This afternoon will see a colder theme than previous days. Cloudy over southern England, Excluding East Anglia. Fairly clear and fresher everywhere else, with wintry showers and even snowfall in the far north. Heavy rain arriving to the southwest overnight. – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 07/02/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00 Hi there, a quiet day is expected on Wednesday before plenty of weather to talk about on
00:05 Thursday. More details on that in a moment. But for the time being, well, we've seen this
00:11 tussle between cold air in the north and mild air to the south through the week so far.
00:16 At the time of recording, a band of rain has sunk south and the colder air has emerged
00:21 more widely across the UK but hand in hand with brighter skies for North Wales, Northern
00:25 England, East Anglia, plenty of sunny spells, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Northern England
00:30 also seeing sunny spells, one or two showers, sleet and snow in places but most of the showers
00:34 will be affecting the far north of Scotland through the rest of Wednesday, a cold wind
00:38 continuing to blow here and snow continuing to build up over higher ground in particular.
00:44 In the far south, the remnants of the overnight rain still affecting the far south-west and
00:50 still a legacy of cloudy skies for southern parts of England into parts of the Midlands
00:56 and South Wales as well. 9 to 12 Celsius in the south, so still relatively mild, but further
01:04 north mid to, in the far north, low single figures, a chilly but bright day for many.
01:12 And we're still looking at a marked temperature contrast across the UK into Wednesday night,
01:17 a widespread frost for North Wales, parts of the Midlands into Scotland, Northern England
01:22 and Northern Ireland, temperatures well below freezing and those snow showers continuing
01:25 to build up across the far north of Scotland, a few centimetres or so across higher parts
01:32 of Northern Scotland. But further south, a different story, we've got wetter and windier
01:37 and milder weather returning into the south and south-west, some heavy rain by dawn, 8
01:43 Celsius, yes, but it's not going to feel very pleasant with that wind and rain. And as that
01:49 rain moves north across the UK on Thursday, it's going to mix with the cold air and lead
01:54 to some significant snow in places. So, let's follow that rain on its journey north and
01:58 it will be falling as rain during the Thursday morning across South Wales, south and south-west
02:04 England, some heavy and persistent wet weather in places. And fairly widely in this yellow
02:09 rain warning area, there is the risk of 25 millimetres and in some places 45 millimetres.
02:15 So, that could cause some issues during Thursday morning, could disrupt travel first thing.
02:21 As that rain then moves north, it turns increasingly to snow, mostly mid Wales, parts of the north
02:28 Midlands northwards and certainly over higher parts in this region, there is the risk of
02:34 significant and disruptive snow, but there could be some snow disruption at lower levels
02:38 as well. So, this yellow warning for much of northern England into the north Midlands,
02:44 just north of Birmingham there, north Wales and northern Ireland. Through Thursday morning,
02:48 we're going to see this band of rain, sleet and snow at lower levels, snow over hills
02:54 increasingly cause disruption. Now, at lower levels around sea level in the east, most
02:59 likely to be rain. At lower levels elsewhere, patchy accumulations of snow are possible,
03:05 very variable from place to place, a few centimetres or so. But in this general warning area, 5
03:11 to 10 centimetres is possible above 200 metres. And for these amber warning zones, well, there
03:17 is the risk of 25 centimetres of snow above 200 or 300 metres. And that includes parts
03:24 of the Peak District into the south Pennines, Huddersfield, parts of Bradford for example,
03:30 and certainly are likely to affect some higher routes, some higher road networks in these
03:36 amber warning areas. But also, for parts of north Wales, we're likely to see the snow
03:42 increasingly turn to freezing rain through the morning, so that could cause additional
03:47 hazards during Thursday with the risk of some very slippery road surfaces. As that rain,
03:54 sleet and snow moves north into northern Ireland, northern England and then eventually southern
03:59 Scotland, it will turn a bit more fragmented, but still could cause some issues for southern
04:05 parts of Scotland during Thursday night and into the start of Friday with that snow very
04:11 variable at lower levels and not really accumulating much for the likes of Edinburgh, it could
04:15 be just rain or sleet here, and around the coast. But at higher elevations could cause
04:21 some issues with some significant accumulations building up. There will still be some wintry
04:27 showers for the far north of Scotland, but fewer compared with recent days, mostly bright
04:32 throughout Thursday for the northern half of Scotland. But the next bout of rain moves
04:37 into the south by the end of the afternoon following relatively dry few hours during
04:43 the middle part of the day, and that could cause further issues as we close out Thursday.
04:48 Mild in the south, this is 7pm, temperatures not far from freezing where we've got the
04:54 rain, sleet and snow falling through central parts and certainly still feeling cold across
04:58 much of central and northern Scotland. For the rest of Thursday evening we're going to
05:03 see the wet weather in the south increasingly move north. Now this will be bringing milder
05:08 air in more widely so the snow increasingly confined to higher parts of northern England
05:13 and southern Scotland, certainly rain across much of Wales, the Midlands into the south
05:18 and turning more showery as we end the week as well. So a lot going on and of course you
05:23 can find more details on those warnings on the Met Office website and app and we'll keep
05:28 you updated right here on our YouTube channel.
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