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Hello there. Christmas may well have come and gone, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
but the carol In The Bleak Midwinter still holds fast and true. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:07 | |
Tuesday was a miserable January day for the far | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
north of the country, through Scotland and Northern Ireland. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
It was windy, with frequent snow showers. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:15 | |
I think I'D have been grumpy, | 0:00:15 | 0:00:16 | |
trying to get anywhere in these kind of conditions. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
Some lying snow across Scotland and Northern Ireland. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
It made for some pretty pictures, | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
but I'm sure at times it was a little tedious. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
Now, the cold air really descends right across the country, | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
and it stays with us for most of the week. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
In fact, today, though, the showers will start to ease a little. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
We'll still have some wintry showers into the far north-west this | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
afternoon, but as you can see, | 0:00:39 | 0:00:40 | |
there will be some decent sunny spells. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
It'll still be quite windy, and still a cold source, | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
so despite those thermometers saying five to seven degrees | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
across England and Wales, it will feel colder than that, | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
and on exposed west-facing coasts it really will still feel quite bitter. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:55 | |
As we move into Thursday morning, | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
in the early hours we've got this deepening area of low pressure, | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
and on the southern flank of that | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
we could see gales or severe gales for a time, | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
and on the leading edge we're going to see a spell of snow, | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
particularly across central and southern areas of Scotland. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:11 | |
It rattles away quite quickly | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
and then leaves a trail of showers behind, but still pretty | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
windy with it, and that's still going to make it feel quite chilly. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
So a rash of showers as we go through the day on Thursday | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
but sunny spells and scattered showers, | 0:01:23 | 0:01:25 | |
the worst of the weather easing away by then. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
But two or three degrees is not going to feel great into the north. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:31 | |
We should see higher values further south of six to nine. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
Now, as we move out of Thursday into Friday, we've still got low pressure | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
centred to the north, and that could still produce some windy | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
conditions across the far north-west and a scattering of showers, | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
but things will quieten down as we head towards the weekend. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:48 | |
Friday will see a scattering of showers to the north and west | 0:01:48 | 0:01:50 | |
and still with a wintry flavour in there, as well, | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
and still quite windy and cold. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:54 | |
Further south, we keep some decent spells of sunshine | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
and, in comparison to last week, when it was cloudy, grey, | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
dull and miserable, many of us will be happy with this kind of weather. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
Now, as we move out of Friday into Saturday, | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
we see this brief little ridge of high pressure building. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
That'll quieten things down for the start of the weekend, but | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
potentially it could lead to lighter winds and a cold and frosty start. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
So, first thing on Saturday morning, it could certainly | 0:02:16 | 0:02:20 | |
be notably cold and frosty, but it should be dry and sunny | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
and, with lighter winds, not too bad a day. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
As you can see, quite quiet. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
So temperatures will probably peak by the middle of the afternoon | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
at around two or three degrees again to the north, four to seven, | 0:02:30 | 0:02:34 | |
but with lighter winds and some sunshine, not too bad. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:36 | |
Now, as we move out of Saturday into Sunday, | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
we could see a chilly start, but there is a slight question mark | 0:02:39 | 0:02:43 | |
with this weather front trying to push in. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
So, cold and frosty with some decent spells of sunshine. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
A level of uncertainty as to the timings of this weather front. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:52 | |
You'll need to keep watching the forecast for Sunday. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
And again on the leading edge as it bumps into that cold air | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
we might see some snow for a time. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
But once we move out of Sunday, once that weather front moves through, | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
things will start to become quite unsettled. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
The jet stream will continue to drive in low | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
pressures for the longer six-to-ten-day period. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
So it does look as though the weather story is set to change. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
And as we move into next week, it'll be quite unsettled, | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
windy with gales at times | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
but temperatures perhaps where they should be for this time of year. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
So we lose that cold, wintry flavour at least into next week. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:28 |