The start of Tuesday will remain under a cold regime, with potential snowfall over Scotland and North Ireland, this perhaps turning heavy with some impacts. Southern parts will remain fairly dry and cold, with cloud over the west, in places such as Wales. – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 16/01/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00 Hello, good morning. Another cold and for some of us a snowy day ahead. There's the
00:05 potential for some heavy persistent snow to affect some northern areas, particularly parts
00:09 of Scotland as we go through today. But some of that heavy snow could also impact parts
00:13 of Northern Ireland into Northern England for a time too. There is some uncertainty
00:17 as to exactly when and where we're going to see the heaviest snow, but there's the potential
00:22 for even some lower levels to see in excess of 10 centimetres and 20 centimetres over
00:27 higher ground, so some significant disruption is quite likely. Further south across many
00:32 parts of England and Wales, it's actually looking like another largely fine day. Again,
00:36 plenty of winter sunshine around, but it is still going to feel cold. Temperatures may
00:41 be up a degree or so compared to yesterday with highs of around 5, possibly 6 Celsius,
00:46 but still a chilly feel to things. And further north, with all that snowy weather around,
00:51 it is going to feel cold indeed. Through the evening and overnight, outbreaks of rain-sleet
00:56 snow across northern areas generally push their way east and southward, so many of it
01:01 clears away towards the east, but some of it does push southward, so some outbreaks
01:05 of rain-sleet or snow pushing into North Wales and perhaps more central northern parts of
01:10 England as we go through the early hours of Wednesday. Something a little bit drier following
01:14 in behind across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, but also more snow showers then following
01:19 across northern areas in particular. To the south, we're likely to hold on to largely
01:24 clear skies, and so again, temperatures are going to take quite a drop. A widely frosty
01:29 night for many of us once more, many places falling several degrees below freezing, so
01:33 watch out for some icy patches first thing on Wednesday morning. The lowest temperatures
01:37 likely to be where we have some significant lying snow across parts of Scotland. Again,
01:41 we could fall into negative double figures, so a very cold start to the day here. Now,
01:46 Wednesday is still causing us some headaches. We have a weather system just to the south
01:50 of us, and it's likely to just avoid the UK, but potentially it will push a little bit
01:56 further northwards and reach more southern counties. If it does this, it could bring
02:00 some disruptive snow to southern areas, but like I said, most likely just to stay to the
02:05 south of us. Otherwise, and apart from some further snow showers feeding down from the
02:09 north, so particularly affecting northern parts of Scotland and anywhere exposed to
02:13 that northerly wind, it is going to be mostly dry with again some decent winter sunshine
02:18 for many of us. But staying cold, temperatures only getting a few degrees above freezing
02:22 for most. There is some more cold weather to come through the next few days, but as
02:26 we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend, temperatures should start to
02:30 lift that little bit, with more unsettled weather to come as well. Now, there will be
02:35 some more information, greater detail about the warnings and the wintry hazards we have
02:39 through the next few days in our deep dive with Annie, which will be available on our
02:42 YouTube channel this afternoon.