Snow in higher areas of Scotland, rain elsewhere. Into the afternoon, showers with some brighter spells and mild temperatures in the south.– This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the morning of 09/02/24. Bringing you today’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.
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00:00 Hi there, we've seen a bit of a tussle this week between cold Arctic air in the north,
00:04 mild Atlantic weather in the south, in between a band of precipitation. It moved up as a
00:09 band of rain mixed on Thursday with the cold air to lead to some sleet and snow in places
00:14 but increasingly that mild air is taking over and that means that through the day today
00:18 we're going to see the snow level rise and rise above Northern Ireland's mountains as
00:23 well as Northern England's mountains by the end of the day and really it's higher parts
00:27 of Scotland that will be affected by the end of Friday by any remaining snowfall. Rain
00:32 elsewhere although the rain turning more showery across the southern half of the UK, some heavy
00:36 downpours but in between a few brighter spells, blustery conditions but mild, 12, perhaps
00:43 13 Celsius in the south. A marked contrast with the cold air that remains further north
00:49 and this cold easterly wind temperatures in the mid to low single figures for eastern
00:54 Scotland and Northern England below freezing for some higher parts of Scotland and really
00:59 it's higher parts of Scotland that will be most affected by the end of the day by remaining
01:03 snowfall. Now initially there could be some patchy snow at lower levels for eastern Scotland
01:09 and certainly for northern Scotland but increasingly as that milder air starts to influence things
01:14 we're going to see that snow level rise a little and by the start of Saturday well there
01:20 could be some significant disruption actually over some higher parts of eastern Scotland
01:23 with the risk of 20 centimetres above 300 metres but patchy snow at lower levels, 1
01:29 to 3 centimetres and avoiding the east coast where it will largely be rain. Further snow
01:35 coming through for the far north of Scotland as well, initially showery but then more prolonged
01:40 stuff later on. Now overnight with that rain and hill snow affecting northern and eastern
01:45 Scotland we're going to see cloudy skies elsewhere across southern Scotland as well as Northern
01:50 Ireland, Northern England and spells of rain or showers. Clear spells meanwhile for the
01:55 Midlands, East Anglia, Southern England, Wales but further showers coming through on a brisk
02:01 and gusty southwesterly wind. Those showers increasingly affecting by the end of the night
02:05 Wales and the south west. Clear spells elsewhere across England and Wales won't really lead
02:11 to a frost because we've got the mild air in place. Although western Scotland could
02:16 see a frost with some clear spells and shelter from the wind first thing Saturday. Certainly
02:20 a cold feel across much of northern and eastern Scotland with all that wintry weather going
02:24 on. But through Saturday even for northern and eastern Scotland the snow level coming
02:29 up so it will be mostly confined to hills and mountains. Elsewhere across the UK actually
02:34 a reasonable amount of fine weather around especially for northern and central and eastern
02:39 England. Some sunny spells, not many showers but there will be frequent showers feeding
02:43 into Wales and the south west as well as Northern Ireland and southern Scotland through the
02:47 day. But you can see how those temperatures are rising. 10 or 11 Celsius across much of
02:52 England and Wales, 8 or 9 for southern and central Scotland and Northern Ireland. Just
02:57 clinging on to the coldest air there for the far north of Scotland. On Sunday there will
03:02 be further rain or showers at times, some brighter interludes in between but we keep
03:06 the mild air for the time being.