00:00Hello there, Storm Dave rattling through over the next 24 hours, particularly across the northern half of the UK, some
00:08disruptive damaging winds possible.
00:10So if we take a look at the pressure pattern and Storm Dave will start to move in as we
00:15move through this afternoon evening time and push its way northeastwards across the UK.
00:19Guts of 60, 70 miles an hour possible, perhaps even locally 80 to 90. But then high pressure starts building
00:26in behind to give a fresh breezy day on Easter Sunday and then building in further for Easter Monday and
00:33temperatures start to rise as well.
00:35So we take a look at the satellite image from earlier. We can see storm clouds gathering to the west
00:41of the UK.
00:41This is Storm Dave as it started to develop over the last few hours and will continue to move towards
00:47us.
00:47A warm front stretching ahead of this, already bringing rain into parts of Northern Ireland, Northern England, some of this
00:53falling as snow over the highest ground of Northern Ireland.
00:56And that will continue to push northwards into Scotland through the afternoon.
01:00The wind's starting to pick up as well, gales around the coast of Northern Ireland over the higher ground too.
01:06But further south and east, winds coming in from the south, pretty blustery, 20 to 30 miles an hour.
01:12That helped just break the cloud up a little and we could see some sunshine developing across East Anglia.
01:18So a breezy bright afternoon here and with winds coming in from that direction, lifting the temperatures 16, 17, perhaps
01:25even locally 18 Celsius across the southeast.
01:28So a nice Saturday to come here. But further west, the thicker cloud could bring a few showers to parts
01:33of Wales, the west country into parts of the Lake District, for example, as well.
01:38But that wet and windy weather still across Northern Ireland into Scotland.
01:42Met Office warnings coming into force for the strength of the wind as we move through this afternoon and into
01:47the evening time.
01:48So if we take a focus and a deeper look into the wind speeds as we move through Saturday evening
01:55time, we can see initially for mid-afternoon, strongest winds around parts of the Republic of Ireland.
02:01But if we play the sequence through, we can see how they transfer into the Irish Sea, parts of Northern
02:05England.
02:06We could see gusts of 60, 70 miles an hour, perhaps even locally 80.
02:10Some of those strong winds also transferring into northeast Scotland.
02:14So Met Office wind warnings are out through the rest of Saturday into the early hours of Sunday as well
02:21for some damaging gusts of wind.
02:22So it is worth staying up to date with the latest.
02:27As we move through the weather pattern for Saturday evening, a storm day pushes its way northeastwards.
02:32We could see heavy rain and also heavy snow across Scotland above around 1 to 200 metres, as much as
02:3820 to 30 centimetres of snow could fall.
02:41That will also lead to some disruption and a blustery end to the day and night as we go through
02:48into Easter Sunday.
02:50Elsewhere through the night, blustery showers continue across England and Wales.
02:54Met Office warnings out across Northern England as well.
02:57So it does mean temperatures holding up, particularly across England and Wales.
03:01Minimum temperatures around 6 to 8 Celsius.
03:04Colder across Scotland, below freezing over the higher ground with that snow accumulating.
03:09So a very wet and windy start across northeast Scotland into Orkney and Shetland as Dave slowly pulls away.
03:14Elsewhere, bright and breezy.
03:16Plenty of showers first thing on Easter Sunday.
03:19These pushing their way eastwards on a brisk wind.
03:21But with high pressure starting to build in from the southwest as we move through into the afternoon.
03:26Less showers around, more in the way of sunny spells.
03:29But quite a fresh air mass.
03:31So temperatures a little below average in the north, 7 to 9 Celsius, nearer to average further south, reaching highs
03:37around 13 degrees across southeast England.
03:40So a bit of a fresher, brighter day for everyone.
03:43And into the evening time, those showers continue but slowly start to fade away overnight.
03:48Quite a chilly night to come, taking us into Easter Monday.
03:51But with that high pressure building, we should see some drier and lengthier spells of sunshine starting to develop.
03:58And then that's the theme for the next few days.
04:00As we look towards the middle of the week, plenty of sunshine to come.
04:04One or two showers towards the west and northwest.
04:07And with southerly winds developing, those temperatures really lifting.
04:11Reaching the low 20s once more as we get towards Tuesday and Wednesday.
04:15Perhaps even 23 or 24 degrees in one or two spots.
04:19So there's a lot going on in the weather over the next 24 hours and then warming up as we
04:24go through next week.
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04:30See you again soon.
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