00:00 Hello there. Some of us have the increasing chance of seeing a few wintry flakes falling
00:04 from the sky over the next few days. We've actually already seen some of those across
00:08 Scotland this morning. The rain showers that were in place yesterday increasingly fell
00:12 asleep into the evening and into the early hours of this morning they've been turning
00:16 to snow even at lower levels. It's all due to a cold plunge of air coming directly down
00:21 from the Arctic and that'll be sweeping its way across all areas of the UK during the
00:25 next 24 hours. Ahead of that though there are a couple of cold fronts just slowly pushing
00:29 their way southwards. This will bring a legacy of cloud particularly to Wales, central and
00:33 southern areas of England today. Can't rule out the odd spot of drizzle around at times
00:37 but there'll be a few brighter sunny spots to watch out for particularly into central
00:40 Scotland as we head into the afternoon. Further north in combination with those showers there
00:45 are some very strong winds around at times, severe gales for Shetland today while temperatures
00:50 will only be 2 degrees Celsius. It's going to feel even colder than that when you are
00:54 exposed to the wind and with those strong winds and the snowfall that does bring the
00:59 risk of some blizzards around at times as well. Further towards the south temperatures
01:03 just around where we'd normally expect them to be for this time of year, that's 7-8 degrees
01:08 Celsius mark. But the cold air in Scotland is going to continue to push its way southwards
01:13 as we head into this evening and overnight. Actually helping to clear out some of this
01:17 cloud so skies will be turning increasingly clearer for all of us. Underneath that though
01:22 it is going to turn very cold indeed. With surfaces and roads turning frozen there
01:29 is the risk of icy stretches at times where we see those showers persisting overnight
01:32 for Northern Ireland and northern areas of Scotland but for all of us it is going to
01:36 be widely frosty. Temperatures even in our towns and cities will be as low as -2, -3
01:42 degrees Celsius. So do be prepared to get the ice scrapers out first thing on Monday
01:48 morning. The greatest chance of seeing some snow on Monday though is for those regions
01:52 that are still exposed to that northerly wind. So again, northern Scotland, parts of Northern
01:57 Ireland, particularly County Derry, County Antrim seeing some snow showers. Some sneak
02:01 showers maybe for Western Wales, far south west of England and some snow just skirting
02:05 the far eastern coast of Yorkshire down into Norfolk as well. But head further inland it
02:10 will be very dry and with plentiful amounts of crisp winter sunshine as well. Still feeling
02:15 cold though, temperatures only seeing as high as 1, 2 degrees Celsius at best and if I turn
02:21 on the feels like temperatures you can see it's actually going to feel sub freezing for
02:26 most of us, particularly along those eastern coastal regions where you're still exposed
02:31 to that very blustery wind pushing its way down the North Sea. So if you step outdoors
02:35 here it is going to be feeling very bitter and very raw. The frost will quickly return
02:42 as well as we head into Monday evening and overnight into Tuesday. So a very another
02:47 cold night for all of us. Again the risk of some icy stretches where we do see those snow
02:52 showers continuing as well. Into Tuesday we have the potential to see some slightly more
02:57 organised areas of snow and rain moving its way in due to this system pushing in from
03:02 the northwest. It's where it's moving into the cold air ahead of it that we potentially
03:05 see it starting to fall as snow in time. These are the warnings that have been issued for
03:11 Tuesday. For Northern Ireland at the moment it looks like it could be a bit more of a
03:15 transient rain snow feature. The warning currently up until nine o'clock on Tuesday morning.
03:21 For Scotland, Northern England down into parts of northwest Wales as well, though the warning
03:25 is in force throughout Tuesday. Again, the snow potential, particularly for areas of
03:30 northern Scotland, the higher ground parts of the southern uplands and the Pennines throughout
03:35 the day. For lower levels of southern Scotland, northwest England down into northwest Wales
03:39 as well. Again, it could be a bit more of a mixed phase precipitation. What we'd say
03:44 that mix of rain, sleet and snow, mainly sleet and more rain towards the lower level parts
03:50 as well. We do keep up to date with the forecast, though certainly something to keep an eye
03:55 on for. And we'll keep you up to date with all the latest warnings as well because there's
03:58 further snow and ice risk as we head throughout Wednesday and Thursday as well. Keep up to
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04:08 here very soon. Bye bye.
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