00:00Hello.
00:01It's been another gloomy day for a large part of central UK, and it's been a damp day in
00:07the far south.
00:08Meanwhile, a sharp contrast towards the north.
00:12And that's because at the moment, the stagnant air that has led to poor visibility sticking
00:18around over the last few days for central parts, well, that's being squeezed initially
00:23by a front coming up from the south, introducing a lot of cloud and some rain, as well as a
00:28strengthening breeze, and then later in the week, a cold front bringing colder weather
00:34and brighter skies from the north.
00:37So the stagnant air is being squeezed.
00:39We'll see less widespread fog over the next few days, but it doesn't mean it's necessarily
00:43going to cheer up much initially across England and Wales, because we've got a lot of frontal
00:48cloud, thick layers of cloud through the atmosphere, and a lot of that will lower onto the hills
00:54of southern UK, leading to hill fog and poor visibility first thing on Wednesday.
01:00A lot of rain as well.
01:02Mostly this is light, on and off rain, but around some of these southern coastal counties,
01:07the rain will be boosted by warmer seas, and as a result, there will be some heavy outbreaks
01:11overnight and large accumulations in places, for example, 50mm in a 24-hour period for south
01:17Devon.
01:18Not likely to cause too many problems, because of course, we need the rain.
01:23Further north, less mist and fog around, wouldn't rule it out entirely, through the
01:27Midlands, parts of Lincolnshire, East Anglia, for the start of Wednesday, but less extensive,
01:32because of the increase in cloud from the south.
01:34And then further north again, a lot of clear skies overnight, and this colder flow from the
01:39north.
01:40But where we get those clear skies, always the chance of some freezing fog patches, most especially
01:44through the central belt, and for some sheltered parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, temperatures
01:48will be a few degrees below freezing, perhaps in the most cold spots in Scotland, minus 6
01:54Celsius.
01:55And we'll have these showers feeding into the north of Scotland, sleet and snow over the
01:59hills, increasingly so through the day on Wednesday, I think, as this cold northerly wind starts
02:05to take over.
02:06The brighter skies associated with the colder air baths start to filter south, and the front
02:11in the south, having initially brought a damp start to the day for the south of England,
02:17south Wales, well that tends to peter out, still damp, still relatively gloomy into the
02:21afternoon, but less wet.
02:23And you can see the sky is bright and the clouds break up across parts of the Midlands, North
02:27Wales and more especially the northern half of the UK.
02:30Where we've got those brighter skies, temperatures only getting up to 8 or 9 Celsius, because of
02:36course this is an increasingly Arctic maritime air mass.
02:39Further south, double figures, yeah, but not feeling particularly warm because of the gloom
02:44and the easterly breeze continuing along the south coast.
02:49Still some rain close to the south coast for the start of Wednesday night, and that's going
02:54to come and go, showery stuff, but predominantly south Cornwall into the Isles of Scilly.
02:59Otherwise, it's mostly dry for many parts of England and Wales, clearer skies for central
03:04and southern Scotland.
03:05Northern Ireland once again, a widespread frost by the start of Thursday, temperatures well
03:10below freezing in places, and turning increasingly wintry with these showers popping up across
03:15the north of Scotland.
03:16Talking about sleet and hail at low levels, right down at sea level, snow accumulating over
03:22the hills of northern Scotland.
03:23So, a chilly start wherever you are on Thursday, certainly a colder but brighter start in the
03:28south compared with recent mornings.
03:30Still some rain and patchy cloud across the south and southwest around coastal areas.
03:36That tends to fade away through the day on Thursday, brightening skies for many.
03:39Most places are simply sunny on Thursday.
03:43Widespread blue skies, a sparkling late autumn day.
03:46But we'll still see some of these showers feeding into the north of Scotland.
03:51Again, snow over hills, sleety stuff at lower levels.
03:54One or two showers popping up over Northern Ireland and some of these North Sea coasts as
03:58well.
03:59And in the wind, it's going to feel cold.
04:01We're talking about air temperatures of seven or eight Celsius at best.
04:05But, add on the wind chill, closer to freezing for some of the most exposed parts of northern
04:10Scotland because that wind is going to be strong.
04:11Peaking at gale force for some exposed parts of northern Scotland on Wednesday night into
04:16the start of Thursday and continuing to be strong throughout daytime on Thursday as well
04:21with those frequent showers.
04:23So, big changes over the next few days.
04:25Big contrasts to be had as well.
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04:30Bye-bye.
