0:00:02 > 0:00:04Hello. If you've been watching our forecasts
0:00:04 > 0:00:07for the last few days or so, I can tell you straight away
0:00:07 > 0:00:09the message is unchanged.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Disruptive snowfall is expected
0:00:11 > 0:00:12in the week ahead
0:00:12 > 0:00:14and different parts of the country
0:00:14 > 0:00:16will be getting snow on different days.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The cold air that's come all the way from Russia
0:00:19 > 0:00:21has pretty much engulfed the whole of Europe, the UK,
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Ireland and is even now pushing out into the Atlantic,
0:00:24 > 0:00:26that doesn't happen very often.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28In the short term, the weather's not too bad.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31There will be some flurries of snow during the course of the night
0:00:31 > 0:00:32and into Monday morning
0:00:32 > 0:00:34across eastern areas of the UK.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36So, yes, some of us early on Monday morning
0:00:36 > 0:00:38will be waking up to
0:00:38 > 0:00:39a fresh covering of snow.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Nothing too thick we don't think at this stage and,
0:00:42 > 0:00:43in fact, for most of us,
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Monday is actually not looking bad at all.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47There'll be some sunshine around
0:00:47 > 0:00:49and occasional passing snow flurries.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Most of the snow flurries
0:00:51 > 0:00:52will be across eastern areas,
0:00:52 > 0:00:54but they will become a little bit more frequent
0:00:54 > 0:00:56during the course of the afternoon
0:00:56 > 0:00:59and they will push inland to some western areas as well.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01So, anywhere on Monday could have at least a few flakes
0:01:01 > 0:01:03of snow, if not a light covering.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Most of the day the temperatures will be below freezing,
0:01:06 > 0:01:07they may peak at
0:01:07 > 0:01:09a couple of degrees or so,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11but it will feel like it's minus five degrees
0:01:11 > 0:01:13because the winds will be strongest
0:01:13 > 0:01:15out of the east across the southern half of the UK.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17And then Monday evening, the snow showers
0:01:17 > 0:01:19really gather pace
0:01:19 > 0:01:21across the North Sea and we're watching this area here.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22This has actually prompted
0:01:22 > 0:01:24the Met Office to already issue
0:01:24 > 0:01:27an amber warning for heavy, disruptive snow
0:01:27 > 0:01:30across some eastern and central areas of the UK.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31This is what it looks
0:01:31 > 0:01:33like early on Tuesday morning.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35So, disruptive snowfall falling
0:01:35 > 0:01:36across parts of Lincolnshire,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38into the Midlands,
0:01:38 > 0:01:39possibly as far west as Birmingham.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42There'll be some heavy snow showers in other areas as well.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44And through the course of the day,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46the snow showers may become relentless
0:01:46 > 0:01:47across some eastern parts of the country.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49So, by the end of Wednesday,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52could be a good covering here and there.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54The same pattern continues into Wednesday,
0:01:54 > 0:01:56the snow showers pile into eastern areas
0:01:56 > 0:01:58and you get that message that it's the east
0:01:58 > 0:02:00that initially gets most of the snow,
0:02:00 > 0:02:01whereas out west,
0:02:01 > 0:02:03it looks like the snow cover
0:02:03 > 0:02:04will be quite patchy,
0:02:04 > 0:02:05cold during the day,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07below freezing for most of us.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Now, just how thick will that snow cover be across the UK?
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Roughly 10-20 centimetres across the eastern counties,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16whereas further south and west
0:02:16 > 0:02:18you could see just from a dusting
0:02:18 > 0:02:20to perhaps just as much as 5 or 10 centimetres.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23But that is just a very rough guess for now.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Thursday, early in the morning,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27a widespread frost across the UK, obviously,
0:02:27 > 0:02:28and through Thursday itself,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31the weather could really go downhill.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34And I must stress that across some southern parts of the UK,
0:02:34 > 0:02:35on top of the heavy snow,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38we could have gale force winds and with that, some drifting.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40And the problem is that this area of low pressure here
0:02:40 > 0:02:42drifting out of the south will get caught
0:02:42 > 0:02:44in the cold current of air coming out
0:02:44 > 0:02:48of the near continent, so that means that all of this here will be snow.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Watch what happens through the morning,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51snow falling from Cornwall, Devon,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53through central southern England into the London area,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Wales, the Midlands too.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57You've got gale force winds here with snow,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59that effectively is a blizzard.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02It's still not a certainty but a possibility
0:03:02 > 0:03:04and that will be disruptive across the south.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06And watch what happens during the day,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08that low pressure here just lifts northwards
0:03:08 > 0:03:09and engulfs much of the UK,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12so all of this here is snowfall,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14and to the south
0:03:14 > 0:03:17we could even have a spell of potentially some freezing rain
0:03:17 > 0:03:18which could be even worse.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22So it's important to stay updated with the latest weather forecasts,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24these things can change,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26but we are pretty certain
0:03:26 > 0:03:28that there will be some problematic weather
0:03:28 > 0:03:29in the coming days.