26/02/2018 Weather for the Week Ahead


26/02/2018

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Hello. If you've been

watching our forecasts

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for the last few days or so,

I can tell you straight away

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the message is unchanged.

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Disruptive snowfall is expected

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in the week ahead

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and different parts

of the country

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will be

getting snow on different days.

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The cold air that's come

all the way from Russia

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has pretty much engulfed

the whole of Europe, the UK,

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Ireland and is even now

pushing out into the Atlantic,

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that doesn't happen

very often.

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In the short term,

the weather's not too bad.

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There will be some flurries of

snow during the course of the night

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and into Monday morning

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across eastern areas of the UK.

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So, yes, some of us early on

Monday morning

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will be waking up to

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a fresh covering of snow.

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Nothing too thick we don't

think at this stage and,

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in fact, for most of us,

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Monday is actually

not looking bad at all.

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There'll be some sunshine around

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and occasional

passing snow flurries.

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Most of the snow flurries

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will be across eastern areas,

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but they will become

a little bit more frequent

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during the course of the afternoon

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and they will push inland

to some western areas as well.

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So, anywhere on Monday could

have at least a few flakes

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of snow, if not a light covering.

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Most of the day the temperatures

will be below freezing,

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they may peak at

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a couple of degrees or so,

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but it will feel like it's minus

five degrees

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because the winds

will be strongest

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out of the east across

the southern half of the UK.

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And then Monday evening,

the snow showers

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really gather pace

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across the North Sea and

we're watching this area here.

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This has actually prompted

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the Met Office to already issue

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an amber warning for

heavy, disruptive snow

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across some eastern

and central areas of the UK.

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This is what it looks

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like early on Tuesday morning.

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So, disruptive snowfall falling

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across parts of Lincolnshire,

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into the Midlands,

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possibly as far west as Birmingham.

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There'll be some heavy snow showers

in other areas as well.

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And through the course of the day,

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the snow showers may

become relentless

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across some eastern parts

of the country.

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So, by the end of Wednesday,

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could be a good covering here

and there.

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The same pattern continues

into Wednesday,

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the snow showers pile into

eastern areas

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and you get that message

that it's the east

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that initially gets

most of the snow,

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whereas out west,

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it looks like the snow cover

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will be quite patchy,

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cold during the day,

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below freezing for most of us.

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Now, just how thick will that

snow cover be across the UK?

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Roughly 10-20 centimetres

across the eastern counties,

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whereas further south and west

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you could see just from a dusting

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to perhaps just as much as

5 or 10 centimetres.

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But that is just a

very rough guess for now.

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Thursday, early in the morning,

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a widespread frost across the UK,

obviously,

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and through Thursday itself,

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the weather could

really go downhill.

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And I must stress that across

some southern parts of the UK,

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on top of the heavy snow,

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we could have gale force winds

and with that, some drifting.

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And the problem is that this

area of low pressure here

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drifting out of the

south will get caught

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in the cold current of air

coming out

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of the near continent, so that means

that all of this here will be snow.

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Watch what happens

through the morning,

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snow falling from Cornwall,

Devon,

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through central southern England

into the London area,

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Wales, the Midlands too.

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You've got gale force winds

here with snow,

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that effectively is a

blizzard.

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It's still not a certainty

but a possibility

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and that will be disruptive across

the south.

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And watch what happens

during the day,

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that low pressure here

just lifts northwards

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and engulfs much of the UK,

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so all of this here is snowfall,

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and to the south

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we could even have a spell of

potentially some freezing rain

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which could be even worse.

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So it's important to stay updated

with the latest weather forecasts,

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these things can change,

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but we are pretty certain

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that there will be some problematic

weather

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in the coming days.

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