20/02/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.you in just the second. But here is the outlook. On Sunday, we have grey

:00:00. > :00:12.skies and a bit of drizzle, too. Good evening. You may have had the

:00:13. > :00:16.latest from the Met Office about the rainfall we have had this winter,

:00:17. > :00:20.the wettest winter on record. It is sometimes difficult to visualise the

:00:21. > :00:25.numbers. Let me explain how much rain we had. If you think about a

:00:26. > :00:30.stretch of land across the UK, we had about half a metre of rainfall

:00:31. > :00:34.falling so far this winter. That is, if the water didn't sleep into the

:00:35. > :00:39.ground. We have a huge amount of water brought in by areas of low

:00:40. > :00:43.pressure. 15 of them have been big storms, causing lots of damage. As

:00:44. > :00:47.far as the shorts is concerned, it is just a breeze. We have a few

:00:48. > :00:51.shells on the horizon and that is pretty much it. You can see where

:00:52. > :00:54.the weather is coming from the moment. It has come in from the

:00:55. > :01:00.Atlantic. Just a few scatter shower words here and there. It is going to

:01:01. > :01:03.be a bit colder tonight compared to last night. Last night tempered as

:01:04. > :01:13.were about seven or eight degrees, tonight they could be frost across

:01:14. > :01:16.eastern areas of the country. -- temperatures. The showers will

:01:17. > :01:20.continue through tomorrow morning into the afternoon. Most of them

:01:21. > :01:24.will fall across Northern Ireland and Scotland. Here, gale force winds

:01:25. > :01:33.are in fact blowing. The showers will drift eastwards through the

:01:34. > :01:37.day. Mostly dry weather in the north-east. The same weather

:01:38. > :01:45.patterns continue into Friday evening. Don't get caught in some of

:01:46. > :01:50.those hefty showers. The weekend, not a stormy as last weekend but it

:01:51. > :01:54.is still going to be a windy one. We are going to start on a bright

:01:55. > :01:59.note, especially Saturday. It will be mostly bright. It will be windy.

:02:00. > :02:03.Then, on Sunday, more and more of us will get the rain. This is the

:02:04. > :02:07.forecast for Saturday. This is the area of low pressure that will be

:02:08. > :02:13.increasing our wind, cloud and rain. That translates to 50 mph

:02:14. > :02:19.winds in western coast. It will be June I for most of the country. The

:02:20. > :02:24.rain gets into Northern Ireland and Scotland. -- it will be try for most

:02:25. > :02:27.of the country. By Sunday, the rain will slip eastwards so there will be

:02:28. > :02:30.some heavy rain around Cumbria,