24/01/2018 BBC Weather

Friday looks nice, still fairly

cool, mild into the

cool, mild into the weekend. Now the

National forecast with Phil Avery.

With Storm Georgina not 1 million

miles away, the day was always going

to be wet and windy. The satellite

picture tells the tale, close to the

north of Scotland but many more of

you will have seen this portion of

the weather front which brought in

its own rights and very wet and

really quite windy weather.

The rain has eventually cleared away

from the very far south-east, sunny

spells that I didn't showers. Some

of the rain and snow melt

contributed to the situation in York

and in Dumfries the river was also

an issue.

The other half of the story was the

strength of the winds. Nowhere worse

perhaps than the far north of

Scotland, but even as far south as

Cromwell, 60 mph. The waste really

crashed over the sea defences in the

western side of Highland Scotland.

Getting a bit quieter now, still

quite breezy with some gusts in

excess of 40 mph or so.

Low pressure tracking in towards

Northern Ireland, not with the same

intensity as Georgina.

Not a particularly cold night for

many but there could be ice and

frost across the northern Scotland,

some winteriness there.

Bright enough across the eastern

side of the British Isles, near to

the centre of the lull, Northern

Ireland, plenty of showers.

By the middle of the day, do not be

surprised to see a little bit of

winteriness about the showers, there

are plenty of them in western areas.

Central Scotland and eastern England

and places could get away with

essentially a dry look to your

weather.

Through the evening and overnight,

that centre transfers to the North

Sea which allows something of a

north-westerly breeze to set up

across the British Isles, a cool

start, maybe frosty. Some breeze

across the eastern shores, maybe a

shower or two but you get the sense

that it is a pretty decent day.

Plenty of sunshine to go around, I

would have thought. It does not do

an awful lot for temperatures, but

with the absence of meaningful

winter for many, 9 degrees feels

very pleasant.

Just in time for the weekend we

bring in the first weather spread

from the Atlantic, some rain for

many parts.

As we get into Sunday the rain

becomes confined to the

north-western quarter of Scotland.

What does that mean for the weekend?

I suspect there will be