00:00Hello there, welcome to your New Year's Eve forecast from the Met Office.
00:04And for most, it's going to be very cold with a strong wind in the north turning to gales, severe gales across the north east of Scotland.
00:11And then showers moving in across the northern half of the UK.
00:15Now into New Year's Day, that Arctic blast bringing with it those snow showers, accumulations likely particularly over high ground but even at lower levels.
00:23Into Friday, this feature here will bring about a couple of hours of wintry showers.
00:28So expect some patchy accumulations, Northern Ireland, Wales and Midlands down towards the southeast.
00:34And then a hard frost through Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night with further snow showers in the north and also some sunshine.
00:42So some bright weather if you are stepping out through the first weekend of 2026.
00:46But it will be very cold as winds ease towards the west as well as the south and they will lose their sting across the northeast.
00:54Now if you are stepping out to celebrate the new year, it is cold across England and Wales.
01:00A mix of cloud but some starry skies as well and a lighter wind.
01:04Further north, the breeze does pick up Northern England, seeing a few showers running in Northern Ireland as well.
01:10And then Scotland, a lot of showers pushing in on that strong north to northwesterly wind which will increase further across the northeast of Scotland.
01:19Notice some snow over the higher ground, frequent bursts with some heavy downpours across the north as well as the west, the risk of thunder here.
01:28So it's going to be a cold night wherever you are.
01:32Wrap up warm if you are stepping out, if you're travelling, watch out for those heavy showers with severe gales and high waves across the northeast of Scotland.
01:38And gusts could reach 60, perhaps even 70 miles an hour.
01:42This feature here into the early hours of New Year's Day will bring some showers across Northern England, Northern Ireland, northern parts of Wales.
01:49Now temperatures will be at their lowest through the evening time, slowly recovering.
01:53There's still a frost to start the day across many areas and those showers readily turning to snow across central and northern areas of Scotland on the 1st of January.
02:01So a significant wind chill through the morning into the afternoon, particularly across Scotland, but even Northern Ireland seeing it.
02:09Irish Seacoast seeing a brisk breeze, the east coast as well.
02:12Notice these showers tend to just push southwards as we head through the morning into the afternoon.
02:17But a scattered affair here.
02:19Heavy showers across central and northern areas pushing in across the central belt as well.
02:23But most accumulations will be north of a line Dundee to Loch Linnie.
02:28Expect accumulations.
02:29And with the strength of the wind, yes, some drifting of the snow as it starts to accumulate.
02:34Temperatures then, 4 to 7 degrees Celsius, a bit feeling colder in the wind.
02:39Now into Friday morning, that feature which we saw on the synoptic chart will bring a couple of hours of rain, sleet and snow across Northern Ireland, Wales down towards the southeast.
02:49So we could see some slushy deposits here up to 1 to 2 centimetres, particularly over the high ground, but even at lower levels.
02:56And notice that warning for snow and ice extends through Friday as well as Saturday.
03:01The wind's still a feature of the weather across Scotland as we head through into Friday.
03:05And notice a widespread frost as well, particularly where you see clearer skies.
03:10So New Year's Day evening, that frost returns under those clearer skies.
03:14Those showers slowly slide down across Northern Ireland towards Wales, the Midlands and even further southeast into Friday morning.
03:23And we could, as I say, see some deposits further north.
03:26Snow showers will continue.
03:28They'll be heavy, the risk of thunder.
03:30Still those gales across the northern part of Scotland.
03:34And strong winds running down the eastern side of Scotland, in fact through Scotland into England.
03:38And in fact, through the day, we could see some wintry showers just clipping that east coast.
03:44The frost returns with a vengeance as we head through Friday evening and overnight.
03:49And those showers continue on windward facing coasts through the evening time.
03:54Here are your temperatures through the afternoon, turning cold through the evening with a fairly widespread frost into Saturday morning.
04:02However, Saturday promises to be crisp, very cold with sunny spells.
04:06Yes, some showers where you're exposed to the wind and there'll be wintry in places and temperatures struggling wherever you are.
04:13And that's in fact how we see Sunday as well.
04:16So that cold air extends through the first weekend of 2026 and into the first proper week of the new year.
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