00:00Hello there and a very good morning to you and Happy New Year on the 1st of January which is windy across many parts with snow showers piling in from the north.
00:10The air is coming in from the Arctic, delivering cold air right across the country.
00:15Snow showers mostly across more northern areas, but this feature here will bring some wintry showers to Northern Ireland, Wales, the Midlands, the southeast of England.
00:24Accumulations are likely. They could be patchy 1 to 2 centimetres, whereas across the highlands of Scotland, above around 200 metres, we could see up to 20 centimetres of snow.
00:35And those snow showers continue through Saturday as well as Sunday with a widespread frost covering most of the country.
00:41It remains very cold as we enter the first few days of 2026.
00:45Now, New Year's Day starts like this. Showers from the word go across many parts of Scotland, certainly the north and central areas.
00:54Central belt seeing some clearer skies, a frost to start the day, a cold morning, icy conditions and those snow showers will continue throughout the day,
01:03adding to a layer of snow across many areas and with the strength of the winds and drifting as well.
01:08A few showers running in across Northern Ireland and then we run into this band of showery rain in northern parts of Wales,
01:16down towards the north Midlands, more cloud across central and southern areas, a few showers towards the west country.
01:22This is moving southwards with some clearer skies to follow, so there will be some brighter weather on the cards as we head through the first few hours into the afternoon.
01:32So you can see this rain gradually pushing southwards, brighter weather emerging but frequent heavy showers across particularly central and northern areas of Scotland
01:41with those snow accumulating strong winds as well, the risk of drifting even some blizzards and slippy surfaces.
01:50Through the afternoon a few showers can't be ruled out towards the west, clearer skies further east but that wind will pick up along the east coast of England as well
01:58with one or two wintry showers just clipping or grazing the coastline.
02:02Temperatures then coming in around 2 to 6 degrees Celsius, a cold day when you add on the strength of the wind and the frost returns as we head through the afternoon and into evening time.
02:13Here's your snow and ice warning then through New Year's Day into Friday.
02:17Here are your snow and ice warnings for Northern Ireland, Wales, down towards the Midlands as well as the south east.
02:21So this is a feature which will gradually just gather some momentum and push down across more western and then central and southern areas.
02:29A mix of rain and snow, snow over the high ground even at lower levels for a time, slippery surfaces as we enter the day on Friday where you've seen that snow and rain.
02:39Elsewhere some frost to start the day, it will be a cold morning but snow showers likely particularly across central and northern areas of Scotland.
02:47With the strength of the wind, they will be delivered along this east coast, wintry showers here as well as the west, Irish Sea coast seeing some wintry showers as well.
02:55Saturday night will be a cold night as well as Sunday night with temperatures dipping down well below freezing.
03:01By day though, some sunshine coming through and also some wintry showers which will turn fairly scattered through the weekend.
03:08Still breezy though, if not windy towards the northeast and watch out for that frost by night.
03:13Wherever you are, take care. Have a wonderful 1st of January and I'll see you again soon.
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