A chilly start for much of the UK with widespread ice possible in Scotland. Some wintry showers in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, while much of northern and central England and Wales will see some hazy sunshine during Wednesday. – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 07/02/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.
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00:00 Hello there, welcome to your weather update from the Met Office. It's Wednesday morning and it's cold outside for most.
00:05 We're seeing some Arctic air spread across the country.
00:08 There's a snow and ice warning until lunchtime across northern and western parts of Scotland associated with wintry showers.
00:13 Now towards the far south, notice the air is milder,
00:17 but these weather fronts are never too far away, bringing with it some cloud and even some patchy rain from time to time before
00:21 more persistent rain arrives later on on Wednesday and
00:25 into Thursday morning. More about that in a moment. For the time being, watch out for slippery surfaces across Scotland.
00:31 This feature here has brought a scattering of snow showers.
00:34 You could see a covering across the central belt down towards a southern parts of Scotland through the first part of the day.
00:39 One or two wintry showers can't be ruled out across Northern Ireland,
00:42 but some bright skies, some sunshine as the sun rises across northern counties of England,
00:46 hazy sunshine further south across the Midlands, Wales, East Anglia, eastern counties and some patchy frost.
00:53 But to the south of that, that's where we're seeing more cloud, higher temperatures and also some patchy rain along the coast.
00:59 It is going to be rather breezy.
01:01 So a lot of weather, lots of different weather,
01:03 but most of us will be immersed in that cold air and that means temperatures will struggle through the day despite the fact we'll see
01:10 some bright weather, hazy sunshine across England and Wales, brighter skies further north and west and always the chance of
01:17 a scattering of snow showers across northern and western areas of Scotland, including Orkney as well as Shetland.
01:23 Many areas though will be dry, although some showery bursts
01:27 towards the southwest will continue through the afternoon and that sun will just come and go through the day.
01:33 But temperatures will struggle.
01:35 So across Scotland we'll see temperatures coming in probably around three to five degrees Celsius at the very best.
01:42 For Northern Ireland, it's possibly going to be a six if you're lucky, further south seven or eight, but towards the far south
01:49 nine degrees Celsius, but always more clouds and the odd spot or two of rain.
01:53 Now the frosts will return quite quickly through this evening and overnight,
01:58 extending further south across England as well as Northern Ireland, northern parts of Wales.
02:03 But the cloud will thicken across the rest of Wales, central southern England and the West Country. By midnight
02:09 we'll see the first of more persistent rain arriving into Thursday morning and a widespread frost to start the day towards the north, again with
02:16 these showers across the far north, which will be wintry. So temperatures towards the far southwest will hold around eight degrees Celsius,
02:22 but close to freezing if not below further north.
02:25 That means a cold start to Thursday, the risk of ice across more northern areas.
02:29 And then notice this, as that rain encounters the cold air through Thursday morning, it is likely to turn to snow,
02:37 especially over the higher ground. So the Welsh mountains and then eventually towards Pennine districts through the afternoon. As this rain and some snow
02:45 pushes in across Northern Ireland as well. To the south, we'll see some showers gather across Scotland.
02:51 It's mostly dry, some hazy sunshine and again one or two showers coming in on a cold wind here.
02:56 So as we head through to Thursday evening, there could be some impactful snow, particularly over the high ground,
03:02 but even at lower levels, obviously we'll keep you posted here. And wherever you are, away from the far south,
03:07 it's going to be a cold day. I'll see you later.
03:09 time.