00:00Good morning. You may be forgiven for thinking Storm Dave is already here.
00:04Yes, the winds have picked up and there's some wet weather around as well.
00:07But actually, the feature that is Dave still out in the Atlantic.
00:11In fact, it's not even started to really deepen yet.
00:14But instead, we're under the influence of another area of low pressure
00:18that's sitting just to the north of the UK.
00:20And it's this that's the driving force behind the wet and windy weather
00:24that's pushed through across most places overnight.
00:26So it is, yes, a cloudy, unsettled start to the day.
00:30Staying quite cloudy across much of England and Wales through a large chunk of the day.
00:34Watch out for some heavier, more persistent rain that could push into parts of North Wales and Northern England.
00:39Further south, the rain just looks a little bit lighter and quite patchy, really, as we go into the afternoon.
00:44Plenty of showers on offer across Northern Ireland, Northern England and much of Scotland.
00:49Some of these will be heavy, could be thundery, could have some hail
00:52and also some sleet and snow quite likely as well over modest, higher ground.
00:57And all the time, we need to watch out for the strong, blustery winds.
01:00The strongest winds will continue for Orkney and Shetland as we go through the afternoon.
01:04Elsewhere, they'll start to ease a little bit later.
01:06But generally, it is going to be a blustery day.
01:09And as a result, it may feel a little bit colder than the temperatures here suggest.
01:13Actually, quite chilly towards northern areas.
01:15Further south, temperatures, well, on the mild side, a little bit warmer than average, perhaps.
01:20But, yeah, not necessarily feeling it because of those brisk winds.
01:24Those winds will actually continue to ease a little bit as we go through the end of today and overnight.
01:30And whilst there will be some showers continuing in a few places, for many, it's going to turn largely dry.
01:34There will be some clear skies.
01:36And with those clear skies and the easing winds, well, across northern parts,
01:39a bit of frost is quite likely first thing tomorrow morning.
01:43A touch of frost, temperatures just about dipping below freezing in more rural spots.
01:47Further south, temperatures holding up a fair few degrees higher than this.
01:51Starting to get some warmer, milder air coming into southwestern parts.
01:55But actually, worth bearing in mind, tomorrow gets off to a generally fine start for many places.
02:00A good deal of sunshine, particularly towards the east.
02:02But it will turn cloud here as we go through the morning and into the afternoon.
02:06And then Storm Dave arrives.
02:08It is a rapidly deepening area of low pressure.
02:11That's going to lead to strengthening winds across northern Ireland, Scotland, and parts of northern England and Wales.
02:18Everywhere, in fact, it is going to turn quite windy.
02:21But it's towards the north-northwest where we're going to see the strongest winds,
02:24some heavy rain pushing through, and also increasing amounts of snow, particularly across parts of Scotland.
02:30In the most exposed spots, we could see 80, 90-mile-per-hour gusts.
02:35And over some parts of Scotland, modest higher ground, only a few hundred metres up.
02:40We're looking at the potential for 10 to 20 centimetres of lying snow as we go through later tomorrow and
02:46overnight into Sunday.
02:47So quite a hazardous event, hence why we've named it.
02:51Further south, you may be wondering what all the fuss is about,
02:54because actually it looks like a drier day than today, really.
02:58And there will be some brightness breaking through the cloud.
03:01Temperatures still in the mid-teen Celsius for some.
03:03But yes, again, quite a blustery theme.
03:05In fact, the winds even here will probably be a little bit stronger than today for most places.
03:11Then, as we go later Saturday, the feature that is Storm Dave continues its progress northeastwards across parts of Scotland.
03:18Exactly how deep and the exact track it takes, well, that's still a little bit uncertain.
03:22As a result, our warnings are likely to get updated as we go through today and get nearer to the
03:28time.
03:28But then that clears away.
03:29And then, yeah, we have a few showers following in behind as we go through Easter day and into Easter
03:35Monday as well.
03:37But signs with the higher pressure building and that looks likely to settle things down.
03:42So I think the second half of the long weekend does look set to be a bit drier and perhaps
03:47also turning warmer compared to the first half.
03:50We do need to bear in mind there is another deep air of low pressure out in the Atlantic as
03:54we head towards Easter Monday.
03:55But it looks set to stay there.
03:57So that shouldn't cause us too many problems.
04:00We will, of course, be updating you throughout the weekend with details all about Storm Dave.
04:05Unfortunately, as today is a bank holiday, there is no weather studio live.
04:08But, yeah, make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel and then you can stay on top of the story.
04:12Bye-bye.
04:13Bye-bye.
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