then severe gales as this rain extends across the country
04:47through the early hours of Friday morning. Turning to snow across Pennine,
04:50Southern Uplands and then the Highlands of Scotland. Turning back to rain towards
04:54the south there but some really squally winds. Damaging gusts associated with it
04:59as well and then this wraparound here bringing more rain to Northern Ireland
05:02through Friday morning as the rain clears towards the southeast through the
05:07day. Some heavy showers associated with it as well filing in across Northern
05:12Ireland but look at this swirl of strong winds which will pick up across most of
05:16Scotland and continuing very windy across Northern England and North Wales
05:20through the afternoon. That whole system clears northeastwards and that means
05:25we'll see some brighter skies on Saturday. A legacy of clouds and some
05:29patchy rain towards the southeast. More details of the outlook and the
05:3410-day trend this week on YouTube. It's with Adam McGiven and I'll see you again
05:38soon.