00:00Welcome to your latest weather update from the Met Office this Friday the 13th, which is seeing quite a few
00:05of us having plenty of sparkling sunshine, albeit on the cold side after a frosty, frosty start.
00:11The satellite picture from first thing shows quite a bit of cloud out west.
00:14These weather fronts will make slow progress towards us over the course of the weekend, one further north, which will
00:20also be sinking south.
00:22But high pressure is the dominant feature. Notice the speckled nature on the satellite image.
00:27These are the wintry showers just feeding down into the North Sea.
00:30But as the high builds in, they're getting pushed further out into the North Sea.
00:35So the east coast in particular, lighter winds compared to yesterday and plenty of sparkling sunshine.
00:40But for the west, there is a bit more clouds, some showers possible for the north of Wales, northwest England
00:45and western parts of Scotland.
00:47The odd one maybe for the north coast of Northern Ireland.
00:49But certainly most places dry and bright, quite a bit of blue sky and the winds certainly lighter than yesterday
00:56across the bulk of central and eastern England.
00:58Now, temperatures are below average. Yes, it feels chilly.
01:01But without that wind, it doesn't feel as cold perhaps as it did yesterday, generally getting up to six to
01:07nine Celsius.
01:09Quite quickly, though, this evening, those temperatures will fall across the Midlands, South Wales, southern counties and eastern counties of
01:15England.
01:15Even seeing a frost returning pretty sharply. The breeze picks up in the far southwest and across the west coast
01:21of Wales.
01:22So maybe not quite as cold here. A bit more cloud feeding in again across Cumbria and Fries and Galloway.
01:27So there could be a little bit of rain here and we'll keep some showery outbreaks of rain going over
01:32the Highlands, the Western Isles and the Northern Isles.
01:34The breeze here keeping the temperatures up above freezing. In fact, much of northern Britain will be frost free just
01:40about.
01:40But certainly further south, we could be down to minus five, minus six, maybe even a touch lower in some
01:46rural spots.
01:47So a frosty start to the weekend. But again, plenty of sunshine over the Midlands, southeast England and eastern England
01:53too.
01:53A bit more cloud maybe for Wales, southwest England.
01:56The odd shower maybe for Anglesea feeding up towards Stonfries and Galloway airship.
02:01Perhaps even as we go through the day, a few of those showers just may drift up towards the borders
02:07and up towards Edinburgh, perhaps even through the afternoon.
02:10At the same time, that weather front approaches in the far north.
02:12So the rain turns more persistent, gets heavier and the winds continue to strengthen here too.
02:16And the breeze certainly picking up around western coasts also, but starting to come up from the south to bring
02:22milder air.
02:23So not quite as cold on Saturday afternoon. We start with that frost.
02:26But by the afternoon, up to seven, eight degrees in the east, maybe 10 or 11 further south and west.
02:32But it will feel cooler than that because of the strength of the wind, which continues to pick up through
02:37Saturday evening.
02:38A little bit of rain creeping into the west of Northern Ireland by the end of the afternoon, then turning
02:42quite damp across Northern Ireland through Saturday evening.
02:45That rain then spraying across Scotland. Will be rain at this stage.
02:48Most of England and Wales staying dry on Saturday night.
02:52But those weather fronts are now really starting to edge in from the west.
02:55At the same time, this one's sinking in from the north.
02:58Now, this is a cold front. Behind that, that's where we've got some really quite cold air.
03:02So as that pushes south, we will see increasing amounts of snow over the hills.
03:08Initially rain, but turning more and more wintry as we go through Sunday.
03:12At the same time in the south, we'll see maybe bands of showery rain moving through with some heavy showers
03:17perhaps following for Wales and southwest England.
03:19The winds picking up here once more also.
03:22But look at the direction, bringing in milder air from the southwest.
03:25Whereas in the north, those northerly winds started to bring more snow.
03:28Yes, most of it's going to be over the hills, but there could be a fair bit over some of
03:33the high ground.
03:33And even at low levels, there could be some snow as we go through Sunday afternoon.
03:37So that is something to watch, particularly if you're travelling across Northern Scotland during Sunday.
03:42Temperature wise, well, we should be up to double figures for many with some brightness, maybe 11 or 12 Celsius
03:48with that breeze, though, quite noticeable across the south.
03:52Plenty going on and even into next week, the weather likely to stay very interesting.
03:55So do keep up to date with everything from the Met Office.
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04:01Have a great day.
