Met Office Afternoon Weather Forecast 02/01/24 - Strong winds in the south
Southern and central areas of the UK will continue to see strong winds through Tuesday afternoon as Storm Henk moves eastwards, accompanied by some persistent, at times heavy, rain. – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the afternoon of 02/01/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00 Hello, Storm Henk has been named by the Met Office because of the risk of damaging and
00:04 disruptive wind gusts during the rest of Tuesday. It might be the new year but we've got the
00:09 same old weather patterns in charge at the moment. A powerful jet stream coming in from
00:13 the Atlantic picking up areas of low pressure. A number of lows on this chart but it's this
00:17 feature, a series of weather fronts and just to the south of the triple point where these
00:25 weather fronts meet, we've got tightly packed ice bars and this feature has been named Storm
00:29 Henk because of the risk of very strong winds across southern parts of the UK. The wind
00:34 gust graphic here with the key on the right just indicates the risk of 50, 60 and in some
00:40 places 70 or 80 mph wind gusts during the rest of Tuesday. The worst affected areas
00:45 likely to be North Cornwall, North Devon through the central swathe of the UK and that's where
00:51 an amber warning has been issued. A broad yellow warning across central and southern
00:55 parts of the UK, 50 or 60 mph wind gusts, perhaps 70 around exposed coastal parts. But
01:01 within the amber warning area there is that risk of 80 mph wind gusts for exposed coastal
01:06 parts and 60, perhaps even 70 inland. Also a yellow rain warning with the risk of 15
01:14 to 30 mm of rainfall building up during the rest of Tuesday and taking into account Monday
01:19 night's rain as well. In some places we could see 50 mm falling onto very saturated ground
01:25 of course. So, wind and rain the chief hazards across southern parts of the UK and with those
01:31 wind gusts we're likely to see some damaging wind speeds and also disruptions to transport
01:38 and some very dangerous coastal conditions across southern parts. The rain moves up through
01:43 the Midlands into Northern England as well as North Wales edging into Southern Scotland,
01:48 but the heaviest conditions will be across Northern England and the North Midlands during
01:51 the rest of Tuesday. Now, for Scotland we're going to see a band of persistent rain and
01:57 some very windy weather here also across the far north of Scotland, especially Orkney and
02:02 into Shetland. Shetland's cold but the rest of the UK about average or above average for
02:06 the time of year. Showers into Northern Ireland and Western Scotland. And heading into Tuesday
02:11 evening well we're likely to see a spell of snow for some parts of Shetland because that's
02:16 where the cold air sits and those very strong wind gusts also remaining across the far north
02:21 of Scotland. But the strongest winds further south, well they ease. But it stays blustery
02:27 overnight with once the main area of rain moves through further showers coming in from
02:32 the west and southwest. The heaviest showers will be affecting western parts with some
02:36 clear spells further east. But either way because of the wind, because of the cloud
02:39 and the rain it's not going to be a particularly chilly night for most of us. That is apart
02:44 from Shetland where we've got that snow, especially over the hills. Now as we start off Wednesday
02:49 it is a blustery start with further showers coming in and even some longer spells of rain
02:54 for the likes of western and northern Scotland. But the showers further south will increasingly
02:59 be interspersed by some breaks in the clouds, some sunshine coming through. So certainly
03:04 scope for a few brighter spells certainly compared with Tuesday. It's staying blustery
03:10 though, that's going to make it feel a bit colder. 9-11C in the south, 6-9C further north
03:16 and the persistent rain continues there across the far north with a strong wind once again
03:22 accompanying it. The blustery showers continue into Wednesday evening and really it's a similar
03:28 theme into Thursday and to a lesser extent by Friday because through the second half
03:34 of the week we've got higher pressure starting to build. So finally a break in all the wet
03:40 and windy stuff but for the time being Storm Henk affects us for the rest of Tuesday.