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At this time of year, we can often get weather stories | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
which reflect the battle between winter into spring, | 0:00:04 | 0:00:07 | |
and that's what we've seen this week | 0:00:07 | 0:00:09 | |
across the pond, in New York in the US. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
On Wednesday, they had a high of 17 degrees. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
By Thursday afternoon, a daytime high of just -2. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:18 | |
And it was accompanied by some snow as well. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
This was the scene at Times Square | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
during the course of the day on Thursday. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
Now, we've had a similar kind of story this week, | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
not quite as extreme. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:30 | |
Just like the UK, we tend to do things | 0:00:30 | 0:00:32 | |
in a slightly smaller fashion. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
But out to the west, we had some blue sky, sunshine | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
and some spring warmth on Wednesday. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
Cold out to the east. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
And that cold air and cloud | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
filtered its way steadily westwards during Thursday, | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
so a real change, | 0:00:46 | 0:00:47 | |
a contrast in the feel of the story generally across the country. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:51 | |
And that's going to stay with us for the next few days. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
The high pressure across Scandinavia | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
still in the driving seat at the moment, | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
drifting in this easterly breeze, | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
drifting a lot of cloud across the country | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
and making it feel pretty disappointing. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
We're likely to continue to see a scattering of showers, | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
showers of rain to the coast. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
Just head further inland, with a little bit of height, | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
there could be some sleet and snow. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
But on Friday, there will be some sunshine around. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
Scotland, Northern Ireland, perhaps parts of Pembrokeshire and Cornwall. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
But it's going to be a cold day. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
1 or 2 degrees on the east coast. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
4 or 5 at the best further west. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:25 | |
Now, as we move out of Friday, | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
with those clear skies and sunshine across Scotland, | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
the temperatures will fall away quite sharply through the night. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:33 | |
Lows not out of the question of -10. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
And at the same time, we're likely to see | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
a few more enhanced showers drifting further inland. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:41 | |
Now, this is when we could see a few centimetres of snow | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
settling at higher ground, | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
maybe even a significant dusting at lower levels. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
But don't get too excited about it. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:50 | |
As we go through the day on Saturday, | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
the snow showers are likely to turn back to rain. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
And it's still going to feel pretty cold and grey. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
Still some sunshine, though, | 0:01:57 | 0:01:59 | |
likely across Scotland and Northern Ireland. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
Very little change in the scenario | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
through the second half of the weekend. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
A different day, the same old shade of grey, I'm afraid. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:10 | |
5 to 7 degrees, still rather breezy, though, as well. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
You will need a few extra layers. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
As we move into the start of a new working week, | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
on Monday, the breeze picks up a little | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
and potentially helps to stir up that cloud, | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
break it up a little across England and Wales. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
And as a result, we'll start to see those temperatures climbing, | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
maybe up as high as 9 degrees across the south coast. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:32 | |
And that marks the indication of something changing a little. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
Still the high pressure very much in control, | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
blocking these weather fronts and areas of low | 0:02:37 | 0:02:40 | |
out in the Atlantic, spiralling around, | 0:02:40 | 0:02:42 | |
but the isobars will squeeze together | 0:02:42 | 0:02:44 | |
and the wind may well change direction. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
Let's just recap before we look at the longer six- to ten-day period. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
We have seen this blocking high pressure across Scandinavia | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
driving in this easterly flow, | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
producing the cloud and the cool-ish wintry feel to things. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:00 | |
But the high pressure looks likely to sink south a little. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
Still a level of uncertainty where that's going to be sitting, | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
but if it does sit close towards the Alps, | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
it'll drag in the southerly flow. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
A milder source, certainly, | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
and that could potentially give us some spring-like weather, | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
dare I say it, | 0:03:15 | 0:03:16 | |
Maybe even the snowdrops putting in an appearance | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
with a little bit of sunshine. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:20 | |
However, clear skies by day | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
will still lead to the potential of some frost and some fog | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
overnight and first thing in the morning. Take care. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 |