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Well, Christmas is on the way, but frankly it seems more like Easter | 0:00:01 | 0:00:04 | |
is on the way given the spring bulbs shooting up all over the countryside. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:08 | |
Nature is getting very confused indeed. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:10 | |
This picture taken in Egham in Surrey, | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
symptomatic of the very high temperatures, | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
mild weather, we've had so far through December. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
It has been cold for a couple of days across some northern areas, | 0:00:18 | 0:00:22 | |
but even here warm air is wafting northwards | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
and it will get exceptionally mild later on this week at times. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
The all-time record breaker, the warmest December day | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
on record - 18.3 Celsius in the Highlands way back in 1948. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:36 | |
We probably won't break that record, | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
but it won't be far off perhaps in some places. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
Mind you, a chilly start in the Highlands first thing. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
Temperatures getting above freezing, a thaw beginning to set in. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
Certainly mild further south across the UK, | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
but very misty and murky, some fog over the high-level routes, | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
for example the M62, so watch out for that. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
The odd spot of rain around, but at this stage, a lot of dry weather. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
It won't stay that way because rain already | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
knocking on the door of Cornwall at eight o'clock in the morning. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
And the rain will be spreading its way north-eastwards through the day. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:07 | |
So, most of us across England and Wales eventually will | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
expect to see three or four hours of steady rain. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
That is of some concern given the state of the catchment | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
and the rain we have already had. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
There are weather warnings in force across parts of northern England. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
Getting into Northern Ireland later on in the day. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
The far north of England, | 0:01:23 | 0:01:24 | |
and Scotland dry and that thaw setting in. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
Not as cold as it has been. Positively mild further south. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
Wet weather continues to march northwards overnight | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
followed by another batch of showery rain on a very gusty wind. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
So quite a lot going on as we go through the night. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
By the early hours, though, | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
that rain and the worst of the wind will be easing away | 0:01:39 | 0:01:41 | |
So, for Wednesday, just dribs and drabs left behind, | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
a lot of cloud, | 0:01:44 | 0:01:45 | |
limited brightness but mild nationwide. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
Double figures, mid teens across the south. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
Now, as we look from Wednesday into Thursday another set of | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
weather fronts comes marching in, | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
get hooked up across some north-western parts of the UK again. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
We're keeping a close eye on rainfall amounts here. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
We could see 30 or 40 millimetres in some prone areas. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
To the south and east of that, though, | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
despite a gusty wind, it will turn exceptionally mild. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
16 possibly 17 degrees in some places | 0:02:09 | 0:02:13 | |
before that front sweeps through introducing cooler air, | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
not cold by any stretch of the imagination. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
Temperatures just a degree or so down on Friday. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
A lot of dry weather before the next set of weather fronts comes in | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
across the north and west. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
So that is the picture on Friday, wettest across the north | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
and west, driest further south and east | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
and again double figures in most places temperature-wise. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:34 | |
Onto Saturday, southerly winds introduce even milder air. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
Again some places could be getting up into the mid | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
high teens, but more wet weather across the north-west. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
So a lot of warmth around as we start next week. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
What we are going to get out in the Atlantic is a very tight | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
gradient of contrast between warm air to the south | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
and cold air to the north | 0:02:53 | 0:02:54 | |
and when you get a tight temperature | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
gradient like this, you get a strong jet stream. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
Of course, the jet stream is the powerhouse of weather. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
Along the jet stream, you get areas of low pressure zipping along. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
The stronger the jet stream, the more intense the areas of low pressure. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
And with this strong jet next week, we are | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
going to see some deep areas of low pressure. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
Some very wet and windy weather | 0:03:15 | 0:03:16 | |
and potentially stormy, | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
and impacts are possible. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
Obviously, we are keeping a very close eye on things. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
Any colder interludes will be brief. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
I'll be back with an update tomorrow. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
The 2015 BBC Music Awards have lit up Birmingham. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
# Take me to church I'll worship like a dog... # | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
One night of stunning performances | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
celebrating 12 extraordinary months in music. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 |