Rain initially across Northern Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England will shift southwards through the day, reaching Wales, the Midlands and eastern England during the afternoon, some heavy spells in places. Colder and drier across Northern Ireland and much of Scotland with some bright or sunny spells but also a few showers, wintry in the north. Rather cloudy, mild and dry across southern England. – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 06/02/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Alex Burkill.
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00:00 Hello, very good morning to you. Alex Berkhill here again with your latest
00:03 Matt Office weather update. We are going to see a change to something colder for
00:07 many of us, but before then we have some rain around in association with a front
00:11 that is pushing its way southwards. As that clears away towards the south as we
00:15 go into tomorrow, it will allow for cold air to spread across much of the UK. As a
00:20 weather system then pushes into that colder air across the country on
00:24 Thursday, it brings the risk of some disruptive snow, particularly across
00:27 central parts. But for the time being, it's rain that's affecting southern
00:32 Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland this morning. That rain will feed
00:36 further southwards as we go through the day, spreading into central England and
00:39 Wales. Could see some high rainfall totals building up across parts of Wales.
00:42 A drier picture for more southern counties, albeit a rather cloudy story
00:47 here. All the time watch out for some blustery winds. The best chance of seeing
00:51 any sunshine this afternoon will be across Northern Ireland once that rain
00:54 clears away, and also some sunny spells in between any wintry showers across
00:59 parts of Scotland too. A real north-south contrast in our temperatures today
01:03 though chilly in the north, some places staying in low to mid single figures for
01:07 northern Scotland. Much milder further south, highs of around 13 or 14 Celsius.
01:11 Later on, this band of rain continues to edge further southwards, could bring a
01:16 pretty wet end to the day across southern counties, and some of that rain
01:19 is going to linger through much of the night across the far south. Otherwise
01:23 though, often clear skies spreading down from the north in that colder air, and
01:27 with that then temperatures are going to take quite a drop, falling several
01:31 degrees below freezing across parts of Scotland. A harsh frost here and also
01:35 some icy patches to watch out for. Staying a bit milder further south,
01:38 especially across the far south where that front's likely to still be
01:41 lingering. Temperatures only dropping to around 7 or 8 Celsius here. As we wake up
01:46 on Wednesday then, a bit of a damp start across the far south, and in fact there's
01:50 the potential that we could see some of that rain lingering across the far south
01:54 through much of the day, before a bit more rain starts to push in from the
01:57 southwest as we go through the afternoon. A brighter, drier story elsewhere further
02:02 north, still a scattering of showers across parts of Scotland, and these could
02:05 be a little bit wintry at times, but like I say, a greater chance of seeing some
02:09 fine sunny weather at times too. Again, it's going to be a chilly feel in the
02:14 north, and in fact that chillier air would have spread a bit further
02:17 southward, so central parts a bit chillier than they have been recently.
02:20 Still just about getting into double figures across the far south, but it is
02:24 going to be cloudy and a bit wet at times here too. We will have more
02:28 information about the risk of some significant snow, which is possible come
02:32 Thursday in our deep dive, which will be available with Aidan on our YouTube
02:35 channel later this afternoon. Bye bye.