00:00this morning and I'm hoping that isn't a clue in the background there. It certainly is Sal,
00:05good morning, good morning everyone. This morning, well it's not a particularly cold start to the
00:10day but as we go through the next few days you'll notice it is going to turn colder,
00:14especially tomorrow. Some of us will see some snow, a lot of it will be in higher ground,
00:19it's also going to be windy at times with some rain. Now this morning it's a fairly cloudy start
00:24although we're starting off the day with some clear skies in the northeast, here it will cloud
00:28over and across the northern half of the country we're looking at blustery showers, some of them
00:33heavy with hail and thunder. Heavy rain too developing across parts of Wales into northern
00:39England and also southern Scotland through the course of the day. The heaviest will be in Cumbria
00:44and also northwest Wales. Come south of that, it's still going to be cloudy but it's going to be dry.
00:49Now this morning we've got gales across the northern isles, they'll tend to ease through the day but
00:54the wind will pick up further south as we go through the day. Temperatures ranging from nine
00:59to about 14 or 15 degrees. Through this evening and overnight our band of rain continues to sink
01:06steadily southwards, eventually clearing away from the southeast. Behind it there will be a plethora of
01:12showers coming in. Again some of those could be heavy, potentially thundery and you'll notice they're
01:17also going to turn wintry, potentially down to sea level across the north of Scotland. There'll also be the
01:23risk of ice as well and the temperatures down on what we're looking at this morning. So tomorrow
01:28we start off with that mixture of sunshine and blustery showers, some of them again heavy, some
01:35of them in Scotland getting down to about 100 to 200 metres, the wintryness that is, and in the south
01:41a little bit higher than that, right about 400 metres. But wherever you are it's going to be windy,
01:47you'll notice it and because of that and the lower temperatures, Sally and John, it's going to feel cold.
01:52But you say it so nicely, Carol. Thank you. Thanks, Sal.
01:58Now pet owners will know...
02:59...what the weather's doing. Laura's made a return. Good morning to you. Where have you been?
03:05I have been celebrating World Met Day because every year the World Meteorological Organization,
03:11when it was founded on the 23rd of March, have a theme. And this year's theme was about observing
03:16weather. The more observations we have, the better we can protect people. And I was finding out about
03:20breaking stats in Paris, where they had last year the hottest year they've ever recorded.
03:25They've been giving data and stats to their government about the pollution they've had.
03:29They've managed to half the pollution in the city because they've stopped some streets having cars
03:34because of the data they gathered. So just in the world of weather, gathering data is so important
03:39for so many reasons. So yes, fantastic. Why weren't you celebrating World Met Day with us?
03:45She is now. Laura's back to do it. She went off on some kind of junket to celebrate it somewhere
03:50else.
03:50I did, yes. We wanted you here. Well, I'm back now and you know all about it, Ed.
03:55And what are the stats for today, Laura? So it is mild, it is wet, it is windy, and it
04:00is then
04:00set to turn colder. So you know, meteorologically, scientifically, we have four seasons. Yes.
04:07But anecdotally, in the world of weather, we have 11. And we are about to go into full spring.
04:14Because we're foolish to think it's lovely and warm. We are thinking it was 20 degrees last year,
04:18wasn't that beautiful. But actually, it is set to turn much colder. So right now, we are in full
04:24spring. Everybody's thinking, isn't this beautiful? We have warmth, we have sunshine.
04:27We are set to move into second winter as temperatures are set to tumble. So this is what is happening
04:33and
04:33why. So we just had the spring equinox. We have mild air with us. But the jet stream divides the
04:39mild from the cold. The cold is not too far away. And it's the cold from winter that floods back
04:44down as
04:45we head through the next few days. So it's a cold front that slips its way southwards in the next
04:4924
04:49hours. And it's behind that, we see this much colder air. So we have a big drop in temperatures
04:54from this week to last week. Last week, we had temperatures high teens, low 20s. We can take a
04:59good 10 degrees or more off that as temperatures tumble for the next 24 hours. So this is how things
05:06look as we head through today. The headline is for it to be cloudy without breaks of rain. And that
05:12wet
05:12weather is set to spread right across the country as we head through the day. So today, yes, we've
05:17got this wet and windy weather moving in. And this is the latest satellite and radar. At the
05:21moment, we have cloud and rain across northern areas. It's to the south of this, we have our
05:26cloudy, mild weather. To the north of it, we have colder conditions. And this is where we
05:32see our change. So this is how things look at the moment. This cloud dividing the country,
05:37these outbreaks of rain across northern England, North Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland,
05:41turning heavy as we head through the afternoon. Gusty winds as well. But still to the south
05:46of it, we have that mild air, 13 to 15 degrees, hints at things turning colder to the north.
05:51So as we head through this evening and overnight tonight, this whole band of rain slips southwards.
05:56This is a cold front. Behind it, cold rain moves in. So temperatures tumble. We see a frost
06:01and there's talk of snow. And at the moment, it is snow showers chiefly across northern hills,
06:06but turning to lower levels in the coming days.
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