00:00Hi there. For many of us it's a bright Friday but it is cold out there and there is some
00:05ice around. That's a head of storm Bert expected to bring disruption from snow, rain and wind
00:12for the first part of this weekend in particular. But Friday is relatively quiet compared with
00:18recent days and upcoming days. We've got northerly winds still, we've got a lot of ice particularly
00:23where we've had sleet and snow during the last few days and there will be further sleety
00:27or snowy showers coming into the north and north-west but not as many as we've seen recently.
00:33And away from the showers actually plenty of crisp November sunshine with temperatures
00:36of 7 degrees in the south feeling a little more pleasant with lighter winds as well.
00:43But under those clear skies temperatures will fall quickly overnight after dark, widely
00:47below freezing and significantly below freezing for Scotland and parts of northern and eastern
00:52England. Further west cloud thickens, the wind picks up and outbreaks of rain move
00:57in. As that happens we'll see some snow for a time across parts of northern Ireland especially
01:01over higher parts likewise for mid and north Wales. You can see the temperature contrast
01:0511 degrees at this stage in Cornwall just above freezing or below for the east of the
01:12UK and as a result well quite quickly the snow turns to rain for northern Ireland and
01:18Wales but a more significant spell of snow develops across northern England and much
01:23of Scotland. Now we're expecting during Saturday morning that snow to accumulate thick and
01:28fast accompanied by strong winds. There will be blizzards over the hills and drifting of
01:33the snow as well as power line accumulations so the risk of interruptions to power supplies.
01:39In other words treacherous conditions for northern England and Scotland and in terms
01:43of accumulations well in just a space of a few hours, 5 to 10 centimetres at lower
01:48levels especially around the Vale of York and also for the Central Belt and as much
01:52as 20 to 40 centimetres over hills so if you've got travel plans I would urge you to think
01:59again because it really is going to be horrendous for travelling across parts of Scotland and
02:04northern England and there could be significant impacts. But we then see the mild air push
02:11in and during the afternoon the snow turns back to rain and for many northern parts of
02:16the UK very quickly temperatures rise and we've got this rapid thaw setting in. That
02:21combined with the heavy rain across many northern and western parts of the country we'll see
02:26the risk of flooding. Although it's been a dry November so far when we're talking about
02:31rainfall accumulations of 40 millimetres widely and more than 100 millimetres for western
02:36hills that could cause some localised flooding and some impacts on the roads as well by the
02:42end of Saturday. But you can see the wind is also strong with wind gusts of 60 even
02:4870 miles an hour for exposed coasts and hills so all in all a very lively day of weather
02:54and I would recommend that you pay close attention to the latest forecasts and warnings and of
03:01course travel disruption would be worth factoring into any plans for the weekend. It is turning
03:10much milder with temperatures in the mid-teens later Saturday and into Sunday but staying
03:17blustery on Sunday with further rain at times before something a little quieter at the start
03:22of next week. We'll keep you updated right here on the Met Office. We'll have much more
03:27detailed updates in the Weather Studio Live which of course we do on our YouTube channel
03:31at 12.15 every Friday so join us for that if you can. It's your opportunity to ask us
03:36questions about the upcoming weather. Bye bye.
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