00:00You'll have probably heard, I hope you have, that Storm Dave is on its way, but it's not
00:05arriving until Saturday. And before that, even though today's been largely fine for
00:09many places, we are going to see a change to something markedly more unsettled. That's
00:14because there's a weather system currently out in the Atlantic pushing its way in. It's
00:18already brought a fair amount of rain across Northern Ireland and into Western Scotland
00:23so far this afternoon, and it's going to continue to push southeastwards as we go through this
00:28evening and overnight. Far southeastern parts of England clinging on to some drier, clearer
00:33weather for longest. But even here, the cloud and rain will push through as we head towards
00:38dawn on Good Friday morning, and we are going to see the wind strengthening as well. So
00:43pretty unsettled picture as we go through the night. But the flip side of the unsettled weather,
00:47well, temperatures won't drop a huge amount. Many places only falling to around mid or even
00:52high single figures. So a bit of a mild start to the day on Good Friday, but also quite cloudy,
00:58unsettled one with outbreaks of rain and some strong blustery winds. Across the southern half of the
01:03UK, it looks like it will stay quite cloudy through much of the day, and there could be a spell
01:06of more
01:07persistent rain pushing across parts of Northern England, North Wales, with some heavier bursts
01:12mixed in. Further south, just a few spots of rain here and there by the afternoon. A more showery
01:16picture, though, across the far north of England, Northern Ireland, and much of Scotland. So there will
01:21be some bright sunny spells in between any showers. But worth bearing in mind, those showers could be quite heavy,
01:27could pack a bit of a punch, could have some hail, some thunder, and even a bit of winteriness,
01:31some sleet, some snow over the higher ground as well. We also have some slightly colder air coming
01:36in. And so temperatures in the north will be a bit lower than further south, where actually there'll
01:40be a degree or so higher than on Thursday. But all the while, we need to factor in the strong
01:45blustery
01:45winds. The strongest winds will be towards the north. Orkney Shetland seeing some strong gusty winds as we go
01:50into the afternoon. And all the while, those blustery winds will make it feel a little bit
01:55colder than these temperatures suggest. Staying quite showery as we go through the evening on Good
02:01Friday. But through the night, we'll start to see most of the showers easing. Not all of them,
02:06there will be a few continuing. But yeah, there will be a lot of dry, clear weather. And with that,
02:11and the winds easing for a short period of time, we could see a fairly widespread frost across
02:17northern parts. Temperatures here, away from the towns and cities, dropping a little bit below
02:21freezing. Further south, staying that bit milder. We have some milder air coming in from the southwest.
02:26So some places towards Cornwall could stay in double figures. There will be a lot of bright,
02:32fine weather around first thing on Saturday morning. But it's not going to last because then
02:36our attention turns to Storm Dave. That's going to arrive from the west. And it's going to bring some
02:42heavy rain, yes, but also some very strong winds, unseasonably strong winds for the time of year.
02:48It's not often we see a storm of this depth, this strength during April. But be aware that across,
02:57well, large parts of the northern half of the UK, we are going to see some very strong damaging winds.
03:03There's going to be some heavy rain and also a significant amount of snow building up over some
03:07parts of Scotland as well as we go through later Saturday and overnight into Sunday. As I mentioned,
03:12we have some warmer air that we're starting to drag in. So mid-teens looks quite likely again towards
03:17the south, feeling many degrees colder than this further north with obviously the rain, the winds
03:22and the winteriness. So some snow mixed in as well. A quick look at the warnings then that we do
03:28have
03:29out at the moment. These warnings are likely to get updated as we get nearer to the event. But yes,
03:34wind warnings across all of Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northern England and North
03:39Wales quite widely. Gusts are 50 to 60, perhaps 70 miles per hour in exposed spots. We're looking
03:45at gusts perhaps reaching 80 to 90 miles per hour in some parts of northern Scotland. So this is an
03:50especially windy event for April. There's also a yellow warning for snow over parts of northwestern
03:57Scotland because with some colder air digging in, we could see maybe 10, 20 centimetres of snow in
04:02places and blizzards as well. They all add to the issues in association with Storm Dave. Do keep
04:09on top of those warnings. They are likely to get tweaked as we get nearer the time. For more
04:13information about Storm Dave, we do have a special available on our YouTube channel, which Alex
04:18Deacon has brought to you. And there's also going to be a weekend update, which you can catch
04:23as well. Bye-bye.
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