A Met Office forecast discusses the chances of sleet and snow this weekend.
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00:00Most of that precipitation from the low pressure is likely to be rain,
00:04but we could see some snow flurries here and there.
00:06Now, this is the freezing level,
00:10basically how high up through the sky you've got to go before you get to zero Celsius,
00:15and it's an indication of where we could see some snow falling.
00:19You can see the lowest freezing level, those grey colours, 200 metres down across parts of the southeast.
00:25That's on Friday.
00:26So when we see those odd showers coming in, we could easily see a little bit of sleet and snow mixed in.
00:32Notice the freezing level way up there across northern parts of Scotland.
00:37As we go through Friday night, what we'll see is the air,
00:40the colder air spreading more widely across England and Wales,
00:44that freezing level dropping down right across England and Wales.
00:47But remember, for most places, it's still going to be dry.
00:51So for snow, you need two things.
00:53You need it to be cold, but you also need that moisture.
00:56And for many places, it's going to be dry.
00:58And by the time we get to Saturday, when we have that rain mix coming in across these eastern areas,
01:03notice the freezing level has risen somewhat.
01:06So, yeah, it's kind of on the cusp,
01:08but we suspect at this stage most of the wet weather across the east is going to be sleet, rain,
01:14maybe a little bit of snow on some higher routes.
01:16We're not expecting it to cause huge amounts of disruption.
01:19Something to watch.
01:20But at this stage, we're not expecting huge amounts of snowfall.