Thursday will start with a dry and cold, with hazy sunny spells in places across the north. A large area of rain will set over most of southern England, some of this falling as snow in northwestern parts of England. Wintry showers in the far north are possible. Yellow and even amber warnings have been issued, due to the impacts that rain and snow will be generating through the day. – This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 08/02/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Clare Nasir.
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00:00 Hello there, welcome to your Thursday morning weather update from the Met Office.
00:04 The risk of heavy rain, snow and ice are through today. Lots of weather to
00:09 contend with if you are travelling. And the risk of ice and some snow showers
00:14 continues across Scotland. We have a broad yellow warning for snow across
00:18 northern England extending down towards the North Midlands and covering mid and
00:22 northern parts of Wales. Also a snow and ice warning for Northern Ireland. Now
00:26 this amber warning across the higher ground of Wales translates to some
00:31 higher levels of snow up to 25 centimetres in places. A similar
00:34 situation for Staffordshire, Derbyshire as well as West and South Yorkshire. And
00:39 again the risk of some drifting snow could be a problem through the day. A
00:43 yellow warning for rain also across more southern counties of England as well as
00:47 the south east of Wales. So lots of challenging weather out there if you are
00:51 travelling through this morning. And certainly it's a bitterly cold start to the day
00:56 across Scotland. But many areas dry with some hazy sunshine. A dry start for
01:01 Northern Ireland. Thickening cloud you'll find the wind will pick up some strength.
01:04 Northern counties of England also seeing some haziness through the morning with
01:09 some brighter weather before this cloud and rain moves in with snow. Already
01:13 though heavy rain towards more southern areas. A strong wind, poor visibility on
01:17 the roads there with surface water and that snow over the higher ground of Wales
01:22 as well as the West Midlands. So some yes some challenging weather if you are
01:27 travelling. So through the morning we watch as this band of rain continues to
01:32 move northwards and then it turns to snow across the Midlands and then
01:35 northern England. By around lunchtime we'll see that cloud thicken enough to
01:39 produce some rain and snow also across Northern Ireland. Over the higher ground
01:44 yes the risk of this snow could cause problems yet again. But also through the
01:49 day we could see snow at lower levels from the Midlands northwards. So problems
01:54 with slippery surfaces and certainly poor visibility where you see any
01:58 intense bursts. The rain clears across southern parts of England through the
02:02 afternoon before more wet weather waiting the wings later on in the day.
02:06 And we hang on to some drier weather across the far north of England as well
02:10 as Scotland away from those snow showers across the far north. Wherever you are
02:14 it's a cold day across the far south though temperatures holding up 11 or 12
02:17 degrees Celsius. But through evening time this snow would have reached the North
02:22 Pennines covering most of Northern Ireland. A mix of rain pushing in from
02:27 the south there. A strong wind and the winds will pick up from the east across
02:30 Scotland as well as this warning for snow and ice covers central and southern
02:34 parts of Scotland overnight as the whole system slowly marches northwards. Heavy
02:40 showery bursts will follow across more southern areas into the early hours of
02:44 Friday morning and some showery bursts of rain continues with snow over the
02:48 higher ground by this point across Pennine districts moving up towards
02:52 border regions. So it could be just about a dry start to the day across some parts
02:57 of Scotland central and northern areas certainly still wintry showers across
03:00 the far north. But through Friday this rain sleet and snow moves towards
03:06 central parts. So yes again there'll be a risk particularly if you're
03:09 traveling and over the higher ground. Showery bursts of rain continue across
03:14 England and Wales and this rain will be persistent across eastern counters of
03:17 England down towards East Anglia through the morning into the afternoon
03:20 extending towards the Isle of Man as well as Northern Ireland with some
03:24 outbreaks of rain through the afternoon. Strong winds for the far north of
03:28 Scotland through the day and you can see this wind will be relentless across the
03:32 eastern side of Scotland northeast England. Wherever you are it's a
03:35 relatively cold day but the trend is for our weather to turn milder through the
03:39 weekend. Always a chance of rain or showers though. I'll see you later have a
03:43 lovely day.