:00:13. > :00:18.Good evening. A blizzard is raging across the hills of northern
:00:18. > :00:22.England causing major disruption. For other places welcome rain fall
:00:22. > :00:27.for a few and some pleasant sunshine. It's been that kind of
:00:27. > :00:34.day. Along the boundary we have an intense area of low pressure,
:00:34. > :00:38.marked by this hook of cloud here. Along that northern fridge snow
:00:38. > :00:42.fall has occurred in Scotland. Northern England will bear the
:00:42. > :00:52.brunt right now. Blizzard conditions. I have marked out the
:00:52. > :00:52.
:00:53. > :00:59.areas worst affected by the snow. 200 metres, 5-10cms of blowing snow.
:00:59. > :01:04.Northern and central parts of Wales that snow will pile up. At lower
:01:04. > :01:10.ground it's mostly rain. A lot of rain through this zone here, strong
:01:10. > :01:14.winds, awful night to come. Heavy showers across central and southern
:01:14. > :01:18.England and Wales later in the night. Temperatures close to
:01:18. > :01:21.freezing in the south, below freezing across the heart of
:01:21. > :01:25.Scotland. Ice could be a major concern first thing in the morning.
:01:25. > :01:29.Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England a better day. Some
:01:29. > :01:34.welcomed sunshine. An improvement. This wintry weather will edge
:01:34. > :01:39.southwards through parts of the Midlands and Wales. To the south of
:01:39. > :01:44.that, across parts of the west country into other southern
:01:44. > :01:50.counties lively showers. Still sunshine and relatively mild. Raw
:01:50. > :01:54.and wintry through the Midland and Wales and hill snow. Lovely day for
:01:54. > :01:59.Northern Ireland and Scotland seeing a steady thaw of the
:01:59. > :02:03.remaining snow cover. Through tomorrow night, the dregs of the
:02:03. > :02:07.rain and hill snow will ease away from southern parts of Wales and
:02:07. > :02:11.the South West of England. Under clearing skies a particularly cold
:02:11. > :02:15.night tomorrow night. A sharp frost by Thursday morning. More rain
:02:15. > :02:19.though, this time rain turning up acs the north west of Scotland. All